Comrade

An example of propaganda being used in Animal Farm is when Squealer states that “No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal” (Orwell, 37). This quote is very misleading since the animals know that Napoleon just wants to have overall power, however, Squealer is trying to manipulate them by exaggerating Napoleon’s abilities and his point of view. For this reason, even if the animals didn’t understand Squealer’s speech they would still fall into his trap since he sounded so convincing. Another extract from the book which states that “He had seemed to oppose the windmill, simply as a manoeuvre to get rid of Snowball, who was a dangerous character and a bad influence” (Orwell, 39) also shows that Squealer is trying to exploit the animals through propaganda by giving the impression that the idea of the windmill had come from Napoleon…

even writes down Kat’s address so the two can see each other after the war. “Kat, in any case we must see each other again.”(Remarque 288) Paul has no strength mentally or physically, yet he pushes on because his ties with Kat are so strong. Paul faints on arrival at the nurse’s station. Once awake, he learns dreadful news: Kat is dead. Paul has now truly lost everything, and begins to wonder, “Do I walk?” “Have I still feet?” (Remarque 291) It is as if Paul’s soul died with Kat. Comradeship…

Remarque does to the enemy and Paul’s comrades, but another important theme is the way that Paul see his enemies as humans, and therefore runs into problems. Remarque uses animals as comparison to the current event they are facing, and he relates the idea of animals’ instinct to the way the soldiers feel during battle. For example, Remarque states, “We reach the zone where the front begins and become on the instant human animals.” (56) and “We have become wild beasts” (113). Remarque is trying…

The book I chose to read was For Cause & Comrades by James M. McPherson. McPherson is an American Civil War Historian, and is also the George Henry Davis '86 Professor Emeritus of United States History at Princeton University. He has written several books on the American Civil War and has received awards such as the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for Battle Cry of Freedom, and the Lincoln Prize in 1998 for his book For Cause & Comrades. McPherson was also the 2003 president of the American Historical…

Racial injustice has played a tremendous role in world history and still does to this day today in countries like the US, where systemic racism still is a big problem, even in the 21st century. This issue is also one of the main themes in the South African writer Nadine Gordimer’s short story “Comrades”, which was published in 1991. In the short story, contrasts play a big role. However, the main contrast portrayed in the short story is the contrast between black South Africans and white…

From reading For Cause and Comrades, I learned about several motivations and reasons that soldiers from the North and the South fought in the Civil War. Overall, the soldiers and their respective sides fought for very similar reasons and motives. Both sides were fighting for their views on slavery, how the states should govern laws, and how the economy should operate. I plan to analyze and compare the motives for the North and the South and show how each side was fighting for remarkably similar…

There were a great number of motivations, which contributed to each individual soldiers reasoning behind enlisting in either the Union, or Confederate armies in 1861. Common motivations that I found in For Cause and Comrades included duty, honor, religion, race, peers, family, and most importantly a sense of nationalism. While reading McPherson’s text these factors were so strongly described by the soldiers that they transcended the individual’s desire for safety and home and led these men to…

Orwell uses the words “Comrades” to show the abuse of power Napoleon abuses the word “comrades” to manipulate the other animals into doing work against their own will. Napoleon was said to be, “loyal and obedient” and believed that “all animals are equal”(Orwell 40) Sadly, the way Napoleon treats his fellow animals does not reflect upon his words, as he becomes opprobrious. The “equality” that Napoleon promised and talked about changed over time from everyone being equal to “all animals are…

Mcpherson’s For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War, interprets not what was previously expected from this novel, including the political and militaristic motivations, but rather the personal, and humanistic side of the Civil War. Slavery, being commonly interpreted as the highlighted factor concerning all things related to the Civil War, the assumption was that in all sincerity, this was the cause, sustentation, and motivation for War between the North and the South. But as…

Being the head of Animal Farm, Napoleon acquires power from his fellow "comrades" on the farm mainly by running another pig named Snowball off the farm. Snowball is a kind hearted and friendly pig who was Napoleon's only competition. Both the pigs thought differently on the farm, therefore, leading to numerous conflicts. This is why Napoleon drives Snowball off of the farm, so he can get rid of one of the problems standing in his way of become a dominating tyrant. Once Snowball was no longer to…