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    Animal Farm Ch 1-4 Chapter 1 1. The animals act as animals do (e.g.‚ cows chewing their cuds) but because they think and speak‚ they also seem to represent types of humans. What type of people do Boxer‚ Mollie‚ and the cat appear to represent? 2. Keeping in mind the Russian Revolution‚ whom do the animals collectively represent? Again thinking of the allegory‚ what person does Old Major represent? 3. Beginning on page 6‚ when Old Major addresses the animals‚ what emotions is Orwell

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    right to speak first. “Comrades‚ this battle we have won‚ though it may not be the last one. There was a specific feeling about today‚ an indescribable feeling that was felt all throughout the farm. Perhaps it was vengeance‚ perhaps it was victory‚ but we all know that Jones will never know the latter.” “One animal was lost today‚ and to honour the fallen‚ we shall sing ‘Beasts of England’ at the end.” Snowball paused‚ surveying the attentive audience in front of him. They looked eager for him to continue

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    words “must run away‚ must run away” chanting in my head repeatedly‚ most likely not stopping until I’m far away from those dogs‚ Napoleon‚ and the farm. The farm! Automatically‚ my trotters stop running and all I hear now is my breath‚ my chest is rapidly moving‚ as uncontrollable as the oceans currents. The farm! The farm! How could I leave the farm? All of my people‚ well not my people anymore‚ but that doesn’t matter. How could I just leave them to under Napoleon’s reign? What kind of friend

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    the novel Animal Farm written by George Orwell‚ there are a variety of characters in this story. The character that is the best to describe is Napoleon. Napoleon is a big Berkshire boar with an aggressive character‚ savage instinct towards everyone‚ and an arrogant feel for superiority. A way to describe Napoleon’s infamous dictatorship is how he changes the rules to correspond to his needs for superiority‚ a quotation where it explains this is “It ran ‘No animal shall kill any other animal without

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    Power is the source of evil‚ and is used in multiple scenarios. In the books The Pearl and Animal Farm a common theme is shared; power corrupts people’s minds. In the stories they show characters minds being corrupted by power. In this essay I will show you how Kino and the doctor from The Pearl and Napoleon from Animal Farm gets corrupt. First of all‚ Animal Farm is about a farm run by animals. Snowball was the lead animal. But another animal‚ a pig name Napoleon wanted that power. So

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    Animal Farm”‚ a novel by George Orwell‚ is used as a fable to represent the events leading up to the Russian Revolution through animal perspective. A fable is a story with animals as characters that portray a moral. I will prove to the reader that “Animal Farm” proves a moral through its fable structure; power is something that most people can’t handle‚ and when in the wrong hands‚ it can completely ruin and destroy lives. In “Animal Farm”‚ the animals need a leader to lead them out of their laboring

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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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    feels guilty but does not turn back due to the fear of power of his new boss at a well-known company‚ suffering from financial crisis. It is a harsh reality that selfishness has taken over the moral values of our society today. Thinking about own-self is practiced by a lot of people amongst us. Although‚ people may have others reasons for the corruption brought about by the system of power‚ the advent of fear is the rationale behind every corrupt act that takes place around us. Fear of downfall‚ the

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    The book Animal Farm‚ is a political satire of a totalitarian society ruled by a mighty dictatorship‚ in all probability an allegory for the events surrounding the Russian Revolution. The animals of "Manor Farm" overthrow their human master (Mr. Jones) after a long history of mistreatment. Little by little‚ the pigs become dominant‚ gaining more power and advantage over the other animals‚ so much so that they become as corrupt and power-hungry as their predecessors‚ the humans. Major (an old boar)

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    Shelley once said‚ “Power‚ like a desolating pestilence‚ pollutes what’er it touches.” He meant that when somebody acquires a reasonable amount of control or power over others‚ that dominance will eventually corrupt them. The corruption can quickly get to the point of extreme savagery emerging over respectable leadership‚ causing the people who are being ruled to suffer great hardship. This is exemplified in the novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ by William Golding and in the film‚ Animal Farm‚ directed by John

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