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    Have you ever been curious about how animals feel inside living in farms and who are the big bosses that run everything within the farm? And who has the power? In, Animal Farm, size did not matter in this case! The animals were convinced to do what the pigs tell them to. The power holders in the book are the pigs ! Puny, chubby, and persuading pigs! Ruling a whole farm of animals. They were smooth with their words and careful and manipulative. Then, soon enough the pigs took matters into their hands

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    He who was unaware “If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right’ And from then on he adopted the maxim, ‘Napoleon is always right’” (Orwell,37) becomes a strong point in the way Boxer thinks. So why would Napoleon feel threatened by him? Boxer takes on the role of one of the strongest animals, both physically and socially on the farm, which can be seen as a threat. Boxer is a very large, and tenacious horse, he was muscular and possessed a lot of strength, often pulling the load of the

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    Animal Farm Essay By: Robert Long George Orwell's novel, Animal Farm, is based on the theory that leaders, if given the chance to completely possess power, will be corrupted. Animal Farm is to show the people what is happening with power. That it can corrupt and absolutely will. People should trust leadership but keep watch on it. If power is required share it don't leave it to one person. Look at Snowball a hero to the animals of the farm. He even becomes corrupt when the apples and milk were

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    “No one man should have all that power/The clocks ticking, I just count the hours/Stop tripping, I’m tripping off the power/Till then, fuck that, the world’s ours.” To someone who prefers Orwellian literature over contemporary rap, these lyrics could be interpreted as a brief crude summary of Animal Farm’s final five chapters. In taking a second glance at this verse, Kanye West also gives us an insight into how George Orwell viewed Totalitarianism. Orwell’s Animal Farm, in alluding to Communist

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    Novelist, George Orwell, in his narrative essay, Animal Farm, describes Old Major’s Speech. Old Major had a dream that animals are treated with equality and he wanted to address it to the rest of the animals on the far. All the animals on the farm respected Old Major because he was wise and he thinks about life when he sits alone in his stable. The purpose of Old Major's’ speech was about his wisdom,how animals are treated, not respected and later when they are unhelpful they are killed and what

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    Squealer is Napoleon's pig that conveys Napoleon's ideas and convinces to the other animals on the animal farm to believe in whatever Napoleon would like them to think. Squealer “could turn black into white” and that is because of how he makes all of Napoleon's ideas sound great and amazing. For example, the animals saw that the truck that was taking away boxer said "Horse Slaughterer," and jumped to the conclusion that boxer was being sent to a slaughter house. Squealer immediately went to work

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    Ethics Case Study Analysis Introduction Ethics Entertainment Industry Film/TV (Animals Were Harmed: Hollywood's Nightmare of Death, Injury, and Secrecy Exposed | Hollywood Reporter Exclusive, 2017 To begin The American Humane Association the grantor of the familiar “No Animals Were Harmed” trademark accreditation seen at the end of film and TV credits. Has the many responsibilities that monitors on sets, they are protectors of animals, to monitor the welfare of the animals used in the production

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    Snowball's Murder

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    Recently at the Animal Farm by George Orwell world, a body recently was discovered just outside of the border of Animal Farm. The deceased was identified as being the pig Snowball- despite animals on Animal Farm’s protest that he is alive in addition to being in good health. The animals all claim that no one on Animal Farm harmed snowball in obedience to the Sixth Commandment “No animal shall kill any other animal”. Nevertheless, Snowball seemed to have accumulated several injuries before his death

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    The Never-Ending Cycle Sara Moehring “Like animals to the slaughter.” This phrase has been used since biblical times, describing an unconcerned manner - unaware of an impending catastrophe. Perhaps there is some relation to George Orwell’s Animal Farm? Was this intentional? In this dark fairy tale, George Orwell describes a mid-20th century farm in England that has been taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. The humans are replaced by pigs, who eventually end the cycle worse than

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    “Ignorance is bliss” is a common phrase that has been adapted to our daily conversation. This phrase is by Thomas Gray in the poem, “Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College.” What Gray means is sometimes when one is not aware of what is happening around them, they are happier than if they were. Thomas Gray goes on to say, “’Tis folly to be wise.” This goes back to what is said earlier, that people can be in a worse state if they are aware of their surroundings. In the book, Animal Farm, written

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