a. Animal Farm is an allegory because of its hidden political undertones. The Manor Farm represents Russia under the Czar and the Animal Farm represents Russia under the USSR. Most of the animals represent people or different groups of people. Napoleon represents Stalin, Snowball represents Trotsky, the sheep represent the common people just following blindly, and Boxer represents the worker. The main feeling expressed in this allegorical story is negative feelings for communism and totalitarianism. The book was written in 1949 after the Second World War when the USSR was a large power and it was used to combat the belief that communism is good.
b. The rhetorical components of this story are the negative events of this story and the pigs. The main intention of this book is to persuade the audience that communism is bad and will not end well. This book tries to persuade the audience that blind trust in a leader or a sketchy system can only end badly. …show more content…
Using an allegory as a rhetorical device is different from using a non-fictional account for many reasons. First, it's probably very hard to persuade people of the negative aspects of communism when speaking about the complicated history of the USSR. Most people would either not understand it or would get bored. The beauty of animal farm is that it keeps the story interesting and makes me feel negative about broken leadership, corruption, and communism while keeping the story simple and clean.
d. I think that the Orwell’s animal farm was successful. It is one of the most well-known books in existence and many people refer to it as one of the most famous allegorical anti-communist books. The line," all animals are equal but some are more equal than others” is one of the most famous book lines of all time and anti-communist arguments ever. so overall the book is obviously a
b. The rhetorical components of this story are the negative events of this story and the pigs. The main intention of this book is to persuade the audience that communism is bad and will not end well. This book tries to persuade the audience that blind trust in a leader or a sketchy system can only end badly. …show more content…
Using an allegory as a rhetorical device is different from using a non-fictional account for many reasons. First, it's probably very hard to persuade people of the negative aspects of communism when speaking about the complicated history of the USSR. Most people would either not understand it or would get bored. The beauty of animal farm is that it keeps the story interesting and makes me feel negative about broken leadership, corruption, and communism while keeping the story simple and clean.
d. I think that the Orwell’s animal farm was successful. It is one of the most well-known books in existence and many people refer to it as one of the most famous allegorical anti-communist books. The line," all animals are equal but some are more equal than others” is one of the most famous book lines of all time and anti-communist arguments ever. so overall the book is obviously a