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    Animal Farm George Orwell who wrote Animal Farm uses animals to show how the influences and nature of power can be used for ultimate good or absolute evil. George attempts to show how the good idea of communism can be easily corrupted by the greed of the leader. It is about a group of animals that rebel against the farm owner in order to gain control of the farm and to be treated with more respect. Old Major explains was one of the most respected animals in the farm. He called a meeting one

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    Orwell uses Animal Farm to depict a typical corruption of “human nature” due to the gain of power. In the book the animals initial decision to overthrow the humans is justifiable. The animals were seeking a better life for themselves. However‚ as the book progress and the pigs take charge the situation becomes worse than it was when the humans were in charge. The pigs represent man because of their ability to take something good‚ and turn it into greed‚ and selfishness. The pigs declared themselves

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    Durga Prasad Chauhan Topic-Historical and political background of Orwell Animal Farm Note-This is not including in that.This page only for name and topic to understand to whom is referred‚ the format of that dissertation will be added after confirmation and this page will be removed. Chapter-1 Introduction Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950)‚ better known by his pen name George Orwell‚ was an English author and journalist. His work is marked by keen intelligence and wit

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    friends and countrymen shows the theme behind the book. Power corrupts even the best of men. His corruption and lust for power leads him to these betrayals. Three separate betrayals occurred in Macbeth: the betrayal of King Duncan a leader‚ of a friend Banquo and finally his countrymen Macduff’s family. The betrayal of Kind Duncan was the first to occur. Murder of a leader is not generally personal but just a means to gain power or cause power to shift. While Duncan was a sort of friend to Macbeth

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    Germany from 1933 to 1945. Being the Führer gave him the power to instigate the holocaust arguing that Jews were enemies of Germany. This is a great example of how absolute power can corrupt absolutely. However‚ power may corrupt leaders‚ but becoming corrupt depends on one’s personal character‚ personal gain‚ and leadership competence. Abraham Lincoln said: “Nearly all men can stand adversity‚ but if you want to test a man’s character‚ give him power.” Hitler hated Jews because he blamed them for the

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    ANIMAL FARM-IOP Call it a satire‚a beast fable or an anthropomorphic‚allegorical tale‚animal farm is the story of a revolution gone sour.Written in the twentieth century by George Orwell‚it mirrors the drawbacks of a totalitarian regime.Old major and the animals dream of an idealistic society built on the foundations of a utopian vision however; ironically‚ their dream begins to disintegrate because the ruling oligarchy of pigs become avaricious and power hungry‚when appointed the responsibility

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    Animal Farm Research Paper George Orwell is the author of the book called Animal Farm‚ and he is probably most famous for this allegory that is based on the events of the Russian Revolution. George Orwell wrote some of the best satirical fiction of the twentieth century and was a man of strong opinions. Animal Farm is an anti soviet satire and displays his view on the Russian revolution through this story (George Orwell 2). In this story “Animal Farm” by George Orwell‚ the characters and events

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    Is everyone essentially evil‚ corrupt‚ or amoral? Amorality is defined as having no moral standards‚ restraints‚ or principles and being unaware or indifferent to questions of right or wrong (Amoral). There are millions of cases throughout history of murderers and psychopaths who feel no remorse for their actions‚ even many years after the crime was committed. There are also criminals who do feel remorse for their actions and seek repentance years after the crime was committed. Lastly there are people

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    full title · Animal Farm: A Fairy Story author · George Orwell (pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair) type of work · Novella genre · Dystopian animal fable; satire; allegory; political roman à clef (French for “novel with a key”—a thinly veiled exposé of factual persons or events) language · English time and place written · 1943–1944‚ in London date of first publication · 1946 publisher · Harcourt Brace & Company narrator · Animal Farm is the only work by Orwell in

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    Critical Analysis of Animal Farm George Orwell’s classic novel‚ Animal Farm‚ unravels the events of the animals of Manor Farm rebelling against the humans‚ hoping to get to freedom. Many of the characters of this novel relate to actual people in the Russian Revolution and also the plot itself is similar to the Revolution. The idea of communism and people such as Karl Marx and Joseph Stalin are very well similar of the ideas and characters in this novel. The only twist is that the whole story is

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