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    book, Animal Farm, by George Orwell mainly portrayed was Power and Totalitarianism. 1. “Why then do we continue in this miserable condition? Because nearly the whole of the produce of our labour is stolen from us by human beings.” (Chapter 1, page 7) This part of the speech by Old Major on Chapter 1 explicates how farmers dominate and take over the farm. They are the leaders and controllers of the ranch, and the humans, like Mr. Jones, transform the farm into a dictatorship. While the animals…

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    In this story, one of the goals was to relate Animal farm to the Russian Revolution that took place in 1917. The Russian Revolution resulted in a deadly toleration government that ended up being worse than the one they overthrew. Many of the characters in Animal Farm were made to portray the main parts of the Russian Revolution. The farm where this story takes place is a model for Russia, and the main characters such as, Old Major, Snowball, and Napoleon, all portray the figures in the Russian…

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    The Leading And The Blind Animal Farm is a politically satiric novel that is a fable as well. George Orwell, which is an alias for his actual name, Eric Blair, wrote the novel. Animal Farm, involves an irresponsible farm owner named Mr. Jones who is a symbol for the Czar who spends most of his time unproductively and intoxicated instead of taking care of his dependent animals. Eventually, a boar named Old Major sparks the animals into planning a rebellion against the lazy farmer. After Old…

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    Animal Farm: Leon Trotsky Leon Trotsky was an activist of Russia. He helped ignite the Russian Revolution. Trotsky was also mentioned in a novel by George Orwell. This novel was known as Animal Farm. The novel was about a farm of animals who dreamed of living on the farm without being controlled by humans. They plan to start a rebellion against the farm owner Mr. Jones. The leader of the rebellion is the pig Old Major. He is a symbol for Karl Marx. When he dies he expects his other…

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    of Animal Farm was none of these things. Animal Farm by George Orwell is a story about Manor Farm. Manor Farm is run by Mr. Jones, who is a drunk and treats the animals extremely poorly. The animals decide to overthrow him, and they decide that they will all be equal. The animals make commandments to live by and the pigs are in charge for the most part. Over time, the pigs become more and more corrupt and similar to the humans. The pigs include Snowball, who is a smart leader; Napoleon,…

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    Orwell’s Animal Farm is a dystopian piece of literature that serves as a microcosm of the situation that took place in Communist Russia under the rule of Joseph Stalin. This short novel narrates a story with animals in a farm who get rid of men to become independent. However, the pigs, having the highest level of intelligence in the farm, seem to gain power and control, and manipulate the other animals to their liking. Consequently, the main pig, Napoleon, becomes the ‘Leader’ of the farm and…

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    The overall theme of Animal Farm by George Orwell is inequality and power. “For the time being, the young pigs were given the instructions by Napoleon himself in farmhouse kitchen. They took their exercise in the garden, and were discouraged from playing with the other young animals” (Orwell pg. 96). Inequality between the animals arose through the leadership of Napoleon, who is a pig as well, with Squealer, his speaker and is a pig. Piglets were given special treatment because they were thought…

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    gain power. In the novel Animal Farm, George Orwell tells the tale of how the animals on Animal Farm rebel against human control and create their own independent society. Unfortunately, the pigs that are led by Napoleon, a pig involved in the politics of the farm, deceive the other animals to gain leadership on Animal Farm. Moreover, this is done by seemingly manipulating the past, present and future events. Using their superior intelligence, the pigs deceive the animals by altering the past,…

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    George Orwell’s book, Animal Farm, symbolically describes his views on some of the most important themes in humanity. Orwell tells the story of a rebellion on a farm that leads to the humans running away and the animals running the farm. Although they try to become a farm with equality, it doesn’t end that way. It ends with the pigs taking full control and changing all the rules. They learn that it is a lot harder to run a farm than what they originally thought. Amongst the many themes that are…

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    status and many animals treat each other differently depending on the class they belong to. In the novel “Animal farm”, by George Orwell, the author proves members of society will be treated differently based on their social status. There are four different classes: ruler, high, medium and low class. Ruler Napoleon just treats the animals however he wants, the pigs are looked up to by the other animals, the dogs exile and the rest of the animals are treated like slaves. The animals are very…

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