Trust in Animal Farm. From the extract, Orwell uses Squealer to present the great character of Napoleon,

Afterwards Squealer was sent round the farm to explain the new arrangement to the others. 'Comrades,' he said, 'I trust that every animal here appreciates the sacrifice that Comrade Napoleon has made in taking this extra labour upon himself. Do not imagine, comrades, that leadership is a pleasure! On the contrary, it is a deep and heavy responsibility. No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be? Suppose you had decided to follow Snowball, with his moonshine of windmills - Snowball, who, as we now know, was no better than a criminal? 'He fought bravely at the Battle of the Cowshed,' said somebody. 'Bravery is not enough,' said Squealer. 'Loyalty and obedience are more important. And as to the Battle of the Cowshed, I believe the time will come when we shall find that Snowball's part in it was much exaggerated. Discipline, comrades, iron discipline! That is the watchword for today. One false step, and our enemies would be upon us. Surely, comrades, you do not want Jones back? Once again this argument wan unanswerable. Certainly the animals did not want Jones back; if the holding of debates on Sunday mornings was liable to bring him back, then the debates

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What do you find disturbing about George Orwell's vision?

What do you find disturbing about George Orwell's vision? George Orwell's books are not conventional. They use extremely vivid and alarming descriptions to support thought-provoking subjects, and their endings are far from happy. I felt a strong sense of despair at the end of both 1984 and Animal Farm, even though I found them gripping and fascinating. George Orwell, being a socialist, was strongly opposed to totalitarian rule, and his books are clearly a warning as to how political movements can backfire. The books are influenced by events of his time, the most obvious being the Russian Revolution symbolised by Animal Farm. There are hardly any lasting aspects in either 1984 or Animal Farm that are pleasant; the themes of both books are worrying. I think that one of the worst aspects of George Orwell's vision is the systematic perversion of our feelings, emotions and instincts. In my opinion, the worst action of 'The Party,' the ruling political power in 1984 is the way it frowns upon love, a natural human instinct, and tries to completely suppress it. This is a cold, tyrannical act that destroys such a pure, selfless instinct. Love brings joy that - as Winston Smith, the main character in 1984, experiences - makes life worth living. Without love, Oceania's inhabitants are reduced to a pointless, miserable, isolated existence. I think the most depressing event in the story

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The citizens of Oceania live in a society where all of there actions are controlled. Telescreen is the technology they use to help achieve this control.

The citizens of Oceania live in a society where all of there actions are controlled. Telescreen is the technology they use to help achieve this control. Telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously; any sound that Winston or any other citizen make can be heard, and as long as they are within the field of vision they can also be seen. Telescreen is also constantly broadcasting media that they want the citizens to hear, all of which basically leads to the indoctrination of its citizens. Citizens of Oceania lives are just about completely controlled; there are alarms that wake up the office workers when it's getting up time. Then there's the Physical Jerks were the citizens have to exercise and even have a look of grim enjoyment on this face which was expected. Their entire way of living is controlled, and they constantly have the idea that "Big Brother is watching you" instilled in their mind. Winston works for the Ministry of Truth party in the Department of Records. His job is to alter historical records. The party would simply go into the past and say that this or that event had never happened. There slogan was "Who controls the past, controls the future: who controls the present controls the past." Winston had to make certain that all historical events correspond with the Party's beliefs at that time to ensure that whatever Big Brother claims was exact. It is all

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How does Orwell's novel - 'Animal Farm' reflect events that happened during the russian revoloution in 1917?

How does Orwell's novel - 'Animal Farm' reflect events that happened during the Russian Revolution of 1917? There are many key events and historical figures from the Russian revolution which are similar to the characters and happenings in Orwell's book 'Animal Farm'. The revolution fought to create a civilization which tried to form equality amongst everyone (according to Marx and Engels' 'communist Manifesto' ) With the help of the Russian people, Stalin, Trotsky and Lenin, prevailed over their abusive leader Tsar Nicholas II, who was Orwell's inspiration for Mr. Jones in Animal Farm. Communism worked out at first, but a country cannot go without effective leadership and because in this case there were only three leaders, they became power hungry and therefore the whole ideal of a " greater good" deteriorates. This is what happened in both the book and Russia. Napoleon, the tough, fierce and ruthless, boar is portrayed as Stalin, who was equally as much of a tyrant as Napoleon. At the start of the book, when old major a wise, old boar made his speech about the great rebellion against the humans, it was very similar to Marx' statement on communism. Lenin who idolized Marx was inspiration for squealer because when old major gave his speech he used the word "comrade" profusely, and it was a word to unite all the animals against the humans. Squealer adopts this word and

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A Contrast between Winston's Relationships with Katharine and Julia and why they ultimately failed

A Contrast between Winston's Relationships with Katharine and Julia and why they ultimately failed Christianity has done a great deal for love by making a sin of it. -Anatole France Julia, 26 years old, is Winston's lover. Her name is very carefully chosen; it suggests Juliet, the Shakespearean character whose name has been connected to love. At the beginning of the book Winston hates her yet at the same time is attracted to her. A good example of this is on page 7: "A narrow scarlet sash, emblem of the Junior Anti-sex league, was wound several times round the waist of her overalls, just tightly enough to bring out the shapeliness of her hips." This extract shows that Winston hated all that she stood for; she was a Party zealot, a member of the Junior Anti-sex League, a bigoted adherent and a swallower of slogans. Even though Winston perceives her to be like that, he cannot deny his sexual attraction to her when he notices the shapeliness of her hips. Although Julia carries this atmosphere around with her, Winston's perception of her was wrong: she gives him a letter containing the words, I love you. Winston soon realises that she leads a double life; she is a member of the Ministry of Truth's fiction department yet she revels in her sexual escapades. They had an extremely shallow relationship based on their hatred for the party and their sexual desires.

