... "interpellation" to refer to the process whereby individuals fall prey to the influence of ideological state apparatuses, and deceive themselves into believing that they are acting out of their own volition. Althusser's theory can be applied to the sociopolitical situation in the farm. The poem ... and maintain ideology. "Comrade Napoleon" seems to be a duplication of the "Beasts of England" both in form and influence. These two poems, in fact, constitute the driving forces behind the two major patterns of attitudes of the animals in the novel, namely revolution and submissiveness. ......

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