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The critically acclaimed and widely controversial novel Animal Farm by George Orwell is an allegory (or fable) about a farm and its animals revolting against their cruel owner and becoming their own independent farm as free and equal animals. The characters and actions represent Communist Russia allegorically to provide a further understanding of the history. Several animals played a large role in the novel, such as, Snowball, Napoleon and Boxer, who represent Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky and…

Alexandra Coffin Dr. Farren World Literature September 19, 2015 “They are called capaill uisce”: Use of Symbolism in The Scorpio Races On the island of Thisby, in the month of November the Scorpio Races happen. A race to the finish line all you have to do is beat out the rest of the water horses mythical creatures with raging tempers. On one hand there is Sean Kendrick the last winner of the races, but the other is Puck Connolly an interesting young girl who has a normal horse and lives…

leadership, but having superior knowledge does not necessarily make one a great leader. Napoleon is a prime example of a leader corrupted by absolute power. He knows he has the power to make significant changes to the farm, and his original intentions were actually for the good of the farm, but he then later created laws for his own personal benefit. Northrop Frye states that Orwell “makes Napoleon inscrutably ambitious and lets it go at that, and, as far as he is concerned, some old…

The three little pig's tale has been an all-time classic that has been told throughout countless years. The tale can be classified as a fable, “a short story that usually concerns animals and intended to teach a lesson". This story has an effective moral that all ages can learn from. Although this story has different interpretations and various versions of the tale, the overall lesson has always been the same. Regardless, I believe that the overall moral of the story is that time and effort will…

The Boy Who Cried Wolf is about shepherd boy. While watching the sheep, he gets bored and called out to the village for help claiming he saw a wolf. The villagers rush to help him but go home annoyed when they find out there was never a wolf. Later that day the boy gets bored and calls for help again. This time the villagers think he might really be in trouble so they go to help again. The boy laughs at them telling them it was just a joke and they all leave. After the villagers are gone, a…

Russian Revolution started on March 8, 1917. The book Animal Farm was written between 1917 and 1943 which reflects the revolution and into the Stalinist era. The book was written with the genre of satire which is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues (http://www.oxforddictionaries.com). Animal Farm also used an outsider narrator which is not a figure in…

"For many, the American Dream has now become a nightmare." - Bernie Sanders, American politician Animal Farm is a novel by George Orwell, parallel to the Russian Revolution, in which a working class of farm animals overthrows their masters to create a communist society. However, when a pig named Napoleon gains power, things around the farm quickly go awry. George Orwell used Animal Farm as a warning to future generations. He encourages us to think freely and be educated to prevent the events of…

First of all, according to the book, “Animal Farm,” by George Orwell, a piece of evidence that would support the claim: Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely would be, “So it was agreed without further argument that the milk and the windfall apples should be reserved for the pigs alone.” This shows that the pigs had so much power they started using it negatively towards other animals, but positively for themselves, by reserving what’s nutritiously best for themself, and feeding…

In the poem, “Beowulf”, there are several things about the culture arts of the time Beowulf was “alive” that stand out in the cultural contextual presentation. One of these for instance is how weapons were crafted in that time period. For example, how the pommel of a sword was crafted to help balance the blade of a sword. Another one of these things that surprised me was how important certain weapons were in 700 AD. I didn’t expect for certain weapons to be superior to others just because they…

we took off. I have never been on a spaceship before I saw a lot of stars, and other planets very far away. When we landed it made a really big sound and dirt was flying everywhere. I got off the spaceship and I saw the farmer. He guided me to the farm. The farmer had a red plaid shirt with suspenders, blue jeans, muddy boots, and a hat made out of hay. The barn had brand new shiny looking red paint. It looked new! I saw a chicken and a cow so I went over there and greeted myself. I said hi and…