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    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 through upper class. The songs were "Beasts of England" and "Comrade Napoleon." In the book, the song of the Rebellion named Beasts of England gave a power to animals

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    For example, Mr. Delano from The New York Times wrote about a hidden meaning he found within the song “A Day in the Life” by the Beatles: In the ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'' album, the Beatles captured its profound meaning, especially in ''A Day in the Life,'' in a way most listeners could relate to. In their progression from, ''Well, she was just 17,/You know what I mean,'' to ''And when the broken hearted people/Living in the world agree,/There will be an answer, let it be,'' the

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    CAT 1: Animal Farm Text Response Statement of Intention: In this essay I will discuss how Squealer can get what he wants through deception and lies in George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Topic: Lies and deception are essential tools in order to maintain power. Discuss the role of Squealer in the novel as an excellent example of propaganda advertising. Animal Farm is a fable about how people use propaganda to gain the trust of others. Squealer plays an important role for the pigs to achieve and maintain

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    Animal Testing Inhumane

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    Animal Testing How do you feel about animal testing? Do you like seeing innocent animals being tested on? Do you think animal testing should be illegal? Animal testing should be illegal because animal testing is cruel, they are not supposed to be test subjects, and it is inhumane. Animal testing is atrocious. You should not be able to test on innocent animals. For example, there is a picture of a bunny that had been tested on and was going to die when they were done with the done with the tests

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    Napoleon and Squealer consistently emphasize ceremonies, traditions, and ranks to influence the animals to disregard their laborious lives and actually consider how their lives are meaningful and comfortable. The pigs want to hide their faults, and prevent the animals from solving the problem. This is the only way they can show the animals, that they really have something to give them and there is a benefit from working hard. For instance, at the start of Chapter 8, the animals were having lots

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    A loud boom and a large cloud of dust was all Thomas and Fredrickson needed to know they had finally landed on the moon. As the smoke cleared Thomas began to make out shapes coming closer to the spaceship. Once the smoke was all gone they realized the shapes were pigs. Soon more and more pigs began to appear around the space shuttle. Thomas was worried about stepping outside to greet them but Fredrickson insisted it was okay because they were only pigs. The pigs greeted them kindly and offered to

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    Case Study: Bows For Paws

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    On a daily basis, animals come to shelters and rescues throughout the United States (Lea). Whether a stray or a pet being given up, workers and volunteers from these animal shelters and rescues work hard to make sure that each and every animal they encounter is guaranteed the proper amount of time and care. They work to ensure that animals are not only physically but mentally healthy as well, which will increase their chances of living fulfilling lives after they are adopted. To do so, shelters

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    In The Geography of Bliss One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World he plots a guide of joy for absence of a superior depiction and afterward goes to a portion of the most joyful nations on the planet to discover why their kin are glad. From Iceland to Qatar, the Netherlands to India, Switzerland to America, Weiner visits a modest bunch of nations that are either ended up being cheerful by the factually disapproved of Dutch, who track such things) or have made satisfaction a need, (for

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    Old Major was one of the old, wise pigs. He was sort of the leader of the animals. He had a dream of a rebellion on the Manor Farm. He doesn’t think he’s going to live much longer so he calls all the animals into the big barn. He tells them his dream and the animals go berserk over it. He then teaches them an old song called the “Beasts of England” and before the night is over each animal pretty much has it memorized. A few days later Old Major dies. Napoleon and Snowball are both pigs. They always

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    Who Is Gill Sans?

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    exactly what that is. This is a feeble attempt to be totally unbiased of the creator's rather odd beliefs and preferences- incest and bestiality are frowned upon in most cultures and against the law, for the most part. So, Gill Sans was designed by Eric Gill in the late 1920s for Stanley Morison, the artistic advisor for Monotype Corporation at the time. A little bit of background: Stanley Morison was a British typographer and designer. He's also the person who co-developed and had Times New Roman

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