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    dream he wanted them to know that they were being treated badly by humans and they were only there to be food or to provide foods for the humans. As soon as they could not be used they will be gotten rid of. Mr. Major the pig wanted them to form a rebellion. He thought he was going to die. He told them that animals and birds were their friends and humans were their enemy. Mr. Major died three nights later, so the teaching and organizing was done by the pigs because they were the cleverest.…

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    is Boxer, with his mottoes, "Napoleon is always right" and "I will work harder". On the symbolic level, Boxer represents the Russian workers who trusted Stalin and made enormous sacrifices to ensure the success of the October Revolution. In the book he is one of the most sympathetically drawn characters whose eventual fate, being sent to the knacker's yard, is both shocking and moving. The character of Napoleon is also intriguing for the reader. His early involvement in the rebellion…

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    Boxer Saints Identity

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    end who we are. Gene Luen Yang's Boxers & Saints follows the Boxer uprising of 1898 in China. It was a time when the Chinese people were forced to chose who they identified with, their fellow countrymen or with the foreign Christians. Boxers & Saints illustrates that one's identity is not formed by singular events in our lives, but is created from a culmination of experiences and human interactions. Boxers…

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    Orwell’s Animal Farm involves a farm of animals who are disgusted by the farm owner, Mr. Jones for abusiveness and lack of taking care of the animals. He (Jones) had fallen into depression over receiving notice of a lawsuit and turned to excessive alcohol consumption and neglecting the farm. The animals are fed up with this and chase him and his men off the farm. Since Old Major died not too long before this, the animals needed a new leader. Napoleon kicked his way in and made himself the…

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    Animal Farm Themes

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    The animals learned a song called Beasts of England, this song became their new anthem for motivation to hopes for a better life. After the passing of old major the animals formed a rebellion against the owner Mr. Jones, and exiled him from the farm, while renaming it Animal Farm. All the animals played a role in the new operation of the farm, and slowly but surely the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, in charge of knowledge, created the Principals…

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    called communism. George Orwell's, "Animal Farm" is an example of the problems with communism. In this book, Mr Jones, Napoleon, and Boxer help demonstrate the theme of criticism of communism. First of all, communism plays a big part in Animal Farm. The original rebellion in the beginning of the novel is quite different from the ending result. In the first rebellion, animals despise humans. They refuse to sleep in beds, drink any alcohol, or wear any clothes. The humans are sworn enemies. The…

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    Change In Animal Farm

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    Animal Farm is the study of a dream betrayed. It begins with hope for the animals and ends with their lives becoming worse. Although some things on the farm seem to change after the rebellion, the important things that need to change in order for Old Major's dream to become a reality, they remain the same. Life for the animals becomes worse, but they don’t realize this because they are distracted by the fabricated stories and lies told by Napoleon and Squealer. Things that were not part of Old…

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    similarities such as the meeting that Old Major creates, the process of writing the Seven Commandments on the farm, and also the development of the flag. Before Major’s death, he organizes a meeting about his dream. The meeting mainly focuses on the Rebellion and all of Major’s beliefs. Major’s meeting both occurred in the novel and the film. Additionally, the process of the Seven Commandments, located on the farm, acted upon the pigs. The commandments originally came from Major’s meeting before…

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    Animal Farm Failure Essay

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    Farm? After the rebellion, the pigs rose discreetly into power. The pigs were not the right leaders for Animal Farm, although it was destined to fail, but good leadership would have given a more promising chance. As mentioned before Animal Farm was destined to fail because, the pigs were too selfish, most of the animals did not have enough skills or the correct limbs to perform the farm…

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    Qing Dynasty Dbq Analysis

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    In the year 1911 one of history’s most powerful dynasties came to an end. It is highly questionable as to the series of events that led to the fall of Qing China. One thing is clear, Japan a close neighbor to China did not lead the same fate. The question is how did Japan succeed when China did not. It is known that Qing China failed in many aspects including militarily, economically, and internationally. A combination on failures caused the Qing dynasty came to an end. It is now important to…

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