The pigs, in species and attitude, become more oppressive and heartless than the humans they ran off. ... "(They) looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again, but already it was impossible to say which was which."" ... By making the characters animals instead of humans, he could avoid all of the psychological complications that may accompany this (George Orwell). ... Smyer, had this comment on the work: Animal Farm is, in effect, a mixture of fantasy and harshness, of mysterious dangers happily overcome by some characters and terrible punishments falling on the h...

• Word Count: 1175
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

This book also tells us about the struggle and suffering of the girl as a main character and also the other characters as well. As a main character, there must be a lot of struggle that she has to face on. ... She also called Liesel with an inappropriate name, "Saumensch", which means female pig. ... Max Vanderburg, the second character that I think that might have the hardest time. ... Hans Hubermann, a foster father of Liesel Meminger, known in this story as a kind and generous character. ...

• Word Count: 922
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Jack becomes obsessed with hunting pigs and a creature that they've seen and call "the beast". ... Jack declares himself the leader of the new tribe, and organizes the violent slaughtering of a pig to celebrate. They behead the pig and place its head on a sharpened stake in the jungle as an offering to the beast. ... The main character in the story is Ralph, a handsome twelve year old boy. ...

• Word Count: 920
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• Grade Level: High School

Throughout the story, the war itself plays the greatest role in influencing the characters. If not for the war, the two main characters, Catherine and Frederick would not have had the chance to meet. ... Throughout the story, the characters live off promiscuity and excess. ... This is noticeable when the officers are discussing the controversial Black Pig novel and the major states " All thinking men are atheists' -. ... The historical social setting of the novel influences the characters in different ways. ...

• Word Count: 666
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Although Lord of the Flies is a novel which explores some of the darker aspects of human nature, I think there are many positive aspects of human nature presented here too: Look closely at the characters and roles of Ralph and Piggy, for example. ... Piggy is intelligent and loyal, and although some of the other characters see him as a coward, he is actually very courageous in the way he speaks out against Jack and his savagery: Look at what he says in "Castle Rock" just before his death; his death makes him into a kind of tragic hero. ... In the novel, the pig"s head is the Lord of ...

• Word Count: 591
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The killing of a pig slowly begins to take over the boys life, and they begin to go about this in a ritualistic way, dancing around the dead animal and chanting. ... Another would be that as the story progressed characters names slowly begin to change. ...

• Word Count: 1092
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School