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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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    Manor Farm is a fictional farm, representative of pre-revolution Russia, in the allegorical novella Animal Farm. One night, Old Major, a resident prize pig, gives a speech in which he declares to the animals that man caused all the misery that they suffer. Napoleon and Snowball adapt Old Major’s ideas of equality into a communist philosophy called animalism, and in the following months, lead the animals in staging an uprising on Manor farm, and exile the “parasitical humans.” Animal Farm…

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    In the book Animal Farm by George Orwell many government rules that apply to us are broken. The first rule is term limits and voting this means the person was fairly voted into office and has a set amount of time to serve in office. Another equally important rule is Checks and Balances this rule makes sure no one person (or branch of government) gets more power than another. The last rule is the Separation of Powers this rule gives each person (or branch of government) its power and how to use…

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    rule? George Orwell’s Animal Farm explores the role of leadership within revolutions, and how social revolutions come to fail. The beast fable is a profound allegory of the events surrounding the Russian Revolution of 1917, but there is another layer of significance. Orwell’s farm animals…

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    previously stated, “Animal Farm” is not just a story but happens to be one based on real world events. It is based off of communist Russia/Soviet Union and some its largest political leaders. Napoleon our antagonist is thought to be based off of Joseph Stalin . One of Stalin’s most famously remembered quotes states that, “The only real power comes out of a long rifle.” Napoleon's viewpoints in animal farm are almost spot on to his. Instead of using a gun to rule the animals he has his dogs and…

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    Brainwashing Animal Farm

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    the dictator of the Soviet Union. Napoleon came to power after driving the former leader, Snowball, off Animal Farm. The novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, farm animals get rid of their farmer, Jones, and become their own government. However, the animals end up living in a communist dictatorship. As many book reviews have pointed out, this story has parallels with the rise of the communist Soviet Union. While the literal story in Animal Farm is that farm animals overthrew Jones to rule…

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    differences between the novel Animal Farm and the film in the story are many, but there were more differences than similarities. For example, a difference in the beginning of the movie was on how Old Major had died. In the novel the author stated that days after he gave the speech Old Major had passed away mostly because of old age and in the movie Old Major was shot by Mr.Jones and fell off the farm. The difference does not impact the story very much, but when he got shot in farm after the…

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    propaganda? In the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, the animals rebelled against Mr. Jones, at first to create an equal society, but slowly the pigs started to gain power, using propaganda and rhetoric language, especially napoleon and squealer. They turned the perfect, equal society into an unequal society, almost coming back to the point when Mr. Jones was here, just with a different leader. The pigs become like humans, drinking alcohol, and change the commandments to “some animals are more…

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    power struggle by power-hungry political powers. In the novel, “Animal Farm” by George Orwell, a group of animals succeed in taking over their farm from their previous owner, but later on, they eventually succumb to the greedy feelings of humans. During the Russian Revolution the Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, seized power from the czarist rule and destroyed all opposition, ending the rule of the Romanovs. The symbols of Napoleon and the pigs, and the nonfiction research of the Russian…

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    human nature, and that's what corrupts it." This quote sums up exactly what went wrong with the revolution on Animal Farm, as Old Major provided the animals with a picture of a utopian world where every animal was to work to his capability, and still never go hungry, and enjoy luxuries that were never even thought of with Jones on the farm. But when the revolution became a reality, Napoleon took over along with most of the pig. And because they were thought to be superior they kept all the…

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