How Does Animal Farm Show Good And Evil

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Is the present day an alteration of the past? Good and Evil is not Black and White but Shades of Gray
The characters throughout the text show Good and Evil. In Animal Farm Old Major is a good example of good. He wanted the animals to get the humans out of the equation but with peace. Never falter from the reaction. Man and animal have no common interests. Man serves himself. Animals have perfect unity (Orwell 54). In Lord of the Flies, Jack is a good example of evil. In the being, he just wanted to be the boss but by the end, 2 people on the island had been killed indirectly by him. “ADD A QUOTE”[EXPLAIN QUOTE] In the Tragedy of Julius Caesar Mark Antony was good and evil. The reason behind that is that he was a good man who did a bad thing because of what happened to his friend Ceaser. “ADD A QUOTE”[EXPLAIN QUOTE]
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In Animal Farm the 7 Commandments are a symbol of power change and the lawfulness some good some bad. Some purposeful some are manipulated. “ADD A QUOTE”[EXPLAIN QUOTE] In Lord of the flies the conch is the symbol of power, peace. When the conch was first found it was used to see how many people were on the island. Throw out the book it was used to call meetings, and whoever had the conch could talk. “ADD A QUOTE”[EXPLAIN QUOTE] In the Tragedy of Julius Caesar the throne is the symbol. You may not understand but the murder of Julius Caesar was “in the best interest of Rome”. It is the power that the throne implies that whoever ruled Rome would cause something catastrophic. “ADD A QUOTE”[EXPLAIN

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