Allegory is a story that works on two levels.

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Animal Farm-Essay

        Allegory is a story that works on two levels.

“Mature readers appreciate the powerful satire on communism gone wrong, while for younger readers it is a hilarious fable of the farmyard.”-Animal Farm

As explained in the quote above, Animal Farm is a story that works on two levels. One level is simple, and the other one is the more complex and sophisticated. I would like to explain these levels in this essay. But first, I would like to clearly explain what the word allegory means by giving some examples from well-known fables. One of the best examples is the Little Red Riding Hood. I imagine that most of the people in this world knows about this fable. This story is translated in to many languages, in many different countries in the world. Any ways, the point is that what characteristics of allegory does this story mention? Well, most of the characters in this story represent a particular type of a human personality. For example, the wolf in this story is not just a wolf. As you can see by reading this story, the wolf tries to eat the girl by disguising in to her grandmother. This is clearly explaining what kind of a personality this wolf is representing. He represents a criminal who could trick you and swindle you. The girl represents an innocent person, who can be tricked easily. But at the end it comes out to be that the girl was not just innocent. So, now you can see that the technique of allegory is used in many stories without even knowing.

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        The simpler level of the Animal Farm, is a humorous fable with animals.

“…For younger readers it is a hilarious fable of the farmyard.”-Animal Farm

If you do not read this book carefully, this book is just a humorous fable with talking animals in it. When you do not want to think deeply about some thing, you can read this book as a pure entertainment. Also, the simpler level of this book makes the younger readers enjoy the book with out any difficulties. The book having two levels entertains both the mature and younger readers. This is why ...

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