Comparing Animal Farm 'And Speech At The United Nations'

Malala Yousafzai uses the rhetorical appeal of pathos to express the immorality of Pakistani government which coaxes the U.N. to allow women basic rights. Everybody should be granted the right to education, no matter race, gender, or religion. Malala pleads to the U.N. to allow her an education. During her presentation at the U.N. meeting, Malala appeals to the emotions of the representatives of various countries by discussing heartbreaking topics such as terrorism, war, and most brutally, death. While fighting for their basic rights, Yousafzai stated, “thousands

The novel, Animal Farm, is a well-known allegory written by George Orwell. As a satire of the Russian Revolution, Orwell portrays the rise of a cruel dictatorship and the mistreatment of the general population under it. Like the Communist government in Russia, the government in Animal Farm employs the use of many manipulative tools, especially propaganda. Propaganda was used by the pigs throughout the book, deceiving many of the animals. As this story shows, propaganda can enable governments to bend people to any purpose. By spreading positive messages about Napoleon, persuading the animals that Snowball is an enemy, and convincing the animals that they can’t survive without the pigs, propaganda

The novel’s name that I’m here to briefly tell you about is by far one of the most well known political allegories in our modern day and falls under the name of Animal Farm. It was initially written in 1943 by George Orwell as a criticism against the events that led up to the creation of the Soviet Union after the Russian revolution.

Malala Yousafzai is a young woman speaking as a young education advocate at the Youth Takeover of the United Nations. This was her first speech since she had been shot in the head by the Taliban in Pakistan on October 9th, 2012. The Taliban targeted her because she was blogging about her own right, and the right of all women, to an education. Her purpose is to inform the people of the denial of education to children around the world. She is also trying to persuade her audiences to join her campaign in ensuring all children gain their right to education before the end of 2015. Her primary audience was all of the delegates who attended the Youth Takeover of the United Nations, and all the people fighting for education. Her

“...rumor on the street: The Taliban were going to take control of Swat…. Our hearts sank”. (58) Malala’s peers and classmates started to get nervous and scared to come to school after the continuous threats being thrown upon them. Using others stories in her book helps create a tone by using negative connotations to set the reader in a dark and scared mood. When Malala gives stories from her, other students and families, it provides a believable strong story. The readers are then provided with reliable information from people who experienced the story itself. With the help of reliable facts and quotes, Malala uses logos to persuade the reader about the Taliban and how it destroyed them.

In a society where an elite class has access to tools that the masses do not, this elite group of people often use these tools to dominate and oppress society. In George Orwell’s story, Animal Farm, Orwell demonstrates that education is a powerful weapon and is a tool that can be used to one’s advantage. Living in a world where power is easy to gain, the pigs quickly use education (or lack thereof) to manipulate the rest of the animals on the farm to serve themselves. This story ultimately reveals the underlying message that  first, education is important to all levels of society, next, for when it is not, society is stratified, resulting in the masses suffering.

In Animal Farm, the pigs are the best example of power being gained through knowledge is seen. The first way this power is seen is when the pigs create rules for the other animals. This quote shows how the animals obtain their power from having more intelligence: “None of the other animals on the farm could get further than the letter A. It was also found that the stupider animals, such as the sheep, hens, and ducks, were unable to learn the Seven Commandments by heart. After much thought Snowball declare that the Seven Commandments could in effect be reduced to a single maxim, namely: “four legs good, two legs bad.” (Page 33) In this quote, their knowledge is seen because of their power to create rules. They have the ability to create rules over the other animals, which gives them control over the other animals. The pigs are also the ones who teach the other animals to read and write. They are the teaches with more knowledge, so this puts them

In the novella “Animal Farm” written by George Orwell, we see many different themes. It goes from talking about power, to talking about democrats and socialists. We are going to be talking about education. This will show you that all of the animals other than the pigs have a lack of education. It will show that being illiterate and innumerate is very dangerous in society. There are no perks to being uneducated but, there are many disadvantages. Being taken advantage of, being tricked, and having less rights. All of these things show how having a lack of education is dangerous.

