Happiness in Denial As with any individual, there are various components in the composition of a story that succumb to a reader's appetite for literature. Some prefer themes of war, love, lust, etc. Personally, I do not have a specific theme that I call my favorite. However, I, like most readers would agree, understand what keeps my attention in a good novel: irony, thinking ... and direction in a given situation. Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" displays an excellent and intriguingly ironic plot throughout the course of the story. Le Guin initially places us in a pe...

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... a fairy-tale. Either way, it tells a good story that tries to prove that human nature and diversity prevent people from being equal and happy. "Animal Farm" tells the tragic story of what happens when the oppressed farm animals rebel, drive out Mr. Jones, the farmer, and attempt to rule the farm themselves, attempting to be just as equal as any man ... and brainwashing works in totalitarian regimes, by showing how the pigs could make the other animals believe almost anything. Other central themes in the novel include disparagement of the Church. As its title implies, Animal Farm is set ...

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