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    Snowball devotes himself to freeing the animals of human control. He cleverly uses repetition of his moto or slogan, “four legs good, two legs bad”, in order to create rebellious attitudes and thoughts in the animals’ heads (Orwell 31). O’Neill verifies the power and usefulness of slogans by claiming, “slogans may seem casual, but in fact they are carefully engineered with a clear purpose: to trigger a specific response” (349). Since this motto is stuck in the animals’ heads, they repeat…

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    fact that this book is about animals we don’t explore much about the clothing and other human ideas. However, we do know that the time period must be set before the mechanical age as the farmers had to have animals doing the work for them instead of machines. ● Settings and locations (geography and speaker accents)- The setting in undisclosed but in the book is drawn as a very similar parallel to Russia with the farms around it such as Foxwood Farm and Pinchfiled Farm representing England and…

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    Animal Farm In the world the media is controlled primarily by the government or someone with immense wealth. These same people can manipulate the media to say what they want. The power of manipulation can control those that do not question it. This power over the media has great power over the gullible. This power can also control people that are afraid to say anything. There are also people that know what the media are doing but are too apathetic to do anything. A great example of media…

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    Animal Farm Comparison Contrast The novel, Animal Farm by George Orwell conveys multiple similarities and differences regarding the movie. In the movie, as well the book Mr.Jones the owner of the farm is a drunk, Old Major a highly respected elder dies, and Napoleon destroys the order of the farm. However in the movie, unlike the book Old Major was shot by Mr.Jones’ bullet, Mr.Jones was a cheater, Mr.Pilkington was on the animal's’ side from the beginning, and Squealer turned out to be just as…

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    In Animal Farm, George Orwell, based his story on the Russian Revolution in 1917 which eventually lead to the Soviet Union. He later on published his book in England on August 1945. The animals in the story represented the people during the Soviet Union. He wanted to elucidate the things that happened during that time by revealing the truth of the Soviet Union and letting the readers know what really occurred. Many of those people who were part of the government abused the power of it, which…

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    George Orwell, author of the political satire, Animal Farm, once said, “[I]f thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.” Language, as Orwell comprehends, can be used as a written or spoken tool to express thoughts and gain support. Its meaning is wholly in the hands of the orator or the writer, but can often be altered by the audience. Similarly, in the novel, Orwell uses language to support the theme of how knowledge can be used as a weapon and tool to manipulate the…

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    Animal Farm-MAKE ANOTHER TITLE The classic political novel Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, tells a story of an uprising raised among animals, controlled by the pigs, and the result of their takeover of the farm. In this novel, the author uses irony to emphasize his theme of how the animals original goal is corrupted by the pigs self-indulgent acts. Irony is used to show how the commandments are being altered, how the animals are not being treated equally under Napoleon 's dictatorship…

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    barnyard allegory Animal Farm. He uses animals to symbolize important political figures in the Russian Revolution, and makes his thoughts on Communism clear. The main politicians are represented by pigs, specifically Snowball, Napoleon, and Old Major. Their main form of government on the farm is a portrayal of Communism known as Animalism, which proves to be unsuccessful. With the help of Squealer, these pigs rewrite history, change the roles of government, and persuade the other animals…

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    them to do something in order to keep them safe. But then, power is used to satisfy yourself like telling them to bring a drink or snack informing them it's for their own good. “Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely,” in the novel Animal Farm this means that once you have power it corrupts you. You become corrupt because of more power, and then use it wrongly. Powers lead to corruption many times in history from assassinations for control, using power to help yourself, or killing…

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    When it comes to making a film based off a book, oftentimes the film rarely comes close to the similarity of the book. With that being said, a man that goes by the name of George Orwell writes an allegorical novel named Animal Farm and this novel portrays the Russian Revolution. Orwell in known for being a novelist, journalist, and a critic; his work shows awareness to social injustice and that is what he showcased in the novel. Although the novel does not directly tell us that it 's based on…

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