Animal Farm By George Orwell

History Repeats Itself People say that we learn history because we don’t want to repeat it, but there are numberless instances of diffrent countries making the same mistakes and fighting for the same reasons. These wars weren’t just hundreds of years ago either, many current conflicts have resembled wars from hundreds of years ago, the war in Korea was devastating, and all the trauma was brought by the two leaders of the North and South who sought to control the whole country. Books have even been writen about the styles and similarites of wars, one such book is Animal Farm by George Orwell, where he explains a revolution through the use of an allegory. After doing reseach about the Korean Revolution, and examining the conditions of the two countries before, during, and after the war it is clear that the Korean Revolution and the revolution described in Animal Farm are very similar.

We are constantly fighting an internal battle—a battle between our beliefs and what is expected of us. In the essay "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell, we follow the story of a man who must make a critical discussion between what he is expected to do and what he wants to do. This piece tells us the demanding situation he is put in and how he must fight internally for what he is expected to do and what he wants to do. George Orwell writes about how he was a police officer in lower Burma, a job he hated. The city's people were bitter towards him, disrespectful, and played jokes on him.

Who is at greater fault? If a tyrant is given the power, albeit to abuse, is it his fault to utilize the power given, or the fault of those who bestow the power on them? Failure cannot be pinned on just one person, but the people involved as a whole. Therefore, by indirectly causing the collapse of one 's own community, it is the community 's fault for acting as catalyst to the events to come. Although unintentional, it is the passiveness and ignorance of the farm animals that leads to the utter failure of their ideal society.

One prominent example is when, before the rebellion, an old boar named Major expresses his wishes for the farm, “And remember also that in fighting against Man, we must not resemble him. Even when you have conquered him, do not adopt his vices” (8). This is important because he directly reveals the rest of the plot of the book in that statement. Major goes on to point out that an animal should never drink alcohol, sleep in a bed, wear clothes, or live in a house, which all of the pigs end up indulging in. “When the boulder began to slip and the animals cried out in despair at finding themselves dragged down the hill, it was always Boxer who strained himself…

With power comes great responsibility. George Orwell is an extremely talented artist. I say artist not only because of his creative writing skills, but for the way he turns a simple story into a vivid motion picture. It isn't easy to describe a tale in such a way that it makes the reader feel as if they are present to the event; especially without using long, descriptive words that seem to create a cluttered mess of the sentences.

In Animal Farm, George Orwell warns how power will often lead to corruption. Napoleon was placed in a position of power after Major died, and he slowly starts to lavish in his power and become addicted to the lush life of a dictator. When Napoleon first becomes a leader, he expresses how everyone will work equally, but as his reign goes on, he shortens the work hours. At the very end of the novel, the observing animals even start to see that pig and man had become the same. The irony present in the above example, illuminates how regardless of how much a ruler promises to maintain equality and fairness, the position of power that they hold, will corrupt them.

In George Orwell’s allegorical novel Animal Farm, the sneaky and mischievous actions of the government leave the inhabitants of the farm helpless and completely controlled. This novel serves as a warning to people everywhere to challenge authority and never abandon independent thought. Benjamin hides his knowledge of the pigs schemes from the other animals to avoid conflict, proving that mature members of a society may deceive others to remain true to personal philosophy of uninvolvement, if only to solidify to everyone that they are invariably right. Benjamin retains the information he posses in order to prove a point that all systems of government come and go, and will never affect his life.

Applying Theories We make thousands of decisions everyday in automatic mode without a mistake. Yet we don’t reflect and celebrate this wonderful mode of human decision making at work; rather, we put the blow torch on the one moment when it doesn’t work and something goes wrong. Rob Long - American writer and television producer in Hollywood. Long is understanding about the concept of decision making and how the human mind works. He explains and argues if we should just react and not think in some situations it is most likely to be a better decision or solution then just thinking about it.

Paper 4 25 April 2023 Caroline Milhorn Shooting an Elephant and Burmese Days Within the 19th and early 20th centuries, the British had many justifications for their colonial rule in the Indian Subcontinent as well different regards for this type of rule that George Orwell will highlight within his works. The most commonly known justification was the notion of the “White Man’s Burden”, this being introduced by Rudyard Kipling and consists of the British being willing to take up a ‘burden to help the native groups and change them into a more civilized society. Within both the fictional novel, Burmese Days and the short story, Shooting an Elephant, Orwell offers an insightful complexity of this period of British rule. The main significance

This relates to the theme because, throughout the story, the pigs have been in charge because they have more knowledge than the other animals. They were also really clever and could think of a way around every difficulty the farm experienced. ( Orwell 13) In the middle of the story, some crucial rules were being changed and the animals did not do anything about it. “ … pigs not only took their meals in the kitchen and used the drawing-room as a recreation room, but also slept in the beds.”

“It is not wisdom but authority that makes a low.” Thomas Hobbes’ quote reveals that the world is all about authority and how powerful people are. In other words, to be able to rule, wisdom is not essential. However, authority is crucial. This quote relates to George Orwell’s Animal Farm as it represents the theme of power by the pigs that use propaganda, intimidation and false informations to take over the farm and to control the animals.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” (Lord Acton) This quote is telling us that when people get into roles of absolute power they tend to become corrupt, as a result of that power. This quote can be applied to Napoleon from the book Animal Farm by George Orwell, because at the beginning of the novel Old Major’s words inspired Napoleon. As a result, he believed that humans were evil for forcing animals to work for them and that animals should be able to live freely, not under anyone’s control; however, as the story progresses his belief changed and the animals did not get to live their utopian dream. At the start Napoleon and the other pigs strongly believed that all animals were equal and had the right to live in a place that took care of their well being.

“Animal Farm” by George Orwell, is a story to show how absolute power corrupts, just as Stalin’s power did during the Russian Revolution in 1917. In the allegory “Animal Farm” each character represents a political figure from the days around the Russian Revolution. For example, Joseph Stalin is represented by a pig named Napoleon, Squealer, another pig, represents Stalin’s propaganda department, and the dogs represent the Secret Police (KBG). Using the nine dogs that Napoleon raises (intimidation), Squealer (propaganda), and manipulation, Orwell illustrates how Napoleon was able to gain and maintain control of the farm. The nine dogs that stay by Napoleon at all times are useful for Napoleon to gain and maintain control of the farm because they scare the other animals, intimidating them so that they do not disobey Napoleon.

The genuine shooting of the elephant fills in as an ethical story for the British explorer wander in Burma. Orwell feels that it's wrong to butcher such a tremendous and wild animal. This slant addresses the fault of trying to grab an entire culture and society. Over this, shooting the elephant does not execute the elephant; comparably as policing Burmese society does not put them under the colonizer's control. Orwell puts different shots into the elephant, yet finally, he needs to leave to leak to death.

Animal Farm -the history of a rebellion that went wrong- is George Orwell 's brilliant satire on the corrupting influence of power. It was first published in 1945. According to Orwell, the book reflects events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and then on into the Stalin era in the Soviet Union. In the book, Mr. Jones, the owner of the Manor farm is so lazy and drunken that one day he forgets to feed his livestock.