No argument must lead you astray. ... The passage does clear up a few questions any inquisitive reader would have about the outside world. I mean, wouldn't you think that the other neighboring farmers might think something's up if one day they see a bunch of pigs supervising horses plow a field? ... So many of the men die, thus concluding the Battle of the Cowshed. ... He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. ...

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• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

Though he was sure that his writing would bring him the fame and recognition of the causes that he championed, he wrote the following to Victor Gollancz shortly before the book was revised for the last time "I would prefer the book to be published pseudonymously. I have no reputation that is lost by doing this and if the book has any kind of success I can always use this pseudonym again."" ... On his way home, he developed tuberculosis and had to stay in Morocco with the hope that it would pass. ... In 1945 his wife died during an operation, and he went off to Europe to be a reporter. ... ("...

• Word Count: 8146
• Approx Pages: 33
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School