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Allegory Animal Farm

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Animal Farm is an example of a political allegory because it uses fictional characters and elements, like animals, to explain historical occurrences during Soviet Russia. In animal farm there are many literary elements that help the reader identify how each character may be metaphoric of an actual character in the history of Soviet Russia. Animal-ism is symbolic of communism during Soviet Russia, while the Manor Farm represents Russia, Napoleon is characterizing Stalin. The dogs that Napoleon raises represent the secret police that took part during the 1930 purges in Russia. On page 82 there is an example of this,“I warn every animal on this farm to keep his eyes wide open. For we have a reason to think that some of Snowball’s secret agents …show more content…

Squealer’s use of rhetoric in chapter 9 is a good example of how he used his words and knowledge to manipulate the others away from the truth which they had seen. “He had, he said, been with boxer during his last hours.” he said to the others of animal farm. Squealer quoted Boxer in is last hours saying, “ ‘Forward, comrades!’ he whispered. ‘Forward in the name of the rebellion. Long live Animal Farm! Long live Comrade Napoleon! Napoleon is always right.’ Those were his very last words, comrades.” This shows how Squealer used his knowledge to manipulate what the animals had seen and change their perceptions in favor of Napoleon. This is a prime example of rhetoric.

Old Major was a rhetorical component from the beginning of the book. His speech on the tyranny of humanity incited the beginning of the animal’s rebellion on the Manor Farm, soon to be Animal Farm. “Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals,” said Old Major before his passing hour. This is used as a form of rhetoric and sparks the flame to make their future their own and to remove the tyrannical human

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