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George Orwell's Animal Farm is an allegorical novel of the coming of the Soviet Union. It fables the revolution of animals living on farm fluctuation for complete equality. Detailed are the conniving political tactics and tyrannical govern of Napoleon, a pig characterizing Joseph Stalin. In analysis of Napoleon's subversive rise to power, he most successfully manipulates the animals through propaganda and terror.
In summary of Napoleon, his political advancement begins with the death of a well-respected pig named Old Major. Before Old Major's death, he encourages the animals to revolt against their human monarchy to claim rightful ownership of the farm. He speaks not only to advocate rebellion, but to incite an emerging animal-civilization of equality and comradeship. Following Old Major's passing, the characters see his vision through by overthrowing their human oppressors and seemingly materializing ...
A Rose for Emily: The Struggle against Loneliness: A Search for Human Affection In the stories "A Rose for Emily" and "Antlers," the main characters, Emily and Suzie, both share fear loneliness. Emily and Suzie attempt to overcome their loneliness by seeking human affection. However, their efforts are unsuccessful and only offer a false illusion o...
A major theme in 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is that solitary confinement and exclusion from the public results in insanity. The use of imagery and setting helps illustrate this theme throughout the story. The unnamed protagonist in this story suffers from a nervous disorder which is enhanced by her feeling of being trapped...
A inspiration in life that many people cling to is, that no matter how rough and demoralizing things get, there is always a possibility of redemption and salvation. Many characters in the novel, A Tale Of Two Cities, are sure that their own death or mental destruction is at hand but somehow they escape the grasp of death. Dr. Manette who has be...
Dear Elie, We both know that the holocaust of the Jews was an extraordinary event in the Jews' lives. Such a mass destruction will never be forgotten by anyone. Families were torn apart and rarely you would come by a friend or a relative. You and your father were very fortunate to have stuck together. You two were close and would do anything for ea...
Why do some people wear a mask? What drives or compels people to become other than what they are? How can this relate to the characters in To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee? Some individuals wear a mask out of fear, others in hope to establish a good image, still others to project ignorance or their own opinions. I believe Jem, Calpurnia, and At...
During his lifetime, Charles Dickens is known to have written several books. Although each book is different, they also share many similarities. Two of his books, Great Expectations and Oliver Twist, are representatives of the many kinds of differences and similarities found within his work. Perhaps the reason why these two novels share some of the...
Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, is the story of two simple farm hands, Lennie Small, who incidentally, really isn't very small, and his better half, George Milton, on their quest to have "a place of their own," with plenty of furry bunnies, of course. Sound strange? Read on to get clued in. The book opens along the banks of the Sali...
Physical and emotional pain is what the tattered solider illustrates in the book. The tattered solider pain comes from all of the horrible things associated with war. Him going crazy brings emotional pain and the physical pain is brought on by the endurances of war. "There was a tattered man, fouled with dust, blood and powder stain from hair to...
The book is 1984 by George Orwell. It is a shocking and scary view of the future from a writer in the 1940's.This book tells of a society which is ruled by fear and ignorance, where "Big Brother" is the government is always watching you, and ruling you subconscioulsy.Orwell wrote this as a warning against the comon persons bvecoming complacent and...
In Dante?s Inferno, Dante narrates his descent and observation of hell through the various circles and pouches. One part of this depiction is his descriptions of the various punishments that each of the different sinners has received. The various punishments that Dante envisions the sinners receiving are broken down into two types. The first type...
Symbols Imagine a bunch of young children's lives changed by being trapped on a island with no civilization around. William Golding shows how terrifying it can be in , the novel that brings symbolism above all to the emotions of all that read it. The symbols that bring out the meaning the best are the leadership skills, the fire and the conch. Firs...
In Pride and Prejudice life is not all fun and games. There are many pressures in life: mothers with high expectations for a good marriage and a girl's own expectation of what life and hopefully marriage will be like. Charlotte Lucas is the oldest daughter in a large family, she is not the most beautiful girl, and she is twenty-seven, well beyond...
Themes of chapter 7 On the hottest day of the summer, Daisy invites Nick and Gatsby to lunch with her, Tom, and Jordan. At one point, while Tom is out of the room, Daisy kisses Gatsby on the lips and says she loves him. But the next instant the nurse leads in her young daughter, Pammy. Daisy basically ignores the child, but Gatsby keeps glancing a...
Thomas Hardy is probably known as a novelist, which is how he established himself from 1871 to 1896. He is associated with the English county of Dorset, which he fictionalized into "Wessex". He wrote Far From the Madding Crowd, The Return of the Native, and Jude the Obscure, for example. But Hardy's view of fate (which was often branded a "pessimis...
