Animal Farm why did the rebellion fail in the end after all the work, time and, most of all, effort that they put in?
"Animal Farm" In this C.E.L. I will be writing about a novel called "Animal Farm" by George Orwell, which describes a 'revolution gone wrong'. This is told through the use of animals on a farm in England. But why did the rebellion fail in the end after all the work, time and, most of all, effort that they put in? The novel focuses on animals in a farm in England, called "Manor Farm". While building a windmill for electricity they encounter many problems such as greedy pigs, spiteful men and death. The animals drive all of the men off the farm in anger at what they had done and rename the farm "Animal Farm". The pigs sell Boxer, the old horse, for whisky and everything starts to go downhill. The power-hungry pigs were the main reason for the failure of the rebellion. As the pigs (especially Napolean), unlike any other animal on the farm, could read and write. They wrote seven commandments, which, since no other animals could read, were not set and kept changing depending on what the pigs wanted. If they dared to disagree they would face the threat of Mr. Jones returning. The pigs were very good at twisting words to get the animals to agree and follow their lead. They did very well in convincing Boxer to think that "Napolean is always right" especially since he was a very wise horse. All of the commandments were being gradually removed until there was only one left that read,
One of the most important sociological questions for Weber was the issue of how power operates in social life (Ashley and Orenstein). Analyse and discuss
One of the most important sociological questions for Weber was the issue of how power operates in social life (Ashley and Orenstein). Analyse and discuss. A key area to analyze and discuss for answering this question of how power operates in social life would be class and status, these are two concepts that are often confused with one another and many sociologists tend to give the same or similar definitions for both terms. Weber emphasised that these terms were separate entities that had different effects on society to one another. This essay will begin by examining the differences and similarities between Weber and Marx's interpretations of society and look at some background work of both theorists to lay the foundation for the essay in terms of Marx and Weber's theoretical relationship. This will be useful as Weber's work was highly influenced by Marx. Weber used a lot of Marx's work on the capitalist society as his basis and then built upon it with his own ideas. This will therefore give a greater insight into the theoretical mechanisms that Weber used and therefore gives a deeper and more informed answer to the essay. The first concept I will discuss and explain will be class in relation to power, looking at both Marx and Weber's definitions of class and look at how they are similar and whether Marxist ideas influenced Weber ideas. The essay will then proceed with
In Hamlet the convention of false seeming is one that exists throughout the play and is one of the main themes the play focuses on.
Question 2) In Hamlet the convention of false seeming is one that exists throughout the play and is one of the main themes the play focuses on. Shakespeare uses this convention to portray Hamlet's confusion in understanding the world and how it is able to corrupt Denmark. Hamlet suffers from his own moral standards, the desperate need to seek the truth, lack of confidence and confusion within his mind. The first confusing incident for Hamlet is the appearance of the ghost of his dead father in the beginning of the play. With the ghost telling him of the task that he must fulfil, he instantly becomes confused and introspective. Shakespeare portrays this confusion as a need to find the truth, as Hamlet must decide whether to believe the ghost, or not. The spirit that I have seen may be the devil: and the devil hath power to assume a pleasing shape..." (A2:S2:L603). This truth-seeking attitude becomes a consistent one throughout the whole play that is ironically contrasted with Hamlet acquiring an "antic-disposition". When Hamlet acquires an "antic-disposition" it can be metaphorically contrasted with his confusion, as he seeks the truth, yet he covers up his own actions with a hypocritical madness. Not only does his 'antic disposition' confuse himself, but it also confuses others and this causes undesirable reactions toward Hamlet. The effect of putting on this
The Home Front 1914-1918, Women and work - source related study.
