In the novella Animal Farm by George Orwell, Old Major's dream of a socialist utopia causes the animals to turn against one another and Napoleon and Snowball compete for power and cause the division of the farm; in the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Jack's need for power leads to the destruction of the island and the death of Piggy and Simon. ... According to Stephen Sedley in "On politics and the success of Animal Farm.... " (Orwell 34). ... The animals rename the farm "Animal Farm" and start their work into fulfilling Old Major's dream of equ...

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It is seen in texts such as the film, Wag The Dog, the novel Animal Farm and in Martin Luther King's speeches. ... This idea of "language and knowledge is power" is one of the reoccurring themes in George Orwell's famous allegory, Animal Farm. ... Many animals on the farm, Old Major and Squealor to be specific, used speech and language to gain power over other animals. ... Animal Farm is most famous as a stinging critique of the history and rhetoric of the Russian Revolution. Retelling the story of the emergence and development of Soviet communism in the form of an animal fa...

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