...Animal rights are rights that are often forgotten or looked over. Humans have many rights protecting them from many things, but the animals have little rights making them vulnerable to many things. Animals are put through a lot of cruel things. There are many industries that are tough on animals and there is nothing protecting them from the torture they receive. The food industry is a major industry that puts animals through a lot of pain and suffering. Some of the things those animals are born into is cruel and inhumane. Factory farm animals are put through some tough stuff. Factory farm animals are packed so tight that a lot of them can barely move, many of the animals in factory farms have no access to the outdoors at all so they live their...
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...Animal Farm Essay: Topic 9 The novel Animal Farm, by George Orwell, is an allegory that highlights the weaknesses of the human nature through the telling of a story about the rebellion of animals on Manor Farm. These weaknesses are the sources of all malignity throughout the novel, causing most of its major conflicts and poisoning the minds of its characters. Specifically, Orwell’s writing focuses on the greed of the pigs and the ignorance of the rest of the farm animals. Together, these traits establish the totalitarian society that the farm becomes. Orwell considers the traits of greed and gullibility to be the most detrimental human attributes to hopes of an equitable society. Orwell considers greed to be one of the most dangerous faults...
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...Discussion of the merits of Animal Farm as book and film respectively Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, is a story about how animals take over a farm. The farm and the animals are symbols that are used to represent the Russian Revolution. The story of Animal Farm is based on the Russian Revolution. If you make a comparison between the movie Animal Farm and the book Animal Farm there are numerous reasons that made it similar and different. This Animal Farm movie features some significant departures from Orwell's story. It may be the best film adaptation of the novel to date, but it's far from perfect. No film adaptation of a written work is hardly ever perfect, but one could expect this one to be fairly accurate because Animal Farm is a rather short book, after all. For the most part, I feel like this movie does a great job capturing the essence of Orwell’s work, but there are some significant departures that one should be aware of. One thing that I believe can make a book good is the characters. There were many more animals on the farm, in the book. The movie did not show many animals except for the main animals. Even though this is a small difference, I find it very noticeable. In the book, Mollie was a character. When she betrayed the animals by being with a human it gave you a feeling that there were more animals that could be traitors. Rather than the animals talking, as in the book, a narrator generally tells the story in the movie. The animals only have very few sound...
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...In George Orwell’s “Animal Farm,” it is seen that he uses analogies and personification throughout the book. Napoleon represents the evil Russian leader, Joseph Stalin. Some animals are superior in character over others as we will see with Boxer. The character of Napoleon is not one that should be followed. He is a bully, power hungry, a thief and murderer, and he twists rules to his advantage. Napoleon is afraid of boxer because of the following reasons: Boxer is the strongest and biggest animal on the farm, he is the hardest working, most persistent and respectful of others. Napoleon has guard dogs because he feels threatened by boxer. This will show that Napoleon is afraid of boxer. First, Napoleon has bodyguard dogs, to intimidate the other animals. He chases snowball off the farm to become the leader by force. The other animals see that the dogs chase Snowball from the farm, they are afraid of Napoleon and agreed to everything he said. This is where the author shows Napoleon is a bully and power hungry. The dogs are very loyal to Napoleon. Napoleon takes the dogs away from their parents after they are born and trains them to be loyal to him. Boxer states his opinion about snowball not being an evil animal, the dogs attack...
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...AP Literature The classic novel Animal Farm written by George Orwell unravels the story of a group of farm animals who craved freedom from humans. Many of the characters in Animal Farm relate to ideas and people involved in the Russian Revolution such as, Joseph Stalin, Karl Marx and the idea of communism. George Orwell tends to give animals on the farm characteristics of those who lead the Russian Revolution. The novel is simply a reflection of this time period with the twist of the people involved being portrayed as animals instead. George Orwell's novel Animal Farm is directly related to the Russian Revolution in several ways. In the novel Animal Farm, Mr. Jones treats his animals extremely poorly and fails to give them enough food to be healthy (Orwell 18). He is sometimes cruel in which he beats his animals with whips and on the other hand he is sometimes kind by mixing milk into the animals' mash. This relates to Czar Nicholas II of the Russian Revolution. He was a poor leader compared to his western kings and he was sometimes cruel and brutal with opponents, and other times he was kind and hired spies to make money (CITE). Old Major is also a character that can be compared, he taught animalism as Karl Marx had taught and invented communism. Major also spoke of how the animals did all the work while the humans kept all the money and for that reason the animals should revolt against mankind. Marx believed that the workers of the...
