In the allegorical fable Animal Farm by George Orwell‚ power is shown in the way the animals take over the farm to achieve their own means‚ with the conclusion drawn by Orwell that "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely." To begin with‚ Old Major‚ a highly respected old boar‚ uses his position of trust to influence the other animals that it is time for change. To do this‚ he uses the power of oratory‚ using a number of persuasive techniques. The Roman philosopher Cicero
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Animal Farm Anticipation Guide and Pre-Reading Material Directions: We will read each of the following statements at the beginning and at the end of our unit on Animal Farm. Read each statement and circle the number that corresponds with how much you agree. We will see if your opinion changes after the novel. 1. Strongly Disagree 2. Disagree 3. No Opinion 4. Agree 5. Strongly Agree Before Reading: After Reading: 1 2 3 4 5
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Question 1: Napoleon and Snowball each used propaganda tactics to persuade their audience in the book‚ Animal Farm. Snowball used tactics that gained him the support of his followers using a propaganda method known as “Plain Folks”. Specifically‚ “Snowball read it [the seven commandments] aloud for the benefit of the others. All the animals nodded in complete agreement” (43). By convincing the listeners that he was applying these rules for their greater good‚ he gained their trust and their
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In Animal Farm by George Orwell‚ there are many examples of allegories. An allegory is a story that can be interpreted into having a different meaning. For instance‚ the novel starts off in a farm milieu with an erudite boar named Old Major who was very renown in the farm. He then begins to give a speech denouncing how the farm is run and saying that all the farm animals need to rebel against their owner‚ Mr. Jones‚ because the farm is becoming increasingly barren and incommodious and they would
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Animal Farm Animal Farm by George Orwell expresses the idea of self-government through the animals in the story. Animal Farm is an allegory through which George Orwell demonstrates the psychological foundation of the Russian revolution. An allegory is defined as a form of extended metaphor‚ in which objects‚ persons‚ and actions in a narrative‚ are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. Thus an allegory is a story with two meanings‚ a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning
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HOW PROPAGANDA WAS USED IN ANIMAL FARM Propaganda is used by people to falsify or distort the truth. In the book Animal Farm‚ many things happened to Napoleon and the other pigs because of using propaganda. First of all‚ Napoleon and the pigs used propaganda to tell lies the animals would believe. For example‚ when Boxer was taken away in the knacker truck‚ Squealer got all the animals to believe that the truck had been bought by the hospital‚ but they hadn’t taken the stickers on the side
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Benjamin in Animal Farm In ‘Animal Farm’ by George Orwell‚ the character of Benjamin is used to present loyalty as well as cynicism‚ whilst making the reader aware of Orwell’s personal opinions and criticisms. Orwell demonstrates this in the use of literary techniques such as punctuation and powerful nouns and has created Benjamin to be a representation of both himself in some aspects of his character‚ and a representation of those who were aware of the proletariats mistreatment‚ but failed to speak
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The animals‚ at first‚ must face the terrorizing power that all humans hold over them. Through the fear that the animals have endured their entire lives‚ they decide to change the course of their future- but even through their acts of bravery and dauntlessness‚ they still become a prisoner to the exploitation of power over others. After the revolution‚ they become victim to “Napoleonism‚” and though some say being ruled by Napoleon is a better fate than being disciplined by any human‚ there is
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because they dominated the farm through their influence and power.
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In Animal Farm‚ Boxer plays an important role‚ without him even knowing. He is the symbol of hard work and strength for all other animals in Animal Farm. Boxer was the first to put extra effort to build the windmill and to do all the other work there was to do. Since he was so well seen‚ all the other animals tried to work as hard as him. This brought success to the uprising of Animal Farm as a working society that could create job and wealth for all of its population. Unfortunately‚ with all his
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