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[AHHxCHRISTINA]

okayy ihave no idea how to start this essay its making me mad
heres the prompt, "All animals are equal but some are more equal than others." Write an essay in which you will discuss the bitter truth of the above statement in the context of the novel. In your essay, be sure to include certain events and the behavior of certain character.

Also we cant use qoutes or questions in our in truduction paragraph. Ya im doing tis for english honors and i dont know how to start it. we have to haev a good attention getter and i cant think of any. and everything we say must led back to our thesis statement. and are thesis statement must be like arguble he said. so any help ontopics on how to start the paper? NO QUOTES OR QUESTIONS!!!!
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THANKS

[AHHxCHRISTINA]

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[The Atheist]

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Hi there! Gosh, you only gave us 13 minutes!!

okayy ihave no idea how to start this essay its making me mad
heres the prompt, "All animals are equal but some are more equal than others." Write an essay in which you will discuss the bitter truth of the above statement in the context of the novel. In your essay, be sure to include certain events and the behavior of certain character.

Also we cant use qoutes or questions in our in truduction paragraph. Ya im doing tis for english honors and i dont know how to start it. we have to haev a good attention getter* and i cant think of any. and everything we say must led back to our thesis statement. and are thesis statement must be like arguble he said. so any help ontopics on how to start the paper? NO QUOTES OR QUESTIONS!!!!
:]
THANKS

Ok.

I suggest having a read of this whole thead, this has been well covered in previous posts - both the reason for the statement and what it means for all of the animals apart from the pigs. Reading the thread should give you a few good tips on things to say, without having words put in your mouth.

If you still need help after that, one of us will be glad to help - and if you need it urgently, PM me or Bazarov, or even better, both of us!

*I'll give you a hint for the attention-getter; start at the end of the novel. When Clover is looking from man to pig and can't tell the difference, that's the unltimate expression of the animalian inequality - the pigs have become indistinguishable from humans.

[Nightshade]

You know what always worked for me , although I suppose your really not supposed to do it this way... work my way from the middle out start with the body come up with a line of argument then write the introduction that brings it in.

[bazarov]

Their utopia is actually theory of socialism.
They will unite, defeat humans and live all together in products of their work on the farm.
All animals are equal! Sad story of socialism putted in one sentence. They thought everyone will work, as much as they can and they will all enjoy in food, drink, freedom and happiness. But why would one work for 10 hours(Boxer) if he will get the same or less as one who didn't work at all(Napoleon or any other party member)? Boxer maybe isn't the best example because he didn't argue, but others did and you know what happened then! Realization of all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others actually destroyed their utopistic idea of life.

Of course, let's see wait The Official has to say!

Man, I'm quoting myself! Rare situation

This is answer from one previous but actually very same question. It's on page 5 of this officially the best thread...If you need something else or this isn't clear or good enough, Official and his assistants are ready to help.

[mad_chief100]

What does changing the name back to Manor Farm symbolize?

[The Atheist]

What does changing the name back to Manor Farm symbolize?

It shows the same thing as the pigs and men being indistinguishable at the end of the book - the pigs have completely taken over. They changed the name to appease humans who they'd be trading with. It tells the world that the farm is being run along the same lines as it was under Jones - a commercial entity, just that it's now run by pigs instead of men.

[AdoreroDio]

May I add to that? The whole book Animal Farm is a reflectio nto the Russian Revolution. The changing of the name is when Russia changes it's name back- I can't remember exactly but it had one name before the revolution when Czar Nicholas was in power (Jones) then the animals took over (Russian Revoltion) and it changed it's name then the pigs took over (Stalin) and they changed their name back to the smae one as before the revolution.

[bazarov]

May I add to that? The whole book Animal Farm is a reflectio nto the Russian Revolution. The changing of the name is when Russia changes it's name back- I can't remember exactly but it had one name before the revolution when Czar Nicholas was in power (Jones) then the animals took over (Russian Revoltion) and it changed it's name then the pigs took over (Stalin) and they changed their name back to the smae one as before the revolution.

What changes?

[MarileeRixon]

OMG!! You guys are awesome!! I just read this whole thread, from the first post the the last, and I think I finally understand the book properly now!
For my Yr 9 English class we are required to read Animal Farm, and write about it, how we've been influenced by it, the author's messages, about the author himself, etc., etc....And now, thanks to everyone who posted in this thread, I finally understand the book! Thankyou all soooo much!!

[MarileeRixon]

Oh, and another thing....I couldn't help but notice that the pigs (Devious little devils!) changed the Seven Commandments a couple of times throughout the book. Obviously in the dead of the night, when the other animals were sleeping, or during the day when everyone else was out working, building the windmill, ploughing fields, etc.
Is there a reason behind that other than just that the pigs are greedy, selfish, and think themselves superior to all other beings?

[The Atheist]

Oh, and another thing....I couldn't help but notice that the pigs (Devious little devils!) changed the Seven Commandments a couple of times throughout the book. Obviously in the dead of the night, when the other animals were sleeping, or during the day when everyone else was out working, building the windmill, ploughing fields, etc.
Is there a reason behind that other than just that the pigs are greedy, selfish, and think themselves superior to all other beings?

It was more that they kept changing the commandments to suit their own desires. They wanted to walk, drink alcohol and sleep in beds, so the commandments changed along with those desires. In the end, they just did away with the lot, as my sig notes.

Glad you found the thread helpful!

[bazarov]

They made commandments to suit them best; and if something happened and they needed change of commandment to justify their behavior, they would simply change the commandment.

[MarileeRixon]

OK...Thanks, Guys!

[truedatt]

well wuts the question because there are plenty of way in witch i could go with that and i dont feel like righting an esay myself

i guss that Orwell is telling us to keep aware of whats going on within our government and not to allow happy storys and fictional numbers blind us. For exampleBoxer represents the commen blue coller worker. His maxums " I will work harder" and "Nepolean is always right" demonstrat his divotion to his leaders but this divotion has blinded him and evenchualy leads to his death