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...corruption. Equality can also be executed by taking away choice and uniqueness, which will eventually cripple the society. In Animal Farm, by George Orwell, the “government”, which consisted of pigs, is dishonest, which leads the utopian society into a disastrous unequal dystopia. In Anthem, by Ayn Rand, the people are not unique and have no choice but to do as the government says, and because of this, the government has all of the power. Anthem and Animal Farm are the most similar in the aspects of...
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...Animal Farm by George Orwell has an amazing way of transforming animals into human beings and giving the animals the characteristics given off by humans during times of crisis. The characteristics of each animals presented in the novel are representative of their personalities. Because of these characteristics, some animals have an untimely downfall and other are still leaders and reigning in their own glorious manner. The character in this novel are Napoleon the pig, Boxer and Clover the cart-horses, Benjamin the donkey, and the sheep and dogs who are loyal servant to Napoleon. Animals behave like humans because they are around each other for longer periods of time. G. A. Bradshaw and Robert M. Sapolsky explain that “human beings and nonhuman animals share a common ancestry,” (487) resulting in a common behavior. Napoleon is the head pig. He is strong, but rather bull-headed, along with being independent, as well as corrupt. He was just a pig on Manor Farm until he took over and changed the name to Animal Farm. He was running for the title of leader alongside another pig called Snowball. Little did any of the other animals know, Napoleon was very corrupt from the start, he made up rumors about Snowball leading everyone to believe that he was not a good match to...
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...In the study of Gattaca, directed by Andrew Niccol and Animal Farm composed by George Orwell, conformity versus individualism is a key concern for both composers. Although both contextually different, both texts promote a warning for their respective societies that apparent utopian ideals can lead to the corruption and destruction of values such as individuality, caring and compassion, being replaced by deceit and manipulation to gain control and power. Both texts, written at different times historically, share many significant lessons. In the sterile society of Gattaca, life is genetically controlled right from the beginning so that everyone gets the “best possible start”. The sterile setting metaphorically captures a tyrannical and authoritarian atmosphere that prizes genetic perfection above all else. It is a world that blocks human aspiration. This becomes evident through the robotic-type characters that inhabit Gattaca. In the film Vincent says: “Engineered like the rest of us” this puts an emphasis on that everyone is the same and individual characteristics such as personality, beliefs and values are irrelevant. Identity is seen in this world as being entirely defined by your status as a valid or in-valid. Beyond this, nothing else is important. The first scenes in Gattaca set an atmosphere of controlled bodily perfection. Vincent is seen shaving and washing. There are extreme close-ups of body matter: blood, skin, hair, eyelashes, urine and fingernails. The use of such...
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...Arafeh November 23, 2011 L.A/Block 4 Animal Farm Chapters 1-2 “Word had gone round during the day that old Major, the prize Middle Wight boar, had had a strange dream on the previous night and wished to communicate it to the other animals…Old Major (so he was always called, though the name under which he had been exhibited was Willingdon Beauty) was so highly regarded on the farm that everyone was quite ready to lose an hour’s sleep in order to hear what he had to say.”(pg 15) This is an exposition. It explains who old Major is. It explains that old Major is not his actual name. He is the boar. He is also a very important animal in the story because it says he was so highly regarded. The animals respected him like a high person. He was probably the king of the animals. Chapter 2 “And so, before they knew what was happening, the Rebellion had been successfully carried through: Jones was expelled, and the Manor Farm was theirs.”(pg 29) It was so unexpected that it would happen so fast. I thought the Rebellion of the animals against Man would take a very long time such as a year or ten years. It happened so fast that I was shocked. Chapter 1 Question Old Major tries to persuade the animals into a Rebellion against Man. He tells the animals what their life is right then and now, and also tells them what their life will be when they succeed in the Rebellion against Man. He persuades them by describing to all the animals how miserable, and short their lives are...
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...Writing the novella, Animal Farm, A Fairy Story, George Orwell or, Eric Blair, satirizes the Russian Revolution using an allegorical fable. Using pigs to symbolize tyrannical, Soviet Russian leaders and other animals to represent the working class, Orwell demonstrates valuable lessons. "'Four legs good, two legs bad! Four legs good, two legs bad!' bleated the sheep, never seeming to grow tired of it." Capturing the essence of Animalism (communism), Napoleon, the boar despot, and Squealer, a lower pig leader, use the maxim," Four legs good, two legs bad!" as a tool of diversion, directed against the other animals. Bleating at tense moments causes other animals, instead of thinking further, to acquiesce to Napoleon and Squealer's ideas. Essentially, Squealer uses the sheep to take advantage of hard working animals, comparable to a propagandist using media to take advantage of an uneducated working class....
