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    There is a Pedigree dog commercial I see on television which catches my eye and my heart. It tells us to not pity a shelter animal. When I decided to become a Veterinary Technician, I anticipated working in a veterinarian office. Approximately one year ago, I began volunteering for the Denver Dumb Friends League at the Buddy Center in Castle Rock. This experience has led me to consider working in a shelter instead of a vet office. A shelter is not necessarily the easiest place to work, and I have

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    The animals in the book “Animal Farm” hoped to achieve unity, equality. trust/truth, prosperity, better quality of life, freedom and individuality, in terms of the revolution. This was achieved at the beginning of the revolution, which made it a success, but in the end the revolution was a failure. The farm, in many ways, was very prosperous when the revolution began. The animals were given an education, “the reading and writing classes were however a great success,” which made them feel equal

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    Asher Barrett Mrs. Wynn Literature 8-4-15 Snowball vs. Napoleon Snowball and Napoleon both had different opinions how Animal Farm should be run. They both had a common goal but they both had a completely different way to achieve that goal. If Napoleon had an idea Snowball would have a completely different idea that would lead in a different way. There are three ways that Napoleon and Snowball were different. First everything Napoleon took part in would benefit himself not the whole Animal Farm

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    Within the story “Animal Farm” by George Orwell is a farm that gets overrun by the animals when they rebel against their owner, Mr. Jones. After this rebellion, the animals decide to work for none other but themselves and create a society based off of seven commandments that will prevent the animals from becoming like the humans beings. Even though the animals begin to work for themselves, the pigs and dogs within the “Animal Farm” become first class and gain more privileges than the rest of the

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    Imagine an animal locked in a dark cage, alone without food or water, with a deadly disease infecting its body, having to watch other animals being experimented on. These animals have zero control of what is about to happen, and they will never know if today is their last day. This is the situation that happens when animals are the subject of tests. Many of these animals are suffering with diseases and possibly growing tumors the size of their bodies. Worldwide, 24 animals die every minute in laboratories

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    Deep within the forest, destiny brings two young Native American lovers closer together after a series of unforeseen tragedies, but not without the help of nature and the animals within the woods. In the novel, The Translation of Dr. Apelles, specifically within the storyline related to Bimaadiz and Eta, animal imagery for the pair are associated with the hope and love for their relationship while animals for the other villagers relate to violence, these animals are a plot device that drive the storyline

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    Success is an iceberg. What you see on the surface is never the full story. Success can also be very destructive. In the beginning, it seems harmless but the more that is exposed, the more you uncover how many consequences come with it. In George Orwell’s, Animal Farm, He writes about the struggles endured throughout the rises and falls of the characters in the book. Animal Farm was always doomed to fail because the absolute power corrupted the pigs, the uneducated animals were easily manipulated

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    Animal Bill of Rights is a bill that is created based on the U.S Bill of Rights in order to protect the animals from getting harmed and used in experiments in an abusive way. I stand with Rifkin, Braithwaite, and Yong on how animals need a “Bill of Rights” due to the fact that we humans, specifically the scientists, have been treating animals in an inhumane way and considering them as an object to help achieve many goals. I wouldn’t think that such law would go against centuries of human culture

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    Power is one of the most desired things in the world, and is often hard to attain, but once it is gained it can often corrupt a person. Corruption due to power is shown in many instances in the book, Animal Farm. In the book, there is an opening for someone to take control of the power, and the animals that do are the pigs. The pigs gain the power for many reasons. When power is gained there are many things people can do with it, either bad or good. The pigs’ actions in animal farm show the different

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    Songs In Animal Farm

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    Knowing the correct information One of the main theme in Animal Farm was the use of power in order to control animals in lower class. This theme was seen through Napoleon's control of songs, propaganda by Squealer, and intimidation. Animals who were not literate were exploited by the upper class, pigs. Animal Farm used the songs to control animals in lower class by upper class. The songs were “Beasts of England” and “Comrade Napoleon”. At first the animals sang a song “Beast of England”after Sunday's

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