Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Animal Farm to the Real World


In the story Animal Farm by George Orwell, Napoleon's actions have an allegorical meaning. For example, he first lied to everyone acting as if he was fighting in the revolution when really he was hiding in the back right next to Squealer. This represents more of an emotion or a characteristic. This characteristic is someone, a friend, a family member, or anyone that acts sneaky and is a liar. This is so because there are many people with these characteristics in the world today. Additionally, Napoleon turned his back on his fellow animals, continuously lied to them, and also manipulated them for their work and their lives. . This also represents people like this in the world, but this act is more evil. This trait is very unlucky to have and in the real world many might not like a person with this trait. What Napoleon did was very obscure and though his actions are repeated, although they might not be as serious, happens everyday. And at the end of his story, after breaking many rules, he had nothing left but only because how he acted. Even though most stories about animals are written for children, the moral or lesson of the story is more advance than of what children can comprehend. And maybe even older students.

4 comments:

  1. I like the post. keep on doing the great work.

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  2. Good job on this post. Great example of allegory.

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  3. Auggie,you could use some puncuation up there!

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  4. Great job on your post, by the way I like your template. :)

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