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Animal Farm
George Orwell uses the occasion of Old Major's speech to present an array of characters with different personalities, who therefore react differently to the senior animal's message. Old Major...
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Animal Farm
Snowball is portrayed as an enthusiastic proponent of Animalism, who subscribes to old Major's teachings and shares his dream of creating a society founded and organized by animals. After old Major...
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Animal Farm
In the opening chapter of Orwell's classic novella Animal Farm, old Major gives a moving speech regarding the depressing nature of their lives on the farm and highlights the negative influence of...
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Animal Farm
In chapter two, the animals successfully rebel against Mr. Jones by suddenly expelling him from the farm. Once Mr. Jones is expelled from the property, the animals establish Animal Farm and destroy...
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Animal Farm
In Animal Farm, Squealer is a gifted speaker who often takes on the task of convincing the farm to go along with Napoleon's (often unpopular) ideas. He uses language to create a sense of urgency...
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Animal Farm
We can find an example of propaganda in the opening paragraph of this chapter. This occurs as a result of the actions of Snowball and Napoleon: Every day Snowball and Napoleon sent out flights of...
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Animal Farm
In chapter 4, Mr. Jones and his men return to Animal Farm to reclaim their territory and recapture the farm. However, Snowball has been preparing for an attack and has cleverly studied Julius...
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Animal Farm
Satire is defined as the use of ridicule, humour, irony or exaggeration to expose and criticise foolishness, corruption or the shortcomings inherent in a person, system or institution. In his poem...
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Animal Farm
The PEE technique is a method for constructing arguments in paragraphs that revolves around three steps: Point, Example, and Explanation. It is a good way to articulate your thoughts in a clear and...
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Animal Farm
This is a good question. It is first important to define what anthropomorphism means. A good definition of anthropomorphism is giving human qualities to other things, whether these be gods or...
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Animal Farm
The dogs don't have a particular rule, but they form a privileged caste on Animal Farm, only slightly below the highest level of pigs in status. They are the equivalent of a police force in a...
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Animal Farm
Snowball is portrayed as a relatively selfless, innovative pig, who promotes the principles of Animalism and attempts to establish a civil, egalitarian society after the Rebellion. Despite...
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Animal Farm
I would say this is a toss up between Snowball and Boxer, but in the end I would have to come down on the side of Boxer. Boxer shows his courage as a fighter in the Battle of the Cowshed,...
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Animal Farm
Napoleon's nine ferocious dogs are the enforcers on the farm and allegorically represent Stalin's ruthless NKVD police force, which violently punished political dissidents and carried out...
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Animal Farm
The dogs play an important role in the story. Napoleon secretly trains them from puppies to be obedient and loyal only to him. He first unleashes them to chase Snowball from the farm. Napoleon then...
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Animal Farm
George Orwell’s classic satire is set at “Manor Farm,” later renamed “Animal Farm,” in the English countryside. Old Major is a prize boar that plants the seeds of rebellion among the animals that...
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Animal Farm
I think that one way the Pigs rewrite history is to ensure that they are always in the position of power. This job falls largely to Squealer, who is able to spin anything so that the Pigs, and in...
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Animal Farm
On the face of it, Animal Farm is a book that highlights the dangers of power and control, manipulation and advantage, trust and perspective. George Orwell wrote it, careful to refer to it as a...
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Animal Farm
In Animal Farm, the animals are not unlike the peasants of pre-Industrial times, who performed all the hard work on the estates and received few, if any, benefits other than sustenance. Since the...
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Animal Farm
It's not in Squealer's interest to tell the truth about the pivotal role played by Snowball during the epic Battle of the Cowshed. He knows as well as anyone that Snowball completely outshone...
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Animal Farm
Animal Farm is a political satire on the Soviet Union under Stalin. The Animalist revolution, like the Bolshevik insurrection in Russia in October 1917, was supposed to lead to the emancipation of...
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Animal Farm
Squealer is the chief propagandist on the farm. He is initially described as a “brilliant talker” who has a “very persuasive” way of arguing. He gains the reputation of being able “to turn black...
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Animal Farm
In chapter 11, Napoleon announces that the animals will be expected to work on Sunday afternoons, despite already working “like slaves” throughout the rest of the week. Napoleon says that the work...
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Animal Farm
The pigs want to inspire loyalty and obedience in their followers—as well as iron discipline—instead of bravery. They say that bravery isn't enough because they know that if an animal chooses to be...