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''Nineteen Eighty-Four' as an extent of the Dystopia fiction

In this essay I would like to review the novel-made film ''Nineteen Eighty-Four' as an extent of the Dystopia fiction and outline some of the futures use by authors, which are typical for this genre. Nineteen Eighty-Four is Michael Radford's film based upon the novel of the same name by George Orwell. The novel treats about a bleak vision of a dystopian future where one's thoughts and action were controlled by totalitarian government. According to Wikipedia On-line Dictionary 'A dystopia is any society considered to be undesirable, for any of a number of reasons. The term is most usually used to refer to a fictional (often near-future) society where current social trends are taken to nightmarish extremes. [...] Dystopias are frequently written as warnings, or as satires, showing current trends extrapolated to a nightmarish conclusion. [...] A dystopia is all too closely connected to current-day society.'1 Dystopian genre includes films such as The Matrix, Brazil, Judge Dredd, Runner Blade and Mad Max. Genre means nothing different than a kind or style. 'In all art forms, genres are vague categories with no fixed boundaries. Genres are formed by sets of conventions, and many works cross into multiple genres by way of borrowing and recombining these conventions. The scope of the word "genre" is usually confined to art and culture.'2 Michael Radford's film is one of the

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How Does Napoleon Take and Maintain Control Of Animal Farm?

How Does Napoleon Take and Maintain Control Of Animal Farm? George Orwell's character Napoleon is a very clever and sly animal. He uses several methods to take and maintain control of the farm. His primary methods are by using fear, by exploiting the animal and by bending the rules. Napoleon uses is intellect to good effect as far as self-interest is concerned. Napoleon instills fear as a way of giving the animal no chance to argue about what he says. This allows him to run the farm in his own manner and gives him a more confortable life than the other animals. Early on in Animal Farm, Napoleon takes Jessie and Bluebells nine newborn puppies. These puppies become the forefront of his campaign of fear. He uses them to gain power by eliminating his nemesis, Snowball "They dashed straight for Snowball...he slipped through a hole in the hedge and was seen no more." Also, Napoleon used the dogs in the public forum he created by setting an example of what would happen to those animals who chose to disobey him. When it was revealed that some of the animals had done things to side with the Snowball, Napoleon executed them in front of everyone else. Orwell's character Squealer was given a great ability to speak, this helped Napoleon get out of sticky situations and inscribe fear into the animals' heads all at once. When any of the animals questioned any of Napoleons actions, he

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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,

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shocking literary techniques - George Orwell's 1984

George Orwell - 1984 George Orwell's book 1984, is his nightmarish vision of the future in England. He has used many ways to grip the reader and make a vision in the reader's mind of what is happening in the novel. In the novel '1984', the author, George Orwell employs a range of different techniques such as similes and metaphors to unnerve and keep the reader in anticipation, forcing them to read on. Orwell opens the rest of the chapter by introducing the society to the reader, "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU" , this gives an idea that whinston is totally evicted from freedom. From the opening pages of 1984, it is enevitible that whinston is going to see death sometime in the book. Orwell has introduced 'thought crime' to the reader, "Thought crime does not entail death, thought crime is death". Whinston has done this by writing I his diary in the opening pages. These opening pages, display a picture in the readers mind of the society that whinston is stuck in. The opening chapter of Orwells novel, introduces the bleak and depressing setting to the reader. He displays the setting as very dark and frightening and he constantly raises the matter throughout the chapter. Orwell displays this decayed setting, like a dystopia. He also portrays the landscape as grimey and a distate, " his work place, towered vast and white above the grimey landscape." This is the constant effect

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Animal Farm

Draft During chapters 7-10 Orwell goes to great lengths to show sympathy for the animals in animal farm. He achieves this by using different techniques which I am going to show you. George Orwell based Animal Farm on the Russian revolution which occurred many years beforehand. Orwell tries to make us feel pathos for the animals to show what the Russian revolution was like for the people affected by it. In chapters seven to ten the animals have to work harder than ever and one wrong move would take them to the chopping board. One quote which stands out for classical satire of the Russian revolution is "ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL, BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS." (Chapter 10, pg. 112) This quote makes people feel pathos for the animals because they would think that they were only on the farm to serve Napoleon and build windmills whilst the pigs whop were obviously better off just lazed around or did less of the work. The animals blamed their faulty memories for forgetting the commandment. At this point the animals would probably feel that they were hard done by in the reign of napoleon. Orwell has done well to create pity for the animals here. "The truest happiness, he said, lay in working hard and living frugally" (Chapter 10, pg. 107) this quote is written by the pigs who lived the best lives whilst doing the exact opposite, the animals would feel that they would

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