The latter, for him, makes use of ideology as a mediator between individuals and the system of power. ... The poem "Comrade Napoleon" along with the "Seven Commandments" indicate the vital role religion and literature can play as ideological state apparatuses in disciplining the masses. ... These two poems, in fact, constitute the driving forces behind the two major patterns of attitudes of the animals in the novel, namely revolution and submissiveness. ... Equally important, one needs to highlight the parallelism between events in this fable and the political and social situation in the Sovie...

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