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    that are told often enough can be believed to be the truth. In George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm‚ two characters lie to their “comrades” to take control. Napoleon and Squealer create this dictatorship in Animal Farm‚ shortly after the Rebellion. Snowball and Napoleon were against each other because both wanted to be in control of the animals. Napoleon managed to get Snowball out of the farm by using trickery and malice. He had help from the nine dogs he was privately training. Since Snowball was never

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    THEMES OF ‘ANIMAL FARM’ Although Orwell aims his satire at dictatorship—Communism‚ Fascism‚ and Capitalism—Animal Farm has its structure largely based on the events of the Russian Revolution that took place between 1917 and 1944‚ when Orwell was writing the novella. Much of what happens in the novella symbolically describes specific developments in the history of Russian Communism‚ and several of the animal characters are based on real participants in the Russian Revolution. Due to the universal

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    control the food supply‚ create a common enemy‚ and increase the workload. The book Animal Farm written by George Orwell shows how to do this. In Animal Farm animals overthrow human control because they are being treated unfairly‚ until a sneaky pig named Napoleon decides to take advantage of the current situation and take control of the animals and gains great power. This goes to show that power will always corrupt unless kept in check. The first step of taking control of your society is to control

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    In George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm‚ the reader is exposed to several different archetypal styles that lead to the grouping of characters in two aspects: heroes and followers. Archetypes are unique sets of terms that provide a unique universal themes to tell a story or provoke emotion in the reader. There are different types of archetypes—Animal Farm specifically sees character archetypes in the form of a Scapegoat‚ the Innocent‚ The Mother Figure‚ and The Villain. The two aspects present a unique

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    through their novels to deliver their personal point of view on a particular matter occurring within society. This is dominantly reflected in the 1945 novel‚ ‘Animal Farm’ by George Orwell (Eric Blaire). The novelAnimal Farm’ is centralised among the story of the animals that live on Manor Farm‚ where they are dictated by their cruel master Mr Jones. Under the inspiration of a pig named Old Major‚ the animals rebel against Mr Jones and overthrow him. They decide to construct their own farm‚ which they

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    THE OCCURANCE OF VIOLENCE IN ANIMAL FARM In 1947‚ George Orwell published a book called Animal Farm. In this novelanimals are fed up of the way they are being treated by humans. So they take over Manor farm which is now Animal farm. As time progresses it can be seen that society evolves from a democracy to dictatorship. There are many themes to this book. Some include deception‚ rebellion and revolution‚ power and many more. In Orwell’s novel violence or the threat of violence frequently occur

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    Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Over the centuries‚ this famous saying voiced by Lord Action has been analyzed and dissected numerous times by historians and philosophers. Some individuals say that power does not corrupt‚ it only attracts the corruptible. However‚ to judge fairly‚ past and current events accurately depict the ideology that power corrupts absolutely‚ and has convinced me‚ that its meaning holds true. Ivan the Terrible of Russia‚ Louis XIV of France‚ Henry

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    Symbols George Orwell novel 1984 contains symbols and images throughout the novel. Although symbols such as rats‚ the coral paperweight‚ songs‚ and Winston’s varicose ulcer only appear infrequently‚ they do provide important functions. Winston had a reoccurring dream which found himself standing in front of a wall of darkness of which on the other side there was something to dreadful to face. He always woke up prior to finding out what was on the other side. After awaking during one of Winston

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    English 10 Honors Period 3 April 13‚ 2011 Animal Farm Essay “The unrestricted competition so commonly advocated does not leave us the survival of the fittest. The unscrupulous succeed best in accumulating wealth” (Rutherford B. Hayes). This statement asserts the fact that when people compete for survival the best individuals more often do not survive and in fact the more conceited and moral deprived individuals do survive. This shows they are best at getting what they need to survive and nothing

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    L.A/ Writing Animal Farm Literary Analysis Essay Following the current controversial election campaigns on TV‚ it is easy to see how a society can become confuse by their elected officials and find that their original beliefs and expectations changed. The novel Animal Farm by George Orwell clearly illustrates the idea that if citizens are not constantly aware of what is happening‚ corruption can overtake a vision of a better society. In the novel‚ the whole purpose for the rebellion was that

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