Theme The theme of “Animal Farm” by George Orwell is there are dangers of a naïve working class if the abuse of language as instrumental to the abuse of power is applied. For example‚ on page 31 “Comrades! You do not imagine‚ I hope‚ that we pigs are doing this in selfishness and privilege? Milk and apples contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig. We pigs are brain workers; the organization of the farm totally depends on us” Squealer cried. This is manipulation of language
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Me: What movement would you consider helped the consolidation of the Anti-Communist network here in America? Historian: I believe the movements led by the distraught laborers post-WWI played a role in the emergence of the anti-communist network in America. Anti-communism has been around in America ever since the 1870’s. Before the Great War‚ labor movements were very well-known and stirred up lots of trouble for big corporations and the United States government. Workers were willing to risk their
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Political Allegory in Orwell’s Animal Farm: A Note Arpan Adhikary In Animal Farm (1945) George Orwell adapts and subverts the conventional form of ‘Fairy Story’ while satirizing the ethico-political irony in between the theory and practice of revolution with implicit reference to the Stalinist regime in the USSR from the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 onwards. Though it can be read as a critique of any kind of totalitarian doctrine and political hypocrisy‚ Animal Farm abounds with numerous judiciously
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The Metamorphosis is said to be one of Franz Kafka’s best works of literature. It shows the difficulties of living in a modern society and the struggle for acceptance of others when in a time of need. In this novel Kafka directly reflects upon many of the negative aspects of his personal life‚ both mentally and physically. The relationship between Gregor and his father is in many ways similar to Franz and his father Herrman. The Metamorphosis also shows resemblance to some of Kafka’s diary entries
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’An Inspector Calls’ is a play by J.B. Priestley which criticises the social structure of the early twentieth century society. J.B. Priestley was born at the end of the 19th century; in 1894. At this time‚ Britain and Europe had a very class conscious society. Britain was highly industrialised and governed by right wing parties either the Whigs or the Liberals. Most of the royal families of Europe were inter-related and wielded enormous power. The workers in most countries of Europe were badly treated
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The Bolsheviks appealed to the people of Russia in 1917 mainly because Russian society craved change. The tsar was now a part of the past and Russian society wanted to try something new. This is mainly why the Bolshevik party appealed to the people of Russia in 1917. The initial triumph of the Bolshevik Revolution at the end of October‚ 1917 did not mean that the entire population of Russia had been converted to Bolshevism. Leninwas aware of this. To gather national support‚ Lenin resorted to slogans
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How effective was opposition to governments in Russia throughout the period 1855-1964? In 1855‚ opposition to the Tsarist Government lacked an effective unifying ideology. This remained the case throughout the 1855-1964 period‚ even once the communists had taken power. A key contributing factor towards this was the lack of unity opposition possessed. Opposition throughout the period came from several sources‚ however it was dominated by division in opinion and ideology‚ only fully uniting in the
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Animal Farm is an allegorical fable of the workers revolt and the rise to power of the communist party in the former Soviet Union shortly after World War I and in particular the rise to supremacy of Joseph Stalin‚ as told in the form of a story of the farm animals of Manor Farm who overthrow the drunken farmer Jones and seize control of the farm for themselves. In this allegory‚ farmer Jones represents the Russian aristocracy and the animals represent the peasants‚ working class‚ and some elements
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During the Russian revolution of 1917 under the power of Tsar Nicholas II the Russian empire had come to an end. With this occurring Lenin and his bolsheviks allowed Marxian socialism to rise. The drastic changes going on in Russia affected not only the civilians but many countries around the world. In the novel Animal Farm‚ the animals rebel against their master Jones just like what happened in Russia. The animals were tired of being told what to do and not being cared for in return they wanted
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Animal Farm by George Orwell is a great story and has many intriguing and very interesting events‚ yet sadly the book cover is not exciting like the story. To deal with this problem‚ I created a new cover to emphasize the major symbols in the story. I also incorporated a quote into my cover to show the completion of human values taking over Napoleon. Napoleon is the main figure on the cover‚ being dressed in the uniform of Josef Stalin and carrying a whip to mistreat his fellow “equal” animals. The
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