Animal Farm

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(as is parallel to Jones’
escapement from his spiteful farm of animals), the Tsar is known to have partaken in excess alcohol consumption along with his men. It was for this same reason that Jones has lost control of the farm, which initiates the ideal of revolution to the animals. Old Major stirs the other animals by showing his disagreement as per Jones’ selfish method of running the farm. As quoted in the book, “Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving and the rest he keeps for himself.” Jones was the evil in capitalism and the animals reason for revolt. In a broader sense, he is symbolic of motive for change in any situation where that action is believed to be required.
Old Major is the elderly boar ...

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began in 1928) was conceptualized to encourage industrial growth in the country, which is similar to the plans for the windmill that were Napoleon’s (that Snowball recognized as his own). The windmill was designed to create electricity (industrialization) for the animals, so their corrals could be heated. With the corruption of the first Five Year Plans (and thus the destruction of the windmill), a new set of Five Year Plans, as was a new windmill, introduced. It is Napoleon who is responsible for the decline of the Animalism system, due to his harsh upbringing of the form of government. During a fearful period called “the Great Purge”, Stalin ostracized any opposition to his ...

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