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Animal Farm
In chapter seven, rumors circulate that Snowball has been sneaking onto the farm at night and causing mischief. Hysteria quickly spreads throughout the farm, and the animals begin blaming every...
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Animal Farm
One of the major changes in chapter nine is that the farm is declared a republic, but of course there is only one candidate for president, Napoleon. So he is elected without opposition and...
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Animal Farm
According to the tenets of Animalism, all animals are created equal and should enjoy the same privileges as they live in harmony on Animal Farm. Tragically, Napoleon usurps power, vanquishes...
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Animal Farm
Boxer is strong, generous, and blindly loyal to Animal Farm and to Napoleon. He gives his all for the farm, working harder than anyone else to make the society work. So his death is symbolic for a...
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Animal Farm
After the Animal Farm is established, Boxer adopts "I will work harder!" as his "personal motto." After Napoleon takes over, drives out Snowball, and sets himself up as dictator, Boxer adds...
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Animal Farm
The overall message of the song is one in which the animals sing of a world without human beings. The message of the song is one where there is triumph of the animals over the exploitation of the...
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Animal Farm
Napoleon and Snowball do not make effective co-leaders. Snowball has greater leadership skills, but Napoleon is more ruthless. As co-leaders, Snowball and Napoleon are at a stalemate. They do not...
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Animal Farm
The humans serve two roles, in my mind, the first being the object of the animals' desire for freedom and to benefit from their own work. As Old Major said, the animals toil and give up the best...
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Animal Farm
A satire is a work that criticizes an aspect of society through humor. Irony and caricature are often employed to harpoon the perceived weakness or defect. Also, satire always aims for reform, for...
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Animal Farm
The animals of Animal Farm rose up in revolution against the farmer, Mr. Jones, precisely because they had been told they were his slaves. There are very few direct references to slavery in Animal...
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Animal Farm
In Orwell's classic novella Animal Farm, Mollie's character allegorically represents the bourgeoisie middle class during the Russian Revolution and the early years of the Soviet Union. She is the...
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Animal Farm
Napoleon becomes corrupt because of power. He and another pig, Snowball, use the power that they have to gain more power, which in turn makes them more corrupt. Napoleon then uses his power to...
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Animal Farm
In chapter nine, Boxer continues to push himself to his physical limits in hopes of rebuilding the windmill, even after being injured during the fierce battle. Despite Clover and Benjamin's...
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Animal Farm
The way that the animals live under Napoleon is essentially no different than the way they lived under Jones. There is only one real difference that I see -- no animals are killed for food under...
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Animal Farm
In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, Boxer is told to expect medical treatment and then a relaxing retirement in a corner of the pig’s meadow after he hurts himself. This is in sharp contrast to what he...
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Animal Farm
A prime example of Communism in the story comes with the building of the windmill. Communist regimes have traditionally been very big on large-scale projects, which they see as being public...
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Animal Farm
During old Major's speech, he uses several techniques to propagate his views and ideas. Old Major refers to the animals as comrades which creates a sense of partnership and invokes a close...
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Animal Farm
The Old Major believes that the humans should not be running things. He has a dream in which the animals become the rulers of the world. He believes the only way that this is to be accomplished is...
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Animal Farm
Napoleon sets up a system of rations to control the dwindling food supply. He also designs the food troughs to appear full and abundant, yet in reality, he is filling them with sand and topping it...
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Animal Farm
In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the animals who work on Manor Farm want to achieve better and more equitable treatment than they have received. As a result, they rebel and take over the farm....
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Animal Farm
Napoleon's biggest ally when using his propaganda on the animals of the farm is their ignorance and faulty memories. He uses Squealer, an accomplished well spoken pig whom the animals listen to in...
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Animal Farm
By chapter nine, conditions on the farm have significantly deteriorated following the devastating Battle of the Windmill. The animals continue to suffer from malnutrition and food rations are once...
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Animal Farm
Benjamin's basic flaw is his negativity. He is cynical and never believes anything can change for the better. His life philosophy can be summed up by his statement after the Rebellion that: life...
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Animal Farm
Snowball and Napoleon clash on just about every issue. Both of these pigs are powerful personalities, and it soon becomes clear that the farm just isn't big enough for both of them. Snowball is...
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Animal Farm
In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the animals who work on Manor Farm want to achieve better and more equitable treatment than they had received under the management of the farm’s original owners, Mr....
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Animal Farm
The 1945 novella Animal Farm by George Orwell is an allegorical fable about power and corruption, as based on then-recent history of the Soviet Union. The narrator introduces Napoleon in chapter 2...
