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Similarities Between Animal Farm And Animal Farm

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Two visions; Different Results

In George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm he asserts that following “blindly”, will lead to government abuse and corruption. Orwell’s assertion brings life to the philosophy that a utopian atmosphere can never exist. Orwell’s purpose is to deliver the idea of communism not being successful and to make the audience reading not want to get into communism. George Orwell informs the young audience of the danger with communism. Orwell was a very cynical individual when it came to writing “Animal Farm”. There were many similarities and differences between Martin Luther King Jr. and the character, Old Major in Animal Farm. One similar political equality between the two figures is they both had a vision or dream of inspiring the masses of people to dream of a better future. between two groups of people. Despite having so many similarities between the two there are also several differences as well. Such as, the animals had different rights to fight for, for example, the animals were being overworked by Mr. Jones and they were not receiving enough food. On the other side, the blacks, during the Martin Luther King Jr. time period, were not able to go in the same bathroom as whites. The Blacks had restrictions to their rights in the idea of not being able to pursue certain circumstances as the whites did.

The historical figure Martin Luther King Jr. had many similarities and differences with the character in Animal Farm, Old Major. Both individuals had visions of rebellion but Martin Luther had the mentality of peaceful rebellion, while olf major wanted violence. The significant events between Martin Luther King Jr. and Old Major was the Beasts of England speech and the I have a Dream speech. Old Major used Beasts of England to show the animals his vision or dream for the farm. Also, Martin Luther King Jr. used I have a Dream to bring light to the idea of black rights. Old Major and Martin Luther King Jr. both had both a goal in their mind for what they want there atmosphere to be. In Animal Farm, the speech Beasts of England was used and it said “Beasts of England, Beasts of England, Beasts of every land and clime, hearken to my joyful tidings” (orwell 12) The quotes from the

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