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    With great power come greater responsibilities. Having power can be very dangerous depending on the person using it‚ as it has been the downfall of many powerful men and women. It has corrupting influences on people‚ giving them superiority complexes. It makes them feel threatened‚ and therefore stops others from achieving excellence. Power also gives them the ability to manipulate others into doing their bidding. In George Orwell’s Animal Farm‚ the character Napoleon is a victim towards the

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    Squealer In the book Animal Farm‚ by George Orwell‚ there were many animals that were concerned about self-preservation. Of these characters Squealer was the most concerned. Squealer is a pig that lives on Animal Farm and is held as a figure of high authority. Besides the farms leader Comrade Napoleon‚ Squealer has the biggest role of leadership on the farm. There are many ways that Squealer shows his concern of self-preservation. Squealer is very often encouraging the animals to support Napoleon

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    century‚ George Orwell’s 1984 became a definitive novel with unique terms that continue to be used in today’s societies. The dystopian novel is set in Airstrip One under the dictatorship of “Big Brother” who no one really knows exists. The English Socialist government persecutes individualism and independent thinking with constant surveillance of its citizens. Winston Smith‚ the protagonist‚ is a member of the Outer Party and works for the Ministry of Truth rewriting the past. Elements in George Orwell’s

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    All animals are equal‚ but some animals are more equal than others” How does George Orwell show this statement to be true in his novel Animal Farm? Orwell shows the readers in his text‚ Animal Farm‚ an idea of inequality between the animals in many different ways. Some examples are through change over time‚ power and through the pigs and their role of education. One way Orwell shows inequality in his text Animal Farm is through change over time. It is shown in the beginning of the novel that

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    Individual Dynamics and Leadership Book review on George Orwell’s Animal Farm The critical analysis of each chapter along with the interpretation of behavioral theories from the writings is presented. The theories have been related to practical behavior over the analysis. 2012 Anurag Rao(D050)‚ Ellina Rath(D051)‚ Sudipto Saha(D053)‚ Vishal Singh(D057)‚ Srijan Srivastav(D058)‚ Dev Surti(D059) 8/17/2012 Contents Contents 2 Introduction and Book summary

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    Animal Farm is one of the greatest pieces of literature written by George Orwell to symbolize Soviet Russia during World War II. Orwell wrote this satire‚ to poke fun at Soviet Russia. By using animals to represent historical features‚ he entices all readers. One of the main characters‚ Boxer is a favorite and considered the hero of the story. However‚ I believe otherwise. Boxer was a powerful carthorse that had toiled as hard as he could until he died. This is enough evidence for people to claim

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    Animal Farm The author George Orwell captures characteristics in all of the animals and relate them to individuals who corrupt our society today as well as the civilians who has to live with the aftermath of the corruption. Growing up in England during the early 1900’s and being surrounded by the unfair class system really inspired him to compose the short novelAnimal Farm” (Yabroff). George Orwell was a very unique character‚ he was not afraid to point out the flaws of society with

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    Both Orwell and Darnell showed negative perceptions of totalitarianism. After Old Major’s death‚ the changes to government in Animal Farm made the majority happier - the farm had a sense of equality and self-subsistence. However‚ this was not long-lasting; everything began to change when Napoleon became power hungry‚ and used his superior intelligence for self-gain. Comparatively‚ ANTZ showed individualism and rebellion against dictatorship in a positive light. The colony was saved because of it

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    the book Animal Farm‚ the animals seem to live in constant fear that Mr. Jones will return. The pigs capitalized this fear by distorting the animal’s memories‚ and intimidating them with the thought that their greatest terror will return. They fabricate lies about their former comrade Snowball‚ and modify the Seven Commandments to benefit themselves. It can easily be stated that the purpose of this manipulation is for the pigs to gain power and control over the other animals at the farm. It is

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    more powerful‚ the Nazi’s changed their way and became bad. That reminds me of the Animal Farm by George Orwell. The transformation of the Pigs to humans is a result of greed‚ superiority‚ and manipulation. One of the human characteristics is greed. Napoleon exhibited Greed by telling the hens to lay “four hundred eggs a week.” (86) Because “The price of these would pay for enough grain and meals to keep the farm going till summer.” (86) In this quote Napoleon clearly states that he was very greedy

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