What can you learn from Source A about women's work during the First World War? . Source A is a letter written in 1976 by a woman who lived through the First World War; this woman's account gives the reader a small aspect of how the world war changed woman's lives. Woman were understated plus they were used as cheap labour because of their gender and status in society before the war broke out. This is evident in Source A when the women states: " I was in domestic service...earning £2 a month from 6.00am to 9.00 pm." thus from this sentence it is shown that women were only seen to be housewives, carrying out the jobs of cleaning the house and taking care of the family. This all took a sudden turn when World war 1 broke out the reason being was men were out fighting for the country, therefore this only left women, who were relied on to replace most of the men's jobs that went out into the war.. Since when the war broke this woman was carrying out men's work- in contrast she got more than 2 times the salary of last job in only a week also the working hours were better since she worked three hours less than in domestic services. From this letter it shows that men were much inn favour of in society since they had to provide for the family thus they had to get more than their wives, this meant there was no competition between couples but it also meant that women could not
Death, Despair and Rebellion
352 English - Poetry Assignment (Part One) For this assignment I chose "Death, Despair and Rebellion" as my theme. Finding eight poems that were relevant to this theme proved easier than I thought. This is probably due to the fact that I was allowed to use one poet as a source for more than one poem; therefore, all but one of my poems are by the same poet. That poet being Emily Brontë, and the other being Konai Helu Thaman. The titles of the poems were thus: Emily Brontë - "A Sudden Chasm Of Ghastly Light" "I Am The Only Being Whose Doom" "Strong I Stand" "Sleep Brings No Joy" "Death" "I See Around Me Tombstones Grey" "Shed No Tears O'er That Tomb" Konai Helu Thaman - "My Blood" I chose this theme because I had already read some of Emily Brontë's poems, and she seemed to have a disposition towards death, despair and rebellion (hence my theme). Not all of the poems, at a glance, are easy to relate to the theme; you have to search for the underlying meaning, this is common throughout many of Emily Brontë's poems. For example, Brontë's poem "Strong I Stand" would, at a glance, fit a theme of rebellion, especially with the following lines: "How mankind have fought with me", "All the puny ways of men" and "Haughty men are nought to me" It is clear that she does not like living in a society where men have all the power, and women are oppressed. However, what
WW1 - technology and trench warfare.
World War 1 or 'the great war' is the first war where so many people from all over the world died for their country. It is also the first war where such large scale destruction came from man made machinery. Also the trenches were put into use for one of the first time. The trenches went almost the whole way from one side of Belgium to the other side of France. This image shows both trenches from where they started to where they ended. There were many battles and many deaths. In this project I will go into greater detail about the world war and what made it 'the great war'. I will explain how the new technology changed the nature of this war and all others after it. There were new weapons that were used to devastating effect. Each country had their artillery gun. Firstly there was the 'paris gun'. Made by the French this gun was a long fire cannon. It had head on impact and destroyed anything it hit. The length of the gun was 35 metres and was 138 tons. The main advantage of having this gun was its superior range; it could hit something 75 miles away. The 'paris gun' was a huge gun which made it hard to move around so it had to stay at one place and could not be taken to the trenches. Also this gun had poor accuracy so it was very unreliable and would easily kill allied forces. The Germans also had a huge gun called the big bertha. It was lighter than the Paris gun weighing
Commentary on lines 305-338 of Sir Orfeo. While at first glance the details in the medieval romance Sir Orfeo, the ballad "King Orfeo," and the Scottish poem King Orphius seem to be just a group of similar themes gained from classical and Celtic tradition
