Animal Farm

hi i think this is a very good essay. i would like to use a few of your ideas for a vaguely similar essay that i need to do. i assure you i will not copy the whole essay and credit it as my own. thank you for understanding!!<br><br>anon

I read your essay as I am now also studying "Animal farm" for english, did this last year. Sure, there were some mistakes and it could have been improved, but I think overall you did a fantastic job! Two thumbs up! I'm also doing Revolutions next year, so this essay will definitely come in handy! If I end up writing an essay on "Animal Farm", I think I will also post it to see what people think. Thanks for the inspiration!

Your essay was the best I've seen for many years. Wonderful. Exquisite!

Pretty nice essay, the only thing i have to say is, what was the point? It looks as if you wrote a summary, but essays concentrate on one topic, such as the events in Russia that are parallel to the events in Animal Farm. And you forgot to write about Lenin. He is another Crucial member that is parallel to the plot and characters in Animal Farm.<br><br>9/10<br><br>Chris. Colorado Springs, Colorado.

I too had to read this book for my English class, and I also had to write a report on the representation of all the characters. Your essay provided insight that will help me with this paper. Thank You!

Your essay was great! I'm in the 8th grade and I had to write an essay about Animal Farm. Your essay helped me a lot and I thank you for that. <br><br>P.S. Those anonymous people who say that your essay is nothing needs to get some glasses.

And no, i'm not gonna just copy you're essay. I had a plan to do an essay much like yours, and with your permission, I would like to use some of your sited sources. Of course, my essay will be different, because my teacher is very specific on essays, and to copy yours would be dishonorable and plagerism. I just wanted to thank you because I had no idea where to get some sources for my subject. I hope you recieved a good grade, because where I'm standing, you deserve at least a B, and I really needed something to guide me on my own essay. Again, thanks for the road map, and now I'm off to write my own essay!

Orwell had a bitter hatred towards Stalinism and in fact this novel was quite pointed at the Soviet Union. He also argued that, if such was the choice, it would be better to be part of the American empire than under the thumb of Russia. <br>When I first read this book when I was 14 it blew me away. I understood exactly what the point of the story was. I was so envolved I could relate the anguish that the animals were going through.<br>I read it over a week-end and when I got back to school on Monday my teacher was amazed and I ended up taking this part of the English class.<br>To this day I understand the "spirit" of Comunisim -making people free and everybody getting a "fair share"- but unfortunately due to human nature (pride and greed) there will be people who are just in it for themselves.<br>Think how Boxer worked so hard for the windmill only to disapear. Many many people worked hard for the idea that comunisim set forth but ended up disapearing under Stalin's rule. He also orchestrated a massive famine in the Ukraine in which an estimated 5 million people died. It is believed that with the purges, forced famines, state terrorism, labor camps, and forced migrations, Stalin was responsible for the death of as many as 40 million people within the borders of the Soviet Union. According to former National Security Advisor to US President Jimmy Carter, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Stalin murdered an estimated 20 million people. Stalin killed more of his own people than Hitler did Jews. (6 million Jews died in WWII).<br><br>Stalin ended up being no different than the Czar in the end and Russia ended up worse than what it was before.<br> <br>Marx had a dream that everyone could participate and be looked after, no classes in society and the poor and needy looked after in our society, but I don't think that he saw that human nature is self serving not serving others. <br><br>There is much more depth to be found in this novel.<br><br>

In a couple of days , i will wright an essay about animal farm and i think yours is such a good essay that i can just say it is `perfect`. I would like to use your essay as an help , sent by God to me. Thank you very much .

I believe that this essay wasn't "trash" as this anonymous person has been writing, I think that they have overlooked the whole point in the assignment and have tied in what their assignment may have been into what yours was, making it "trash". You have potential to become an incredible writer, if you keep up this way then you will surely do extremely well. I do have to agree, there were some points that were overlooked, like the critisism of the Allies as well. If the essay had of been longer it would have been much better, I have to say; in making it shorter your points weren't as strong as they could have been (and by the looks of it, you could easily make them stronger). otherwise, a truly excellent essay that surely deserves much credit!

Bloody brilliant !! Your essay is excellent, congrats.

I found your paper when searching through the internet get a better understanding of the novel. My english 10 honors class is doing a project on it and I was confusing about it a bit. Your paper is good. I liked reading it. It wasn't one of those boring papers that babble on about nothing ( like most of mine do lol) anyways, good job!

