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Animal Farm Equality Essay

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As society becomes more of a multicultural environment with different people with varying customs, different opinions, both positive and negative, spiral out of the mix . Thus in order to maintain a civilized and corresponding society, that society must achieve equality. But how can equality be achieved under its best form? First we must understand the nature of equality and its many interpretations from others who have sought to do the same to determine what its meaning for ourselves. Written by English novelist George Orwell, the novel Animal Farm uses a literary device known as an allegory. A text that is used to convey hidden meanings through the uses of symbolism such as figures and events. The way the novel utilizes this technique to tell what the author’s view of equality is, is it sets the story on a farm where as the story progresses, the animals on the farm overthrow the ruler, the farmer, and form a new form of government to rule the establishment called Animalism. This represented the Russian Revolution where the people overthrew the Czar and governed the country under a literal form of socialism which would be Communism. And as Communism had its complications, so did …show more content…

From the document it claims, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.” The document then continues to justify its claim and how the government is responsible and if they fail to execute, the people will overthrow that government and create their own to find more success. Since then, America is still under the same government since the nation was founded as it achieved some equality, as people gained their rights, but only a certain type of people gained these rights, raising speculation if equality was even

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