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[The Atheist]

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ok so my topic for my short answer is:

Some people believe that power is corrupt.

A. List two things Napolean does where he uses his power.

B. Prove how he uses his power in an unfair way.

Piece of cake!

Napoleon changes the truth by insisting something else happened - this is an action known as propaganda and has been used by mankind since communication started.

Here is a very brief list of some of Napoleon's propaganda - others are easy to find:

1. Changing the facts of the Battle of the Cowshed to make Snowball appear a traitor instead of a hero.
   
2. Getting Squealer to change the Commandments to suit himself.
   
3. Claiming the windmill was his idea all along.
   
4. Overstating his own actions in the Battle of the Cowshed to make him appear heroic.
   
5. Changing allegiance from one neighbour to the other.
   
6. Selling Boxer to the knacker's yard.
   
7. Reducing rations while claiming they were going up.

Given that the premise of the Revolution is "All animals are equal", you could use any of Napoleon's propaganda as being "unfair", but the ration situation is an ideal example - animal rations dropped and all milk, eggs and apples were reserved for the pigs, along with foodstuffs to turn into alcohol, while the other animals were given barely sufficient, and less than had been the case under Jones.

Another good one is the changing the last remaining Commandment to, "All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others" which gives absolute proof of his unfairness; it puts into words that equality [fairness] does not exist any more.

I have one or two ideas to put down for it but i just dont wanna sound stupid lol so i was just hoping someone could help me out.

thanks

Hope that does the trick. If not, keep asking until it does!

Cheers

[Anslee]

Thankss

[The Atheist]

I need to write a reflective essay on Animal Farm for summer reading.
I have until around August 4th to write it because school starts on August
6th.
If someone could help maybe explain some of these things and how they were in the book I would love it!

Looks pretty straightforward, and no doubt Bazarov can help me out. I'll give you a few starters and I do suggest you read the rest of this thread as it will hang it all together nicely for you.

1. It has multiple levels of meaning.

It is a morality story in its own right and it's an allegorical story of the Russian Revolution and early years of the USSR.

2. It has effective unique style.

The title says it all. How many great works of literature swap humans for animals to make a point? Especially one as compelling as AF?

3. Strong irony, paradox, and/or ambiguity.

Irony aplenty in the overthrow of humans, only to replace the regime with - exactly the same thing! Very strong irony indeed.

I guess you could stretch the animals acting like humans into the paradox category. I wouldn't term it that way myself, but it's the closest you'll find.

Ambiguity's an interesting one; Orwell was one of the least-ambiguous writers and nothing springs to mind as ambiguous. I'll give it more thought and come back later if I can find any examples, but they certainly haven't ever jumped out at me. I'll give one suggestion, because of the "paradox" question - the windmill, why it was destroyed, the design of it and the rebuilding. The animals were all told different lies, so it isn't really ambiguity, but it's the closest I can get immediately.

4. Truth of experience, life, significance, humanity, compassion, justice, integrity, relationships, loyalty, faith, conflict, self-discovery.

Oodles of examples. Orwell was quite moralistic in his writing and there are lots of examples of his statements on those moral views through the book. I suggest you look at Boxer, Clover, Benjamin and Muriel as the animals you'll find offering insight into the points.

5. Significance of truth.

Another quite odd question, because the book is more about suppression of truth, so the only way truth can be discussed is to look at its contamination and perversion. The significance of the truth of the book is found by all who read it: Stalinism = evil.

6. Universality.

Of appeal of the book, I'm guessing this refers to. The appeal is easy - the animals appeal to younger readers while the strength of the story holds everyone.

7. Participation in the great dialogue of ideas of the centuries.

One of the great dystopian novels, an essential discussion basis. The fact that you've been asked to write an essay on it 60+ years after publication pretty well says that there's still no better way of expressing the story.

8. Time tested- usually the 50 year value or likely to be read/valued in 50 years.

62 years and still going strong? I'd be confident it will still be as popular in 2045.

