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    “How George Orwell explores the abuse of power in Animal Farm?” The NovelAnimal Farm” is written by George Orwell‚ and it was published in England on 17 August 1945. This novel takes the form of an allegory. The author George Orwell gives the message of Animal Farm; is that all violent revolutions which aim to and initially succeed in his charge. Power is the ability or capacity to do something or act in a particular way. Mr Jones was the owner of Animal Farm and didn’t treat the animals in a

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    who have the necessary skills for human development have a source of power on their hands. If one chooses to use their power‚ they have a chance to transform the lives of many. Would any individual pass up an opportunity to help another? In George Orwell’s satirical beast fable Animal Farm‚ Benjamin‚ the old intellectual donkey‚ hides his abilities to read and write which in turn makes him responsible for the failure of Animal Farm. Donkeys have always been known to be the stubborn type‚ and Benjamin

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    such as freedom of thought‚ freedom of speech‚ and the freedom of expression. Orwell describes Oceania as a cold‚ bleak‚ war torn country where the inhabitants are kept under surveillance 24/7‚ and left without the many freedoms that we take for granted. Winston‚ the protagonist of the story is always trying to suppress his inner thoughts that may conflict the the ideology of the party. At the beginning of the novel Winston is forced to participate in an activity called the Two Minutes Hate where

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    Although Animal Farm by George Orwell is based on the Manor Farm according to the animal’s point of view‚ this book symbolizes Communism in countries such as Russia. This novel put Communism in a perspective that allowed many people to see the contradictions of this governing system; many ideas were twisted and only made sense to those that it benefited. Animal Farm explores the concepts of Communism in a unique and intriguing manner using personification of regular farm animals to represent communists

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    George Orwell Eric Arthur Blair or better known as George Orwell was an English journalist and novelist‚ whom was born on the 25th of June 1903. George Orwell had spent his school years at St Cyprian’s School‚ Eastbourne. Blair hated it there; he could not wait till the day he was rid of that school. George was a Socialist; The Spanish Civil War played the most important part in defining Orwell’s socialism because it made him fight for what he loved‚ beauty. During most of his career‚ Orwell was

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    Individuals who assume leadership positions yield their power in different ways. In Animal Farm‚ the authour‚ George Orwell‚ illustrates the psychological phenomena of egocentrism and counter-normative behaviour that can stem from these roles. It is clearly demonstrated throughout the novel that an abundance of power often leads to corrupt behaviour by the power holder. This corruption is most apparently shown through instances of demagoguery by the novel’s characters‚ the unjustified exile of

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    POWER CORRUPTS Power corrupts because human nature provokes people to never be satisfied with what they have. My first example of power corrupting is in the book OTH. Han ‚ the narrator tells how Om has power over the students : “ When my conversation with Sokdae was over he put his lunchbox up on the desk. This was the signal for everyone to open their lunchboxes.” (13) This passage shows that Om ‚ the bully is using his power to get lunch from his classmates. Another example of power

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    Animal Farm Essay By Adityaa Gupta The novella “Animal Farm” allegorically represents the Russian Revolution. The theme of the novella is how did Napoleon and the pigs used persuasion and propaganda to control all the animals. Joseph Stalin went crazy with all the power he had and he was the reason for the revolution. The novella is about how animals revolt with their master and go against him and throw him out of his own farm. The pigs take advantage of this situation and take control over the

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    is no mere idle fancy or corrupt egerneration: it is inherent in the texture of human life” by Alfred Whitehead. Symbolism helps us to comprehend things. Some ideas and points in life are so complicated that writers and artist use symbolism to make it easier to understand. Just like‚ the Author of the book “Animal Farm”‚ George Orwell. He writes this book about animals who revolt on as farm and end up more worse then before. Orwell uses symbolism in good and bad animals to representative the society

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    George Orwell’s Animal Farm was interesting because it explored the possibility of the animals taking over the farm. To begin with‚ it was easy for the animals in the rebellion to push the humans away. The battle of the cow-shed was effortless‚ as a matter of fact‚ they didn’t fight tough for that win. Nonetheless‚ they used violence to deserve what they wanted. Building of the windmill took an extensive amount of time‚ but it was going to make stuff easier. The second battle of the farm was

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