Although Orwell's originally titled novel, "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story", combined with the use of animals as characters in the novel, may appeal to children, the content of Animal Farm goes beyond any magical or make-believe story. ... Being an allegory, most of the characters and events have a parallel in Stalinist Russia: Mr Jones, the evil farmer, represents the Russian Czar; Napolean, the power hungry boar, portrays the corrupt Joesph Stalin and Snowball, the idealistic pig, personifies Leon Trotsky, the clever partner of Stalin. ... From then on, the pigs, namely Napoleon, a "large, ...

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This opinion is hidden in the symbolism of the story, and his attitude towards various characters. Out of all the characters in 'Animal farm', Benjamin the donkey comes closest to the author's voice. ... Therefore we can ask ourselves, would Benjamin accept the uprising of the animals against the pigs, as an expected event? ... Benjamin, with his understanding of the events taking place, would be able to predict the end of the revolution as it actually happended and no other way, and would have no false hopes about the pigs being overthrown. ...

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In Animal Farm a key character that distributed propaganda to the Farm was Squealer. ... Squealer's continuous support to Napoleon alike of the Pravda, made him unpopular, due to the fact that he made up stories to cover for Napoleon's controversial decisions and he convinced the animals that the pigs were the leaders and the rest of the farm worked hard to please the farm overall, when really it was only to provide for the pigs. ... When Pilkington, a neighboring farmer who has been betrayed by Animal Farm, sends a reply for the cry of help from the pigs, he says "serves you r...

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Orwell has chosen as characters animals that exhibit similar traits to the people or organisations they are meant to represent. ... Orwell's naive use of a narrative voice allows us as readers to be aware of more information than the narrator or any other characters; and using this knowledge to relate back to the historical events of the Russian Revolution. ... Through the misleading alteration of the commandments, Orwell uses irony to demonstrate how the pigs influenced the foundations of an equal society, which further became the foundations of a totalitarian dictatorship. "Curious...

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In the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, the story of the pigs and other farm animals ironically represents the corruption found within a society based on equality. ... With this statement, Throeau is stating that a man is rich in character to let things alone and that character is more valuable than any salary or income. Through his statement, Throeau backs the idea that character is more important than money and there is more reward in one's self than in financial gain. Therefore, pushing towards the idea that there is a larger purpose and more happiness within improving one's ch...

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