Damn u wrote this a long time ago. I have to tell you though, i did like your essay. The following things impressed me:<br> - Frequent connections between book and Revolution<br> - Good use of Topic Sentences<br> - You did NOT drift off on a tangent<br> - You were very 'to the point'.<br><br>Overall...Good Call

I just started reading Animal Farm. I have been doing some light research on Russia's history to help me to understand the book's symbols. Your paper was very helpful... thanks!

hi Giovanna <br>i read your essay and it is wonderful <br>it is really well done <br>Congratulations

Karl Marx didn't get his principles wrong. Stalin, Mao, and Castro did. Don't confuse Marx's Scientific Socialism with tyrannical communism. People mistake marxism with stalinism, the first being a utopian view of society and the second the distortion of Marx's ideals. So please, study more about politics and don't let yourself be fooled by this cold war american propaganda!!!!

I think your essay was very well done, being a lover of the book myself I wanted to read it. One suggestion if I may, you might want to use more transition words in the essay (ie hitherto, therefore, lastly, secondly etc) By the way, what did you get on it? What grade was this for? All in all, good job.

I love this book and while I was reading and still, I wonder what role the character of Moses plays. I was thinking amybe the role of religion, as it was banded and how he kept leaving and coming back. Some animals believed him, maybe he represented what Lenin said "Religion is the opiate of the masses"<br><br>[email protected] e-mail me with your thoughts or just post it here

i am in yr 10 and we're doing animal farm. our teacher works us really hard and i was trying to find out a bit more about the book, your essay was really helpful, it was really interesting and thankyou for putting out your work for others to read.

Sorry to be harsh...but that essay was rather institutionalised. you had a strong factual basis and that was excellent, but you could have ommitted the details that didnt fit in, you just slotted them in or tried to make a sentence for them, this was blatantly obvious and a major downfall of your essay. From this essay i have gathered that you dont have much of a natural writing talent, this is an insult to the great Orwell and his great literary works<br>replied by a 15 year old....how bad must you feel

I changed my mind, your is better than the other essays on this site...the other ppl just reviewed the book...we all know its a good book!

An excellent and detailed coverage of the relationship between Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution! Giavanna, great job done! Hmm...

Thanks for writing this. It ha helped me with an assignment I had to complete.

nice work!!! you amaze me!!! I'm doing an essay at the moment on Animal Farm except its only supposed to be 500 words. I have way too much information!!! Thanks it was really interesting!

I am amazed at everyone who has found a way to dis or correct this exellent paper. And NO, i am not just saying this cause i'm a young student.Cause even though i am i still wanna say THANK YOU!!!<br>Whether you know this or not, i am from Russia. And i personally am proud,and happy to know that you would care enough about the Russian Revolution. If you really think your so smart, all you anonymous people, I would really love to see your paper on this book and Revolution. But you have to have an absolute flawless, wonderfully flowing paper. <br> <br><br> IMPOSSIBLE.! <br><br><br> WONDERFUL writen paper. Thankx!!! :)

nice paper. There is just no other words . GOOD JOB!!!!!!!!!!

I did not read the entire essay, and it has been a while since I read the book, so I am not going to comment on that... but, I realise those people out there who are happy to plagarise don't care what others think, I am still going to say that you are evil and mean, and downright stupid.<br>

hey man nice essay, i won't copy it now that i read it, i think you have some chance at becoming some sort of writer yourself, if not just a scientific writer. o, and what grade did u get on that essay?

I just want to say how much I enjoyed your essay, very well written, but your last comments about socialism were not accurate.<br>Socialism is not the same as Communism, so please do not confuse the two. It is possible to implement Socialism in a country and have it be successful, look at for example countries like Sweden, where I happen to be from. Communism on the other hand is what is equal to a utopia, a wonderful thought and ideal, but we are just never going to experience it, since it is just never going to be successfully implemented, thanks to, among other things, how easily certain individuals are corrupted. <br>I suggest that you read up on the difference between Socialism and Communism, because it is sad when the two are confused, thanks.

