... betrayed, George Orwell's main concerns here are both political and satirical. However, I didn't find the book as totally profound and serious. As a matter of fact, there are certain scenes which are truly comical ¾ you wouldn't notice that you are actually already smiling or even laughing as you read along. ... "Animal Farm- being a famous classic fable, I was instantly intrigued by its story. I even laughed at its title, thinking that it's some story composed of hilarious animal characters intended for kids, much like an Aesop fable. Then I read somewhere that it's actually a politic...

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• Grade Level: High School

... word revolution means a "change." So you can draw the conclusion from this statement that Revolutions are changes. Yet did Life change much for the ordinary working society? Let's begin with the French revolution. Louis XVI was an absolute ruler, the King of France. The country was in debt of millions of pounds and the tax system was a failure. France needed change and the revolution ... ruler ruled by secret police so everyone did their part. Yet in the First World War with Japan, Russia lost both army and naval battles and the Russians were convinced of the incompetence of their ruler...

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... is a theme that shows Orwell's intent to criticize the communist governments as he saw it spreading throughout Russia. He uses the farm as a symbol of this government system. The animals never really grasped the idea that their leader was gaining complete control. Orwell states, "Nobody stole, nobody grumbled over ... was overthrowing a democratic. This annihilated the entire theme because a theme should be a continuing idea that the viewer/reader extracts from their interpretation of events- not a statement illuminated by the narrator. Corruption by power is a theme in conjunction to t...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate