Utilizing the form of an animal fable, "Animal Farm" tells the story of a group of barnyard animals that revolt against their human master in an attempt to create a utopian state. ... This is in fact also what happened to Stalin's main rival, Leon Trotsky. ... There are many aspects of human nature and society that are apparent in Animal Farm. ... However, one of the main aspects of human nature and society is the issue of power and how it is exploited. ... " The pigs have now officially segregated the society on Animal Farm. ...

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This is what led to the development of the cold war. ... This country was like many of the utopian communities in America. In the utopian communes of America, there were always people from very different backgrounds. ... Owen united the people and convinced them to try and create an ideal society. ... And the pursuit of this, "ideal society," was lost....

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Another key term mentioned, irony, describes the disjunction between what the audience would expect, and what really happens. ... He takes full use of what the animals understand, and what the audience understands about the situation at Animal Farm. ... This rule is evident in reality, particularly when the animals peered through a window of the barn house: "No question now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. ... Orwell's main purpose of writing Animal Farm was to show how Communism fails to create a Utopian society. ...

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Utopian visions of a democratic state seemed almost tantalisingly achievable. ... Essentially, what the Bolsheviks wanted was as much opposed to the real desires of the people, as had been the policies of the provisional government. ... Lenin, the father of communism, believed it the job of his party to exercise control of society. ... If we cannot shoot a man who sabotages a member of the Red Guard, then what kind of revolution is this?" ... Thus what began as a protest against tyranny, ended in a totalitarian state and a despotism of a vigorous type. ...

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This could only be achieved by enforcing strict and absolute discipline at every level of society. ... In 1936 Stalin began what became known as the "purges- whose function it was to try members of the communist party who had acted treasonously. (5) The result of these was that five thousand party members were arrested and stripped of their membership. ...

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This could only be achieved by enforcing strict and absolute discipline at every level of society. ... In 1936 Stalin began what became known as the "purges- whose function it was to try members of the communist party who had acted treasonously. (5) The result of these was that five thousand party members were arrested and stripped of their membership. ...

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This could only be achieved by enforcing strict and absolute discipline at every level of society. ... In 1936 Stalin began what became known as the "purges- whose function it was to try members of the communist party who had acted treasonously. (5) The result of these was that five thousand party members were arrested and stripped of their membership. ...

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Never before, however, has the human race been so close to inaugurating this Utopian ideal of establishing and empowering government on a planetary scale. As it stands today, world government can be compared to communism - both can be viewed as ideals of a perfect society, but neither has proven to work effectively in practice. ... This is what the advocates of an "empowered United Nations are really after. What is most disturbing is that they have nearly succeeded in grasping hold of this power, without most inhabitants of this planet having the slightest idea of what is being planned for t...

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