Thank you so much if you can help!
I would reallllly appreciate it!

Thanks!

Good luck - just get back to me in here if you need any more specifics.

Cheers

[Anslee]

Thank you so much! That helped a ton!

[sweet16]

hey eveyone
i am doing a project on animal farm and i need help with the conflicts in the story. i am supposed to write about the internal and external conlfits in animal farm but i am not sure wat the internal conflicts r. plz help if u hav any information on wat the internal and external conlficts of the story r!!!!

[The Atheist]

hey eveyone
i am doing a project on animal farm and i need help with the conflicts in the story. i am supposed to write about the internal and external conlfits in animal farm but i am not sure wat the internal conflicts r. plz help if u hav any information on wat the internal and external conlficts of the story r!!!!

I'm guessing that's a study project, so I've answered the question in the homework thread.

Click on this link.

[The Atheist]

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hey eveyone
i am doing a project on animal farm and i need help with the conflicts in the story. i am supposed to write about the internal and external conlfits in animal farm but i am not sure wat the internal conflicts r. plz help if u hav any information on wat the internal and external conlficts of the story r!!!!

Nice, easy one again:

Internal conflict splits in two definite subjects; conflicts within the farm - which is mainly centred around Snowball vs Napoleon, and also conflicts internally in individual animals - best examples Clover & Boxer, when they realise something is going wrong but don't quite know how to deal with it and end up accepting the official position/s.

External conflict is shown in many places; the battles between Animal Farm and neighbouring farms and the wider conflict of all other farms being very scared of Animal Farm and wanting to get rid of it.

Also, do read the rest of this thread, there is lots of stuff which will help you. As always, if you need more, just ask!

Cheers

[Logos]

Looks pretty straightforward, and no doubt Bazarov can help me out.

I'm sure he will when he returns next month
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[Logos]

Mod note: I've now merged a few specific AF homework question topics into this one.

[marjie]

Hmm, seems easy but I am helping a hearing impaired-blind student with this essay (need to do it asap) and it aint easy! I need simple language but with enough content so he is able to discuss it. Any suggestions please? Many thanks.

[The Atheist]

Hmm, seems easy but I am helping a hearing impaired-blind student with this essay (need to do it asap) and it aint easy! I need simple language but with enough content so he is able to discuss it. Any suggestions please? Many thanks.

Sorry for the delay - hope this is soon enough.

There are two parts to compare - life straight after the revolution and also at the end of the book.

Under Jones, the animals were there for one purpose only: to make a living for the farmer and his family. He only took care of them to ensure that they continued to lay eggs, give milk and help with growing crops.

Straight after the revolution, the animals worked for themselves and were able to eat more food, because the same farm was no longer supporting a human family as well the animals. There were no threats to their lives and all the animals were truly happy for the first time.

After Snowball was chased away, things changed and by the end of the book, the pigs have replaced the humans as the ones taking the benefit from the farm. They are using all of the income to pay for their luxuries, while they keep the animals in conditions which are very similar, but worse, than when Jones ran the farm. The way it is worse under the pigs is that when Jones ran the farm, the animals only really feared death if they were the type of animal to be used as food, while under the pigs, any animal was able to lose its life, purely at the whim of the pigs, if they thought you were any kind of danger to them.

[abhishek_cs27]

Hi to everyone viewing this!
I have an essay due very soon and i need help! Here is the question...

"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. " (Orwell, 2003,p.92).
Writers are often concerned with problems of inequality. Compare how this issue is treated in animal farm and any other text you have read. Make sure you include specific refrences. thanx

[AimusSage]

The assignment seems pretty straightforward to me. Is there anything specific you need help with?

[abhishek_cs27]

Are there any good books I can refer to as my references?

[AimusSage]

That depends on what books you have read, but to give an example, The Time Machine by H.G. Wells deals with inequality. Why don't you go from there. The entire texts is available on this website too. The Time Machine