Giavanna<br><br>I first want to congratulate you here for an admirable effort. However, I can understand why your teacher gave you an average score. Understand first, that the essay is a literary device that is intended not just to inform and educate; but to more importantly -- persuade.<br><br>If this was submitted merely as a book report, then I would be inclined to give it a higher grade. Book reports, on average, are intended to simply "report the facts"; and this is the essence of "true" journalism. This normally will come off as "dry", but true reporting (journalism) usually is. When one wishes to go beyond "the facts", this is when we get into commentary and opinion pieces -- the essay.<br><br>The essay (and in the pinnacle of this device -- the novel) is the opportunity for the writer to "speak their mind". The chance to examine and interpret the subject matter, and then formulate their own opinion (in their own words) of not what they just "think" that the topic/author is to convey; but to actually "examine" to agree/disagree with the topic/author. Then finally -- to present your own contentions of the subject matter and persuade the reader to agree with those contentions.<br><br>My intent is not to be too hard on you. Your piece does go beyond a bit of the regular book report, but still falls short of being a true essay. You DO demonstrate some command of history here, but to be an "effective" essay; you also DO need to dig deeper. I understand that you are only still in high school, but I firmly believe that if you take this "loving criticism" to heart that you will be doing very well in college and on your way to becoming a very talented writer.<br><br>If you are that enamored by Orwell, then you should also check out this author and prime thinker as well:<br><br>http://www.levnavrozov.com/<br><br>Someone who was born and educated in Moscow, but has since become a U.S. citizen. He is described in the following manner:<br><br>"Lev Navrozov: NewsMax.com columnist and journalist. One of the most brilliant minds in the world, according to many distinguished Westerners and Russians. Published over 1,000 columns and articles on the destiny of civilization, world culture, foreign policy, strategy, defense, and intelligence work since his emigration from Russia in 1972. Winner of the Albert Einstein Prize for outstanding intellectual achievements. Author of The Education of Lev Navrozov (Harper & Row, 1975), compared by the reviewers to Mark Twain, Proust, Orwell, Voltaire, and Dostoyevsky. More than twenty of his articles are in the United States Congressional Record."<br><br>Saul Bellow, possibly the greatest American novelist, a Nobel Prize laureate, a scholar, and a thinker, has defined the importance of his work in a letter to Lev as follows: <br><br> "I doubt whether you (or anyone) can restore the diminishing sight of what you call “the sightless and hence doomed” West. What one can attempt is to describe the condition in its fundamentals. This indispensable description if it is to be uncontestable will take more strength than any normal man has, for what we have is a probably a fatal case of political poisoning, and the distortions and hallucinations it causes may be impossible to dispel. You must have more strength than any normal man has, or you would not have set yourself such a task."<br><br>If you would like to read my essay/analysis on this man and his work, then please check out my blog @ http://deltasix9r.blogspot.com/<br><br>Peace<br><br>fooser

I thought your essay was very informative, and I would like to see either of your anonymous "worthless trash" critics try to write something better. Their replies haven't really given us a good preview of their writing skills. Spelling? What's spelling?

I am curently studying Animal Farm in english and i found your assay very interesting. I myself, found it hard to get into the book and understand it. reading your assy i could better understand it and got a few good ideas. thank you for sharing your information with every one, and i hope you feel proud for what you wrote because you should.<br><br> thank you again so much and good luck with what ever you choose to do with the rest of your life.

im just a 13 yrs old kid//like ur essay..was forced by e teacher to read this book and find out more on joseph stalin..didnt like it as it sound complicating but ur essay is indeed a nice and traffic one!at least now i know who represents who in the book... thanks loads gd job

