like Old Major had a great idea. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the animals on the farm could live without the tyranny of men? They could be happy‚ free‚ well fed‚ and treated with dignity. To get this‚ they would first need to overthrow the humans who own them. To succeed‚ they would have to completely become equal with one another; and most importantly‚ they could not take on human behaviors. The animals portrayed in “Animal Farm” were unable to achieve their utopian state for many reasons. These
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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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the book. On a scale of 1-10‚ I would rate the book 4 stars because the story includes themes on violence‚ lack of equality‚ and even the corrupt use of power. First of all‚ brutality is portrayed by Napoleon because he requires innocent animals and even his rivals to confess their crimes and be murdered publicly. For example‚ according to Animal Farm‚ the text states‚ "Immediately the dogs bounded forward‚ seized four of the pigs by the ear and dragged them‚ squealing with pain and terror‚ to Napoleon’s
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Animal Farm tells the story of Farmer Jones’s animals who rise up in rebellion and take over the farm. Tired of being exploited solely for human gain‚ the animals—who have human characteristics such as the power of speech—vow to create a new and more just society. Though the novel reads like a fairy story‚ and Orwell subtitles it as just that‚ it is also a satire containing a message about world politics and especially the former Soviet Union in particular. Since the Bolshevik revolutions
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l“Animal Farm” extended essay Animal Farm is an allegory of one of the most effective and important events of the modern world history‚ which is the Russian revolution‚ in which George Orwell the author of the book used animals to represent the main efficient characters and classes of the revolution. George Orwell drew extremely accurate and deep characters in his book Animal Farm‚ in which he created an allegory for the Russian revolution‚ he created very deep characters that he used to represent
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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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1. Distinguish between power and authority Power is the ability to coerce or force someone to do your will even if in some cases they may not want to. Authority is the skill of making people willingly do your will. It also the right to give orders‚ enforce obedience or make decisions. 2. Compare and contrast the features of the leadership of bands‚ tribes‚ chiefdoms and state societies A chiefdom is a form of hierarchical political organization in non-industrial societies usually based
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Equality In George Orwell’s Animal Farm‚ he examines the impact of communism and the post-war anxiety of World War II. Orwell uses allegories to thoroughly explain the pain and worry following the clash between countries. He uses farm animals and a farm to represent the major events and figures in the time of Stalinism and the Soviet Union. The animals want to “get rid of man” (Orwell 30)‚ and man stands for capitalist society. Communism‚ or “Animalism” as the animals call it‚ starts out as a society
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Animals on Manor Farm over throw their mean and evil rulers who have overworked and mistreated them. Once the animals get control over the farm they set up slogans and rules the animals must follow in order to have equality and justice on the new farm. The farm is mainly ran by the pigs‚ who are considered the most intelligent‚ and also the two main ruler pigs named Snowball and Napoleon. Napoleon uses dogs he took away as pups and trained them to follow his words and also uses them to
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2010 Meanings Behind Animal Farm By: Ashley McCluskey Animal Farm is a book that represents many different things. The book has three levels of meaning. Animal farm is a childerns book because it has talking animals. It is a Satire of Communist Russia because a lot of the problems and characters represented in the story are like the problems and people of Communist Russia. Also‚ in this story it shows the different ways to abuse power. In the story Animal Farm by George Orwell‚ there are
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