George Orwell's Animal Farm

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One of the main characters of Animal Farm is the heartless and merciless leader Napoleon. Napoleon is a leader that prefers to have things his way and not cooperate with others, in other words really obnoxious. For example “He declared himself against the windmill from the start. One day, however, he arrived unexpectedly to examine the plan. He walked heavily round the sled, looked closely at every detail of the plans and snuffed at them once or twice, then stood for a little while contemplating them out of the corner of his eye; then suddenly lifted his leg, urinated over the plans and walked out without uttering a word.”(Page 33, chapter5) Thus, this proves that Napoleon is an obnoxious pig because just because he was against Snowball’s windmill idea he urinated all over his work so he could get his way. Comprehension 3. If there had been one more chapter in Animal Farm, I think it would go as follows: Weeks pass by and the animals still could not get over the fact of what they had witnessed looking through the window. They felt betrayed and exhausted and had lost hope for Animal Farm. There was now no food on Animal Farm. Animals had starved for two days and Clover starts to feel sick as she get older. The animals walked to Clover and one asked, “What are we suppose to do now?” almost as if Clover was their leader. “You’re our only hope”, one of the hens said tearing up. Clover felt empathic for everyone. “That’s it! I am now taking this in my hands,” said Clover fiercely, “Napoleon has gone too far. We work every day trying to find food. This is worse than when Jones was here! We got to put a stop to this immediately. We got to bring Snowball back.” All the animals had agreed upon what Clover had said. Secretly the ... ... middle of paper ... ...ect to read for fun. I think George Orwell purposely does this to make sure the reader grasps onto the message of Animal Farm. In my opinion this book is really important for society to read because maybe some how they can relate. For example I was able to relate to Clover because she was too scared to say anything to Napoleon and sometime I am too shy. However reading this book help me recognize the importance of having your say. Thus, this another great reason to read this book because of the simplicity and how you can make connections. Reading Animal Farm has actually had an impact on me believe it or not. Trust me when I say this because to be honest most books don’t impact me as much as this one book has. I must find another book now to read; I have to go now. Do you have any recommendations? Please send my regards to everyone! Hope to hear from you soon!

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