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Persuasive Essay On Animal Farm By George Orwell

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George Washington says “A free people ought not only be armed and disciplined but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government”. You may have heard the saying ‘ power can be a dangerous thing’. Well it can be a good thing depending on who the leader is and who the people want to lead them. The desires of the people dictate who’s in power even if the new leader is bad or innocent. People in power can be replaced by the people’s choice. One piece of evidence that Orwell from Animal Farm has that supports this is : “No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal….decided to follow Snowball...who we now know, …show more content…

As evidence, Shakespeare states, “‘Where is he?’ ‘He and Lepidus are at Caesar’s house and thither will I straight to visit him. He comes upon a wish. Fortune is merry and in this mood will give us anything”(Shakespeare 3.2.53-56). This supports the claim because it shows that Antony was already doing his duties as a leader replacing Caesar and was- to also tie i the last claim - abusing his powers as leader by making sure Octavius was near Rome and that they could get everything they want through the turmoil of Caesar’s death occurring in Rome. The second piece of evidence I have for this claim is when Golding states, “‘Where’s everybody?’ ...Piggy pointed beyond the platform. ‘ That’s where they’ve gone. ‘Jack’s party’” (Golding 148). This ties back to the claim because it shows that Ralph was replaced by Jack as a leader. My least piece of evidence for this claim is also used for claim 1 where Orwell says, “‘No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal...decided to follow Snowball...who we now know, was no better than a criminal?’”(Orwell 50). This piece of evidence supports the claim because it shows that Napoleon replaced Snowball as

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