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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George Orwell and Charles Dickens wrote Animal Farm and A Tale of Two Cities, respectively, to express their disillusionment with society and human nature. ... (Orwell, 10) The other animals take this utopian idea to heart, and one day actually do revolt and drive the humans out. ... (Gardner, 97) What was established in Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution was not true communism ("animalism"), which Orwell approved of, where the people owned all the factories and land. ... How do I know what injury you have done to my horses."... In A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens examines the i...

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George Orwell and Charles Dickens wrote Animal Farm and A Tale of Two Cities, respectively, to express their disillusionment with society and human nature. ... (Orwell, 10) The other animals take this utopian idea to heart, and one day actually do revolt and drive the humans out. ... (Gardner, 97) What was established in Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution was not true communism ("animalism"), which Orwell approved of, where the people owned all the factories and land. ... How do I know what injury you have done to my horses."... In A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens examines the inner soul, and ...

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