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alz
alz
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High School - 10th Grade

Explain the satire behind Snowball's committees in "Animal Farm".

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Posted by alz on Friday June 19, 2009 at 2:08 PM and tagged with characters, committee, satire, snowball.

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  1. dalepowell1962
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    Some scholars claim Orwell was purely going after the Soviet regime in Animal Farm. Others, like myself, believe that while Orwell was alluding to the communists, he saw a bigger picture as well.

    Snowball's committees and studies that showed that pigs needed milk and apples for their superior brains are examples of the pseudo-sciences that many governments and religious groups create to bolster their preposterous claims.  Also the frequent assignment of committees themselves shows the way that many orgainzations deal with problems they do not want to deal with--send it to a committee for study.

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    Posted by dalepowell1962 on Friday June 19, 2009 at 2:41 PM