Commentary on lines 305-338 The pursuit of Heurodis to the fairy world and her successive retrieval is Orfeo's response to the fairy king's test of his political on top of his marital authority. The medieval amendment of the Orpheus myth connects matrimonial love with political power; it emphasizes the couple's unfaltering loyalty and confirms the marriage of a ruler to his land in this classical tale contained in Celtic myths. While at first glance the details in the medieval romance Sir Orfeo, the ballad "King Orfeo," and the Scottish poem King Orphius seem to be just a group of similar themes gained from classical and Celtic traditions, the renaming of Orfeo's wife in later editions of the tale focuses awareness on her position in the loss and regaining of political sovereignty. The lines that I am going to examine are 305- 338 and are just before King Orfeo goes into the fairy kingdom to reclaim his wife, as she has been took by the Fairy King. He has been living in the forest for ten years with wild beasts, as he made himself exile when he lost his wife. He has given up on himself and his looks so that another woman will not look at him because of this grief he feels. The content of this passage is that King Orfeo sees some ladies on horseback, and he recognises one of the ladies as his wife Heurodis, Heurodis recognises him also but not as he used to be, one of riches
An old soldier remembers It's the 6th of June 2004 and its exactly 60 years since I fought in D-day I didn't know at the time until I was reading a newspaper
An old soldier remembers It's the 6th of June 2004 and its exactly 60 years since I fought in D-day I didn't know at the time until I was reading a newspaper while taking a break from playing bowls when I saw an article about it this made me think about all the death and destruction but most of all how lucky I was to be alive. I remember that the only reason I joined the army was because it thought it would be good and the fact that female friends and family pressured me into it. I lied about my age to get in I was only 17 at the time I think that the officer knew my real age but the British army was so desperate for men to join that they just ignored that fact. I remembered that I was trained as a sniper I was good at it as well which was good because I thought I could survive longer. After I was trained I was sent to the beaches of Normandy I was told all these stories that no-one ever came back and machine guns that rips men's flesh like a hot knife through butter but I didn't believe any of it until I got there. I was in a big metal boat with long sides there was about 15 men in there with me all I could hear was the sound of bullets hitting the wet metal and the cries of the wounded. A man threw up in front of me I felt like doing it myself but I tried to hold it in. "30 seconds" I heard the man who was steering the boat shout. The men were silent until there was a
Describe the historical claims of Britain and Argentina to the Falkland Islands
Britain and the Falklands War )Describe the historical claims of Britain and Argentina to the Falkland Islands The Falklands are made up of two main islands, East Falkland and West Falkland with 200 smaller islands. They are situated in the South Atlantic 300 miles east of the Argentinian coast and 8000 miles away from the British Isles. The total land area created by the Falklands is roughly 4,700 square miles. The Falklands are rather bleak, rocky moorlands, swept by wind and drenched by cold rain. The population is roughly 2000 with half that number located in the capital, Stanley; they are almost entirely Christian, and English-speaking. The islands are strong sheep-raising centres and the economy is dependent on the export of wool and the sale of Falkland Islands postage stamps and coins. Whales and seals thrive in the seashore waters and formerly were heavily hunted. There are also rich fishing grounds surrounding the islands. The islands have been given many different names over the years; originally named the Falklands by the British the East island has also been called the "Soledad island" (solitude island) by the Spanish. Argentina also had their own name for the Falklands calling them the Islas Malvinas. The English navigator John Davis may have been the first to sight the Falklands whilst on the "Desire" in 1592. However the Argentinians believe
Compare Wilfred Owens "Dulce et decorum est" and Rupert Brooke's "Peace".
John Leigh Compare Wilfred Owens "Dulce et decorum est" and Rupert Brooke's "Peace" The two poems "peace" and "dulce et decorum est" are two poems about the First World War, but they show two different views of the war. Rupert brooks "peace" poem is highly patriotic and displays a positive feeling about the war, Wilfred Owens "dulce et decorum est" highlights a very different view, a view of disgust, a view of the true horrors of the war. the poem seems re-open some of Owens wounds, revives memories he has from the war, memories that will be with him forever. Brookes on the other hand, had no first hand experience of the war. The title for both of the poems is highly ironic, "dulce et decorum est" means "it is sweet and honourable to die for your country", the actual poem totally disagrees with that statement, it is not sweet and honourable to die for your country. The title of "Peace" for the Brooke's poem is ironic due to the fact that it informs you the poem is about peace, it is in fact, about war. Dulce et decorum est is a poem about a company of men in the war. The men in the company do not have a human description, but seem to be describes as though they have aged in this war, "bent double, like old beggars...". Everyone seems to be in a trance, there is no conversation, just a slow silent march, the men have all been de-humanised and now, they are nothing, their
