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    by force what can be won by deception” (Machiavelli). Corrupt leaders must be careful how they use their power‚ or else they may lose it. In George Orwell’s Animal Farm‚ Napoleon is a powerful leader cementing his hold on power by using propaganda‚ physical punishment‚ and effective resource management. First‚ propaganda plays a very important role in Napoleon’s regime because it controls what the animals think‚ which helps him maintain his power. Napoleon and the pigs use propaganda to justify their

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    The Power of Language George Orwell‚ writer of the novel Animal Farm shows how the abuse of language becomes a vehicle for the abuse of power. Napoleon is intelligent enough to understand how he can use Squealer to promote propaganda in order to entrench himself as the leader. Napoleon uses Squealer as his spokesman because Napoleon does not possess the oral skills Squealer has. Squealer does nothing of his own‚ but only under Napoleon’s orders. George Orwell uses the character Napoleon

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    Animal Farm Major Symbol Author: George Orwell Page: 36 Topic: Identify a major symbol (or what you think will become a major symbol) within your novel. Explain its significance. Major Symbol: Pigs Quotes: 1) “The pigs had set aside the harness-room as a headquarters for themselves. Here‚ in the evenings‚ they studied blacksmithing‚ carpentering‚ and other necessary arts from books which they had brought out of the farmhouse” (Orwell 31) 2) “As for the pigs‚ they could already read and write perfectly”

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    George Orwell’s lower class upbringing‚ positioned him to understand and challenge the political ideologies at the time‚ through satirical writings. Orwell used the allegorical novel Animal Farm to depict the shift in ideologies‚ from capitalism into socialism and then communism. Orwell exploits genre and aesthetic features to position and invite the reader to accept his personal perspectives of the tyrannical leader‚ Joseph Stalin and the cyclical Russian Revolution. The author successfully achieves

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    Knowledge is Power The topic of education for all is of utmost importance in this digital day and age. George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm uses animals to illustrate his opinion about the Russian revolution. The farm is organized in classes‚ the pigs and dogs are the wealthy and the other animals represent the proletariat. To briefly summarize‚ the novel focuses on the anthropomorphic farm animals who overthrow their masters‚ only to subsequently be mistreated by their own. The allegorical tale

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    The Price of Power How far would someone go to have complete power? With this type of authority‚ those who own it has the right and rule and need not to justify their choices. Many examples throughout history wished to possess unstoppable jurisdiction over all‚ such as Benito Mussolini or present-day Kim Jung Un. Though world-renown author‚ George Orwell‚ indicates this problem in his short story‚ “Animal Farm.” The book mentions mature topics like dictatorship and the Russian Revolution ironically

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    society. George Orwell uses most of these types of conflict in the novel Animal Farm. The first conflict seen is between the animals and Mr. Jones. The animals are sick of being treated poorly by him. The drinking problem he has developed is the cause of this and the terrible job he is doing running the farm but he has control over all the animals. Mr. Jones takes all the product of their labor but gives nothing of value to the animals in return. This conflict is resolved when the animals revolt

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    Animal rights are claims that animals should get the same humane treatment and protection from exploitation and abuse as humans. First off‚ in Animal Farm George Orwell makes it clear early in the novel that he means to talk about animal rights and the treatment of farm animals. Secondly‚ animal rights is still a problem that is going on in modern times with many large scale farms treating their animals inhumanely. Lastly‚ the things George Orwell writes about make it obvious to the reader that he

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    The novel Animal Farm by George Orwell is a novel based on the lives of animals living on a farm in England. To me‚ I think Animal Farm mirrors life when Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union because absolute power corrupted both societies. In Animal FarmGeorge Orwell uses irony to show the theme of absolute power corrupts‚ characterization to show the theme of absolute power corrupts‚ and symbolism to show the theme of absolute power corrupts. First of all‚ George Orwell uses characterization

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    “All animals are equal‚ but some animals are more equal than others”(Orwell 177). In the novelAnimal Farm‚ by George Orwell‚ the pigs take advantage over the other animals by hoarding food‚ living in the house‚ and doing barely any work. Mr. Jones was a bad owner of the farm before‚ yet when Napoleon and the pigs took over things were not any better. First‚ the pigs start to hoard food while the others rations are cut. Napoleon tricks the animals into thinking the pigs need apples and milk in

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