... They symbolize politicians in a stereotypical sense. Some of them lie, cheat, and steal from the animals they are supposed to serve. They make promises that are never kept. Propaganda is spread to the animals they are supposed to represent. Old Major He is a pig who is very old. He has seen the lifestyle ... the animals live and is dissatisfied with it. He creates a government ideology called animalism which represents communism. He ... fierce looking Berkshire boar, who is not much of a talker. He uses animalism only to increase his power and the dogs to terrorize the other animals. N...

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... that didn't work. Animalism was supposed to make life better for the animals but instead their lives got worse. By the end of the story, everything had changed. The government had become corrupt, there was a dictator, and the animals had become slaves to the pigs. Life for the animals couldn't get any worse. At ... . "'Are the Seven Commandments the same as they used to be, Benjamin?' There was nothing now except for a single Commandment. It ran: All animals are equal but some are more equal than others"(133). That single commandment made the pigs more powerful. Animalism no longer exis...

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... to power. There are many factors contributing to Napoleons rise to power from the very start of the Rebellion until he had complete control over the animals physically and mentally. His rise to power started as soon as Jones was kicked out of Manor Farm when Napoleon stole the cow's milk for himself ... something is wrong he will immediately change his mind if Napoleon says its right. Now that Napoleon has power over the frail animals with his dogs and mental power over the strong animals the farm is his for the taking. He makes himself president and has a huge public execution to scare a...

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... England specifically the Manor Farm to rebel against the humans, take over the farm, and live at peace amongst themselves. This dream soon became a reality for the animals of the Manor Farm as they defeated their master, Mr. Jones, in the Battle of Cowshed with their battle cry "Four legs good, two legs bad", and took over the ... expelled from the farm soon after he took over. The next leader was Napoleon, who brought a whole new type of Totalitarianist government to the Animal Farm. The farm which was supposed to be equal and free of class had a distinct governing body or "upper clas...

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... , the old black stable hand. Crooks gets his name from the shape of his back; hunched over, crooked, and crippled. He is forced to sleep in the stable with the animals, and isn't included in any of the men's leisure activities. When the other men go to town and only Lennie and Crooks stay behind, Lennie goes into Crooks room to ... talk to him. At first he tells him to go away, because whites aren't supposed to fraternize with the blacks, but eventually he lets him stay. Crooks reminisces about how as a child he could play with other white children, but also mentions how even at ... ...

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