They are our most powerful weapons." Malala re- iterates the importance of women having equal rights when it comes to education. The Taliban are threatened by the force of educated

Malala Yousafzai used an anecdote in her speech to relate her story with the audience. In the speech it says, “The terrorists thought that they would change our aims and stop our ambitions but nothing changed in my life except this: Weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born.” This example gives the audience hope that they can take action and achieve gender equality rights by using their words and actions. The anecdote appeals to the audience’s emotions, by using specific word choice such as strength, power, and courage. This helps connect Malala’s view to the audience. “I remember that there was a boy in our school who was asked by a journalist, Why are the Taliban against education? He answered very simply. By pointing to his book he said, A Talib doesn’t know what is written inside this book. They think that God is a tiny, little conservative being who would send girls to hell just because of going to school. The terrorists are misusing the name of Islam and Pashtun society for their own personal beliefs.” This quote shows the audience why the terrorists do crimes and mass murders, and Malala Yousafzai is teaching her audience to be forgiving and use words and

Strict Rules Suppressing People Ultimately Leads to Rebellion Malala Yousafzai, a fourteen-year-old girl, was on her way home from school when she was shot in the head by a member of the Taliban. In the eyes of the Taliban, Malala defied their beliefs by being a girl who goes to school. After barely surviving, she was seen as an inspiration for girls around the world to seek education when men suppress them. In some areas of the world, mainly the Middle East and Southeast Asia, men don’t believe in education for women. As Malala’s ideas show, many women and girls saw her as a role model, not just in the role of education.

Animal Farm used pigs as superiors over the other farm animals, and they became superior because of their knowledge. In my dystopian society, I would use the theme knowledge is power. A group of people will rise up in my society to become superior over the others because of their knowledge, with the goal of world domination. They would stop education universally, and train their offspring to be an elite group geniuses like themselves. In Animal Farm the pigs stopped the education of everyone on the farm but their offspring, and soon enough the other animals weren’t able to comprehend the decisions that were being made by the

Getting an education is an aspect that everyone needs to have; it’s something that is developed and learned not something that you are born with. We are lucky to have free education, in America, but some people don’t take advantage of this opportunity. It’s incredibly easy to get manipulated if you are less knowledgeable than someone else. In the allegorical novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, you can see how it’s so very different how the animals with an education are being treated and how the animals that don’t have an education are being treated. After reading this novel, there is a message that stood out to me which was people will take advantage of you if you do not have an education.

Citizens who are not educated to think for their own welfare are susceptible to manipulation from unfavorable influences that would eventually lead the country astray and onto the path of instability and devastation. For instance, one example from Animal Farm that indicates the dangers of an uneducated society would be the death of Boxer. Boxer the horse, who was well-respected by the animals on the farm, fell sick and was later cruelly sold to the butcher in cold blood by the pigs, who then used the money they gained to buy whiskey for themselves. This action would have, and should have, been condemned by the farm animals – the unnecessary death of a fellow, beloved comrade – but any concerns raised by the animals were placated by Squealer, who wove an extravagant lie that the animals blindly believed. The course of this event shows just why it is so dangerous for a society to be uneducated: the pigs were able to twist black into white, and they had only to open their mouths and the animals would readily believe them.

Although alluding to a completely different nation in a different time period, George Orwell’s animals in Animal Farm also have their similarities with ISIS, a modern day terrorist organization. George Orwell alluded to Stalin’s USSR(Soviet Union) seventy years ago with this work, but similar allusions can be made to today’s ISIS. ISIS is a modern day Animal Farm because Animal Farm’s and ISIS’s leader are very similar, they use a certain ideology to make people believe what they say, and certain similarities are shared between the pigs and ISIS members.