The Power of Time: Animal Farm by George Orwell
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The Power of Time In George Orwell’s Animal Farm farm animals drive their cruel owner out to have independence. After this rebellion, the pigs being naturally smart take the role as leaders. The pigs are able to keep their rule because they take advantage of the animals’ horrible memory and lie about the past in order to benefit themselves and sustain a better rule for the future. The pigs are taking advantage of the animals’ inability to comprehend what is going on to make it seem like Napoleon was planning the exile of Snowball. When Snowball and Napoleon are debating whether or not to build the windmill, Napoleon scares Snowball away and takes control. After Snowball was exiled over the argument about the windmill “Squealer explained privately to the other animals that Napoleon had never in reality been opposed to the windmill…the plan which Snowball had drawn on the floor…had actually been stolen from among Napoleon’s papers.”That, he said, was Comrade Napoleon’s cunning. He had SEEMED to oppose the windmill, simply as a manoeuvre to get rid of Snowball, who was a d...
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the pigs in george orwell's animal farm take advantage of the animals' horrible memory to benefit themselves and sustain a better rule for the future.
- Analyzes how squealer explained privately that napoleon had never in reality been opposed to the windmill, simply as a manoeuvre to get rid of snowball.
- Analyzes how the pigs manipulate the past to benefit themselves and make it seem like napoleon was right all along and carefully planning the exile of snowball.
- Analyzes how napoleon had to convince snowball that he was the criminal behind the fall of the windmill.
- Opines that snowball's rebellion was caused by his vanity and ambition, but the real reason was that he was in league with jones from the very start.
- Analyzes how napoleon relieves himself from taking the blame by giving the word about the discovery of documents which can be counted as materialistic.
- Explains how napoleon used to maintain his power by taking advantage of younger generations. this method molds the generation into the one who takes initiative of eying the younger generation.
- Narrates how napoleon took the puppies away from their mothers and reared them privately. though not yet full-grown, they were huge dogs.
- Explains that napoleon raised the dogs as puppies to use them in the present-future. by the time they were mature, napoleon had started using them as a fear factor pushing napoleon to the top of animal farm's society.
- Analyzes how the pigs manipulated the past to change the animals' minds. they don't complain or rebel because they have nothing to compare their current lives.
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In this essay, the author
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- Analyzes how napoleon and the pigs take advantage of the other animals in the society in major ways.
- Analyzes how napoleon's arrogance and power have taken over to the point where he is basically trying to say that the pigs are the better animals.
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- Analyzes how the windmill symbolizes the power and control that the pigs had over the other animals on the farm.
- Analyzes how the windmill shows napoleon and snowball's true intentions as leaders of the farm.
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- Analyzes how the relationship between snowball and napoleon in george orwell's animal farm tends to be on rocky grounds.
- Opines snowball, animal farm's first and foremost leader, is and always should be respected. he bravely fought at the battle of cowshed, the first conflict between man and animal.
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- Explains how napoleon used snowball to shift the blame on every small mishap on the farm, such as destroying farm property, mixing foods with weeds, and secretly conspiring with human. the accusations were never proven true.
- Concludes that animal farm is a book concerned about the politics of leadership and the rise and fall of great leaders.
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- Analyzes how george orwell's animal farm emphasizes the emergence and development of joseph stalin as a communist dictator through the character of napoleon.
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- Compares napoleon and al-assad's use of force against their opposition and chemical weapons on their syrian citizens to keep them loyal.
- Analyzes how napoleon and al-assad were able to get away with terrible crimes because they could get around the law. napoleon had squealer add phrases to the animalism commandments to legalize the pigs' behavior.
- Compares how napoleon and al-assad used similar tactics to maintain their authoritative positions, such as eliminating competition, using fear and intimidation to keep citizens in line, and finding loopholes in the law.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the animals on the farm felt the same way in the book animal farm by george orwell. they had suspicions about how honest their leaders were, but citizens almost immediately believe or forgive them.
- Explains that animal farm's guidelines weren't followed by all of the animals on the farm after jones was expelled. after exploring the farmhouse, everyone agreed that no animal would ever live there.
- Narrates how squealer convinced the pigs that a resolution against this had been passed in the early days.
- Analyzes how the animals were brainwashed by the pigs. they were shocked and horrified when they saw their leader walking erect on two legs.
- Explains how boxer was brainwashed by the pigs after he fell ill. napolean told the animals to send him to the best vet, but a van with the words "alfred simmonds, horse slaughterer and glue boiler, willingdon" was printed on the side.
- Analyzes how george orwell shows how willing society is to turn its head to injustice and consents to being exploited by a higher power.
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