Analysis Of Animal Farm By George Orwell

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Max Pfeiffer-Frederick Pre-AP English 1 March 19, 2016 Outside Reading Card – Animal Farm by George Orwell MLA Citation: Orwell, George. Animal Farm (Penguin Modern Classics). New York: Penguin Books Ltd, 2000. 2. Provide a detailed plot summary: The story begins on a farm called The Manor. The farm is owned by a guy named Mr. Jones. He is a mean man who treats his animals cruelly, and uses them for profit. For example, he drowns old dogs when they are no longer of use and he slaughters anything thing that will make him money and buy him more whiskey. One night Old Major, a prize winning boar, who was respected by the other animals because he had lived so long called all the animals for a meeting in the barn. In this meeting, he shared …show more content…

He’s definitely not a good guy. He’s Napoleon’s mouth-piece and spreader of all the propaganda. The other animals on the farm are not as smart as the pigs and they are easily lead and convinced of things without evidence or proof. Towards the end, Squealer comes out of the woods after teaching the sheep a new chant that is totally against the original 7 rules. They say, “Four legs good, two legs better.” He is a manipulator and a parasite. He hides behind the throne and gets the good stuff because he is smart and a pig and Napoleon needs him to speak for him. 4. Give a specific example of a conflict. Use specific evidence from the text. I am going to skip the obvious conflict between the animals and the farmer and move on to Napoleon and Snowball. Though the characters are animals, the conflict is still man-vs.-man. They both want to rule and the one with the least amount of a conscience wins. Napoleon is willing to do anything to succeed while Snowball shows signs of morals. Napoleon steals the windmill idea and tries to kill Snowball. Snowball escapes and never returns which tells me he was a very smart and knew he would not win and survive against Napoleon and his army of dogs. 5. Setting is a working farm. The setting allows the microcosm of the Animal Farm to be basically undisturbed. Had it been close to a big city or other small towns, then there would have been more interruptions and challenges to Napoleon’s take

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