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'The Allegory Of George Orwell's Animal Farm'

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1. A. How is George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” an allegory? It is an allegory because the entire story is like one big metaphor comparing the events leading up to the 1917 Russian Revolution to an animal farm. This part “Old Major (so he was always called, though the name under which he had been exhibited was Willingdon Beauty) was so highly regarded on the farm that everyone was quite ready to lose an hour's sleep in order to hear what he had to say.” I will uses (because I don’t know anything about the Russian Revolution) is what started it all, because it is how things like this usually start. Usually things like this start with a single person or group talking against the government or higher power as an attempt to get others to join in the fight against that government or higher power. …show more content…

What are the rhetorical components of this allegory? George Orwell chose to use the medium of satire to fill the story with humor and parallelism to make it more entertaining to read. He does this by comparing the Russian Revolution to a farm with many animals, or an animal farm as the title implies. By doing so he explains the Russian Revolution to the audience without losing their interest effectively. Then our brain won’t look at it like boring old data, and actually try to process it to form a critique worth looking at.
C. How is the use of allegory as a rhetorical device different from simply laying out a non-fictional account, or an historical or statistical analysis of the period and the rise of the Communist Party? It is more entertaining to read. Therefor we will pay more attention to it allowing us to form a critique worth spending the time to read or even look at. Although not just that, it also allows the reader to learn about the Russian Revolution, and possibly without them knowing they’re learning anything. This in a way makes learning about the Russian Revolution easier and a bit more

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