... approach to clearly conveying the author's intended messages. Historical events can be put into another context in an allegory, making the event much more appealing. Old Major's speech alludes to Karl Marx's surplus theory of communism. His speech was about his dream of an animal paradise where the farm animals are free from the tyrannical rule of Farmer Jones, who has no ... regard for the well-being of his livestock. Karl Marx introduced the theory of communism which inspired the Russians to overthrow Czar Nicholas, a leader who watched his country indulge in poverty. The song, "Beast...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... . People neither smoked, nor drank, nor sniffed, nor gave themselves injections. Whenever anyone felt depressed or below par, they would swallow a tablet or two of a chemical compound called Soma. Religion, Karl Marx declared, is the opium of the people. In the Brave New World this situation was reversed. Opium, or rather soma, was the people's religion. Like religion, the drug had power ... ...

• Word Count: 1697
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate