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    Animal Farm was written in 1946 by George Orwell. The lead characters are pigs: Old Major, Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer, and horse Boxer. Animal Farm is written in the genres of satire, fiction, black comedy, fable, political fable, and political satire. Analysis: Animal Farm begins when Old Major, a big boar, gathers the animals of Manor Farm for a meeting. He tells them of his hopes and dreams for a future where all animals may live a life free from human oppression. He urges the…

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    The life and work of George Orwell In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, examples of a corrupt government are used to show that even the most humble and noble beginnings can become the most dishonest and dark societies. Orwell’s experience though fighting in political movements and writing propaganda against them gave him an edge amongst other writers in that period of time. The way he‘s able to compare the society of a farm to one of the biggest political movements of all time is renowned. George…

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    In the novel and movie Animal Farm, animals rise up against the farmer and take it over for themselves. However, quickly after the overthrow of Farmer Jones, the farm slowly begins to deteriorate at the hands of the pigs on the farm. The animals slowly become treated just as poorly as with the farmer, just absent of the whips. Their rations sold for profit in trade and animals murdered for having outside contact where they do not belong. Though the book and movie, Animal Farm shows many…

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    the novel, Animal Farm, is a dystopian allegory story that was written by George Orwell that satires on the corrupting influence power. Animal Farm is about the effect of the power using animals as an example. By reading Animal Farm, readers can find that power plays an important role in Animal Farm and the effect of power is massive. In the story, power is used for selfish purposes. First of all, power leads to avarice as seen by Mr. Jones who, as the owner of the farm, abuses the animals for…

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    book Animal Farm by George Orwell is an allegory for the Russian Revolution of 1917. Animal Farm and the Russian revolution have many similarities and differences. Many of the characters from the story represent very important historical figures from the Russian revolution. Most of the events from the book are actual events from the Russian revolution. Not all events that happen in the book Animal Farm and actual events from the Russian revolution but most are. In my opinion the animals…

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    Animal Farm is an allegorical (a metaphor based on a character, place, or event) novel by George Orwell. The book’s events relate to the Russian Revolution of 1917. The book starts of with old Major, an old boar and an allegory of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin, calling a meeting about a dream he had on Manor Farm. He tells the animals that they must create a rebellion against humans, he called them “enemies,” and then he recalls his dream. The dream was about a song he used to hear amongst the…

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    easily be applied to the book Animal Farm. The pigs on the farm become leaders because they are the most knowledgeable. This leads to the other animals becoming minorities on the farm because they are not as smart. In Animal Farm by George Orwell, he teaches how power can corrupt a person. In the beginning of the book, George Orwell foreshadows the corruption that comes from the new power of the animals. George Orwell tries to emphasize that pigs are the smarter animals early on in the book.…

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    characters Boxer, Mollie and Napoleon were of different personalities. There were a lot of conflicts both internal and external and there were uses of elements of satire to blend politics and art. To me the book was giving a fair idea of how the powerful and intelligent life treated the low and unintelligent ones. The setting of Animal Farm was in England and the different animals that were used to symbolize persons in the book were mainly pigs, horses…

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    Animal Farm was written by George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Blair, a British political writer who, unlike most British citizens, was not a fan of the Soviet Union and its Socialist policies. He also did not consider the Soviet Union a positive representation of the possibilities of socialist societies. One of Orwell's goals in writing Animal Farm was to portray the Russian (or Bolshevik) Revolution of 1917 as one that resulted in a government more oppressive than the last. Thus the book…

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    they end up caring about their fellow animals by the end of the text. In the beginning of the novel, the pigs appear to be concerned only with the abolition of the human rule of the farm and the freedom and equality of all animals that Major had spoken of. Squealer, Napoleon, and Snowball even work together to give these ideals a singular name: Animalism (Orwell 16). After the rebellion dies down and the humans are cast out, the farm flourishes as each animal works to fulfill their own specific…

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