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    wind in many ways. Over 5‚000 years ago‚ the ancient Egyptians used wind power to sail their ships on the Nile River. Later‚ people built windmills to grind their grain. The earliest known windmills were in Persia (Iran). These early windmills looked like large paddle wheels. Centuries later‚ the people of Holland improved the basic design of the windmill. They gave it propeller-type blades made of fabric sails and invented ways for it to change direction so 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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    leaders: Napoleon and Snowball‚ for example‚ are figurations of Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky‚ respectively. He expresses the anthropomorphic characters of farm animals‚ and major events in Animal Farm such as the Rebellion and the construction of the windmill‚ reminiscent of the Russian Revolution and the “Five-Year Plans”. Orwell also uses many techniques to describe the crucial points in Animal Farm by metaphoric language and allegorical means which explains many symbolisms and the relationship of each

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    unconscious about the misdirection he feeds himself. However‚ Don Quixote is not insane‚ but is solely a man looking for adventure‚ fueled by his intense love for Chivalric novels. This can be seen in certain parts of the novel: The Battle of the Windmills‚ Don Quixote’s stay with the Duke and Duchess‚ and finally with Alonso Quixano’s death. His actions may have been more than insane‚ but whether or not he fully understands the insanity of his actions will define this hero as a crazy old man or a

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    Symbolism and allegory in three aspects of Animal Farm : Old major‚ The Windmill and The Seven Commandments George Orwell uses symbols throughout the novel Animal Farm to show how the upper class groups use manipulation to their advantage. Animal Farm in simple terms is the allegory of a revolution gone sour. Animalism‚ Communism‚ and Fascism are all the symbols which are used by the pigs as a means of satisfying their greed and lust for power. As Lord Acton wrote: "Power tends to corrupt; absolute

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    and faster. Gupta (2011) says in his article that the purpose of a power station is to deliver power at the lower possible cost per units. Kadambi (2011) says that‚ we can create electricity by the help of nature itself. Like‚ windmills‚ winds spin the windmill then it spins the dynamo‚ which converts mechanical energy to electrical energy. Anine (2014) says in his article that the Supreme Court yesterday ordered the groups that sled manila electrical corp. (MERALCO) for its controversial

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    The village mocked him as they watched the windmill blades begin to turn‚ but through perseverance he did design a machine that provided electricity and a small light for him to read at night by. William’s story doesn’t stop with the building of the windmill. He continued to improve on the design and build other inventions. People came from miles around‚ even from other countries to see the windmill and electricity William designed. The growing fame allowed William additional

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    Snowball and Napoleon

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    including intelligence‚ how convincing both pigs are‚ and leadership qualities. First‚ Napoleon and Snowball both have similar intelligence traits. For example‚ both Napoleon and Snowball could read and write perfectly. Snowball had written all the windmill plans by himself. Napoleon‚ however‚ had used his knowledge to write a fake letter‚ said to be written by Snowball in which he agreed to be a secret agent to the Foxwood Farm. In addition‚ both Napoleon and Snowball were the most active in the speeches

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    Snowball decides to build a windmill so it make work for the animals a lot easier and it provides electricity and Napoleon makes his dogs chase Snowball away and declares himself as the leader and the pigs now runs the whole farm. Napoleon uses Squealer‚ a pig who can turn everyone’s opinion about something into the opposite‚ to speak for him. Napoleon then claims credit for the windmill idea‚ but it is actually Snowball who thought of it. After a big and violent storm‚ the windmill gets destroyed and squealer

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    woodpile to Fredrick for five pound notes. (69) 7. How does Frederick cheat Napoleon? Fredrick cheats Napoleon by giving him forgery bank-notes.(70) 8. What happens in the battle of the windmill? During the battle of the windmill‚ Fredrick and his men tore down the Windmill‚ but the animal still kept their soil. (73-74) 9. Why does squealer tell the animals that Napoleon is dying? Squealer told the animals that Napoleon was dying because a rumor went around that Snowball

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