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...on the insights presented in George Orwell allegoric novel “Animal Farm”. Another key to the choice of this idea was the oppression of human rights in society during Stalin´s dictatorship. After researching the history of a single- party state it was found that they failed to remain true to the principles that they proclaimed when they were seeking power. Since this particular topic has already been researched, it is an advantage because it has many resources to investigate, including books, articles, speeches form Stalin, etc. In order to develop this extended essay, it requires a general understanding of Stalin’s dictatorship and the novel “Animal Farm”. Different sources have been consulted that have helped raise awareness about the idea and topic to analyze. b. Justification This extended essay will analyze an important historical fact of Stalin’s dictatorship and some insights presented on the allegoric novel “Animal Farm” by George Orwell; Specifically, the oppression of human rights in society during Stalin’s dictatorship. c. Identification of the problem 1. Definition of the problem: - Comparing and contrasting Stalin’s dictatorship to George Orwell´s allegoric novel to reflect the oppression of human rights in society 2. Delimitation Geographical extent: Russia Temporary extent: 1905 - 1917 Thematic extent: Stalin´s dictatorship portrayed in the allegoric novel “Animal Farm” by George Orwell II. Theoretical Framework * Single...
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...have protested if they could have found the right arguments.” This quote, taken from Animal Farm, an allegory written by George Orwell, shows that if people aren’t educated then they can’t fight back against their government. This is the case in Animal Farm, where a pig by the name of Napoleon, took rule of Animal Farm, after overthrowing the previous leader, a human, and eliminating his only other competition, a pig called Snowball. The pigs in Animal Farm were the only animals that could learn english so the rest of the farm animals could not question the corrupt government that the pigs set up. Looking at this structure of the story and many other aspects of writing, I believe that the purpose of George Orwell's writing...
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...Animal Farm Essay What would a society be like if all of its inhabitants were uneducated? What if no one could make a clear and distinct decision for themselves about what is right and what is wrong? If they allowed a ruler to have absolute control over their future lives and present quality of life, then the ruler would promptly become corrupt from this new overload of authority. An uneducated person is taught how to think whereas an indoctrinated person is taught what to think. There is an unmistakable difference; the ability to formulate one’s own opinion and draw one’s own conclusions greatly influences the structure of any society. George Orwell emphasizes the importance of an education in his allegorical and satirical novel "Animal Farm". The political nature within the book leads to the questioning of propaganda and indoctrination. Readers will recognize after reading the novel that education and who delivers the education are important matters. It is clear that Orwell suggests that the animals within the book do not think for themselves, and only do what they are told too. From the beginning of the novel, readers become aware of educations role in stratifying Animal Farm’s population. Following Old Major’s death the pigs are the ones that take on the task of organizing and mobilizing the other animals because they are “generally recognized as being the cleverest of the animals” (Orwell 35). At first the pigs are loyal to their fellow animals and to the revolutionary...
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...A Marxist Examination of Animal Farm Literature has been around since the beginning of time; it is the means of expressing our pain and class struggles. Criticism in literature is concerned with the way in which literature examines the economic, political, social, and psychological oppression of individuals. In the novella Animal Farm written by George Orwell in 1945 Orwell examines the power and greed of the few individuals and the struggles and oppression of the many who work. Animal Farm is an allegory of the 1917 Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union under Stalin. The story takes place on a farm were, the men running the farm are exploiting the animals and steeling all the animals labour. The animals decide to rebel against the men and run the farm themselves. The farm is run by two pigs Napoleon and Snowball. Snowball is based on Leon Trotsky, a communist who believed that all workers deserved a share in profits and equal rights. Napoleon is based on Stalin, a though man who betrayed his people and got overwhelm with power and money, Stalin killed Trotsky and became the leader of the Soviet. In the novella Napoleon chasses Snowball away and he takes complete control of the Farm. Napoleon betrays the animals and the rules set at the beginning, he exploited the other animals. Orwell’s book Animal Farm is a Marxist examination of the Russian revelation. Marxism was started by Karl Marx, born in 1818, he was a man who saw the struggles between class and between the oppressed...
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...Animal Farm is a historical novel, set in England but dealing with the events leading up to and after the Russian Revolution of 1917. It illustrates the idea expressed by Lord Acton that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. This abuse of power can be demonstrated by studying Napoleon’s actions in the book(Alex K.). In this essay, comparisons include the character Napolean and how he relates to Korean dictator, Kim Jong Un, how the Pentagon's destruction compares with the destruction of the windmill and the last comparison includes how Napolean started underfeeding the other animals and how it compares too Kim Jong Un letting his people...
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