this is truly stunning piece of work

I had to read this book for my English class over the summer and write an essay about it. I had previously read the book; it is and incredible book and makes it very simple for people to see how corrupt most governing systems are. So easy to the point that I sometimes tell parts of the story to my littles sister as a bedtime story. <br><br> Here is my essay if anyone cares to read it. Please do not just copy it and say you wrote it; I worked extemely hard to find all the information, and I would like some credit. <br><br> George Orwell gives a very vivid and accurate account of what happened in Russia after Czar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate in his book Animal Farm. Being an allegory, most of the characters and events have a parallel in Stalinist Russia. Minor characters in the story also symbolize things that are very relevant to the history of Russia. <br> Mr. Jones is the embodiment of the old government, of the monarchy where the autocrat takes all without giving anything; he is the last of the Czars. Czar Nicholas II lost control because the spark of reformation had been ignited by the publishing of Karl Marx’s book Communist Manifesto, which led to the successful February Revolution. Farmer Jones lost control of the animals after they got the spirit of revolution from Old Major’s speech and revolted. The outcome was a successful Rebellion. Since Old Major was dead and Jones was gone, the Animals, ironically, needed a leader to be in charge of the new Animal Farm, where they were all free and equal. <br>Pigs were considered the most intelligent, and out of them Snowball and Napoleon were the most prominent. Trotsky and Stalin fought for power, but Stalin eventually eliminated Trotsky, having him expelled from Russia. In the same manner, Snowball and Napoleon constantly disputed; Napoleon was already hungry for power and soon after the Rebellion, had plans of getting rid of his opponent. In the midst of an eloquent speech about the plans for making a windmill by Snowball, Napoleon directed the dogs he had raised to attack Snowball. Thus, he had eliminated his only rival and was free to control the farm. <br> Upon the expulsion of Snowball, Napoleon’s first decision was to eradicate the Sunday Morning Meetings. “They were unnecessary, he said, and wasted time. In the future all questions relating to the work of the farm would be settled by a special committee of the pigs and, presided over by himself.” (Orwell, 68) This is also very much like the Command Economy that Stalin had made, in which the government made all economic decisions. His next decision was to build the windmill that he had been so opposed to when proposed by Snowball. Trotsky had proposed a Five-Year Plan for the industrialization of Russia, and Stalin had opposed to it. After Trotsky was gone, Stalin had no economic ideas of his own; “In a word, he put into practice the dictatorship of industry for which Trotsky had called five years earlier.” (Ovseyenko, 70) The windmills, hence, represent the Five-Year plans, or Russia’s Industry.<br> As Trotsky gained more power, it was imperative for him to eliminate any who might challenge it, and also to keep a bodyguard around him to prevent any harm from coming to him; maintaining this in mind, he assigned a secret police to assassinate people who were against him and to keep him safe. This special army was most known as KGB or the Committee of State Security. Napoleon needed his personal army also, and this was the dogs’ actual purpose. “When they had finished confessing their crimes, the dogs promptly tore their throats out....” (Orwell, 93) Napoleon then asked if anyone else had any crimes to confess, and they were executed immediately.<br> Pinchfield, one of the farms bordering Animal Farm, symbolizes Germany. Stalin made the Non- Aggressive Pact with Hitler, to keep Germany from attacking Russia during World War II. Germany attacked Russia, nonetheless, breaking the pact and forcing Russia join the Allies. Napoleon had made a deal to sell a pile of lumber to Fredrick of Pinchfield; Napoleon had trusted him, but in turn Fredrick had given him fake bank notes and was coming to attack them. He, like Hitler, had ignored the deal, swindled Napoleon and attacked Animal Farm. <br> “You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements,” stated Norman Douglass. Squealer the pig was very persuasive and “.... could turn black into white.” (Orwell 36) He communicated to all the other animals what Napoleon had said, and always convinced them that it was right. He is a symbol of Stalin’s propaganda machine, the Pravda. The people had no other source of information, and Stalin needed to manipulate the media. He took control of the publication, making it work for his needs, so the people were oblivious to what was actually occurring. <br> The proletariats were the easiest to convince and were most attached to Stalin, being that the system would benefit them most and were not educated. Examples of this are the horses Boxer and Clover. They were faithful, hard working and never doubted the system. We can also see how important the unskilled labor class was in order for everything to work well also. “Nothing could have been achieved without Boxer, whose strength was equal to that of all the rest of the animals put together.” (Orwell 74) Mollie, on the other hand, represents the middle class workers, who got paid more. They were unsatisfied that they were getting paid less and they wanted their “sugar.” Muriel represents the minority of the working educated class; they could make decisions and think for themselves. Muriel was not spirited enough to incite another rebellion against the corruption that was happening. <br> At the end of the book, the pigs become indiscernible from the humans. Orwell has made humans represent the people who exploit those weaker than them. The pigs had become corrupters of their own. “ Somehow it seemed as thought the farm had grown richer without making the animals richer themselves- except, of course, for the pigs and he dogs.” (Orwell 129) Manor Farm is the tyrannical nation; Animal Farm is the Communist or Animalist one. When Napoleon states that the name if the farm is once again Manor, he is affirmatively stating that the totalitarianism is installed once more.<br> Animal Farm ends with the animals being exploited by the pigs; it is a dark ending, but it is brutally true. The idea of Socialism, or Animalism, is good as ideal. Human nature will not allow the leaders, who are always necessary, to be fair. Orwell did an excellent job of weaving the history of Stalinist Russia with the fairy idea of speaking and thinking animals. <br>

Ive just been reading George Orwells 'Animal Farm' in my tenth grade english class, now we have finally finished reading the novel we have been given an essay. Which i am having some difficulty with. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
'Explore How George Orwell challenges his society through his writing'

Thanks.:yawnb:

Ive just been reading George Orwells 'Animal Farm' in my tenth grade english class, now we have finally finished reading the novel we have been given an essay. Which i am having some difficulty with. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
'Explore How George Orwell challenges his society through his writing'

Thanks!

I see very interesting how did he manage to predict all those happenings, especially in 1984, so i suggest you to read 1984 also, you'll understand it even more.

He challenges his Society to take a stand against Stalin's form of corrupt Communism. He is not a Communist, he is a Socialist. There is a difference.

i've just finished reading animal farm, and have found some of the answers to my questions on this forum but i am still wondering why Orwell chose pigs to be the intelligent ones of the farm because generally, pigs are the less smarter of the animals as they just eat and roll in the mud kind of thing.