"Animal Farm" written by George Orwell in 1945 is a parable about the Russian Revolution. It describes farm animals banding together to overcome their farmer, who exploits their work and products. So animals take control of the farm and create principles of Animalism, which are allegory to the principles of Communism created by Carl Marks. Orwell describes how this new system is deteriorating; at the end of the novel, when pigs seize power and start exploit other animals, author says that eventually common animals cannot distinguish pigs among people. ... This short novel teaches us that chang...

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Her tenacity is keenly demonstrated as she diligently labors to feed a farm. ... Throughout the story we are continuously reminded of how many people and animals depend on the old woman to feed them. The narrator depicts her feeding meager supplies of food to the animals, the German couple, and her husband as well as her son. ... Over and over, throughout the story, we see her struggling to protect the cycle of life on her farm. ... Life is too precious and way too short to live precariously....

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Of course, she continues to feed them, and every other mouth on their pathetic farm. ... After we are introduced to her husband, in paragraphs nine through fourteen Anderson flashes back to her youth in an abusive foster home, as well as her short courtship and abrupt marriage to an equally cruel husband. ... Over and over throughout the story we see her struggling to protect the cycle of life on her farm. ... It is fitting that a man who slaughters animals for a living is critical of one whose role is to feed those same creatures. ... Most likely, the animals on the old woman's farm ...

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