I changed my mind, your is better than the other essays on this site...the other ppl just reviewed the book...we all know its a good book!
I changed my mind, your is better than the other essays on this site...the other ppl just reviewed the book...we all know its a good book!
An excellent and detailed coverage of the relationship between Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution! Giavanna, great job done! Hmm...
Thanks for writing this. It ha helped me with an assignment I had to complete.
nice work!!! you amaze me!!! I'm doing an essay at the moment on Animal Farm except its only supposed to be 500 words. I have way too much information!!! Thanks it was really interesting!
I am amazed at everyone who has found a way to dis or correct this exellent paper. And NO, i am not just saying this cause i'm a young student.Cause even though i am i still wanna say THANK YOU!!!<br>Whether you know this or not, i am from Russia. And i personally am proud,and happy to know that you would care enough about the Russian Revolution. If you really think your so smart, all you anonymous people, I would really love to see your paper on this book and Revolution. But you have to have an absolute flawless, wonderfully flowing paper. <br> <br><br> IMPOSSIBLE.! <br><br><br> WONDERFUL writen paper. Thankx!!!
nice paper. There is just no other words . GOOD JOB!!!!!!!!!!
I did not read the entire essay, and it has been a while since I read the book, so I am not going to comment on that... but, I realise those people out there who are happy to plagarise don't care what others think, I am still going to say that you are evil and mean, and downright stupid.<br>
hey man nice essay, i won't copy it now that i read it, i think you have some chance at becoming some sort of writer yourself, if not just a scientific writer. o, and what grade did u get on that essay?
I just want to say how much I enjoyed your essay, very well written, but your last comments about socialism were not accurate.<br>Socialism is not the same as Communism, so please do not confuse the two. It is possible to implement Socialism in a country and have it be successful, look at for example countries like Sweden, where I happen to be from. Communism on the other hand is what is equal to a utopia, a wonderful thought and ideal, but we are just never going to experience it, since it is just never going to be successfully implemented, thanks to, among other things, how easily certain individuals are corrupted. <br>I suggest that you read up on the difference between Socialism and Communism, because it is sad when the two are confused, thanks.
Giavanna<br><br>I first want to congratulate you here for an admirable effort. However, I can understand why your teacher gave you an average score. Understand first, that the essay is a literary device that is intended not just to inform and educate; but to more importantly -- persuade.<br><br>If this was submitted merely as a book report, then I would be inclined to give it a higher grade. Book reports, on average, are intended to simply "report the facts"; and this is the essence of "true" journalism. This normally will come off as "dry", but true reporting (journalism) usually is. When one wishes to go beyond "the facts", this is when we get into commentary and opinion pieces -- the essay.<br><br>The essay (and in the pinnacle of this device -- the novel) is the opportunity for the writer to "speak their mind". The chance to examine and interpret the subject matter, and then formulate their own opinion (in their own words) of not what they just "think" that the topic/author is to convey; but to actually "examine" to agree/disagree with the topic/author. Then finally -- to present your own contentions of the subject matter and persuade the reader to agree with those contentions.<br><br>My intent is not to be too hard on you. Your piece does go beyond a bit of the regular book report, but still falls short of being a true essay. You DO demonstrate some command of history here, but to be an "effective" essay; you also DO need to dig deeper. I understand that you are only still in high school, but I firmly believe that if you take this "loving criticism" to heart that you will be doing very well in college and on your way to becoming a very talented writer.<br><br>If you are that enamored by Orwell, then you should also check out this author and prime thinker as well:<br><br>http://www.levnavrozov.com/<br><br>Someone who was born and educated in Moscow, but has since become a U.S. citizen. He is described in the following manner:<br><br>"Lev Navrozov: NewsMax.com columnist and journalist. One of the most brilliant minds in the world, according to many distinguished Westerners and Russians. Published over 1,000 columns and articles on the destiny of civilization, world culture, foreign policy, strategy, defense, and intelligence work since his emigration from Russia in 1972. Winner of the Albert Einstein Prize for outstanding intellectual achievements. Author of The Education of Lev Navrozov (Harper & Row, 1975), compared by the reviewers to Mark Twain, Proust, Orwell, Voltaire, and Dostoyevsky. More than twenty of his articles are in the United States Congressional Record."<br><br>Saul Bellow, possibly the greatest American novelist, a Nobel Prize laureate, a scholar, and a thinker, has defined the importance of his work in a letter to Lev as follows: <br><br> "I doubt whether you (or anyone) can restore the diminishing sight of what you call “the sightless and hence doomed” West. What one can attempt is to describe the condition in its fundamentals. This indispensable description if it is to be uncontestable will take more strength than any normal man has, for what we have is a probably a fatal case of political poisoning, and the distortions and hallucinations it causes may be impossible to dispel. You must have more strength than any normal man has, or you would not have set yourself such a task."<br><br>If you would like to read my essay/analysis on this man and his work, then please check out my blog @ http://deltasix9r.blogspot.com/<br><br>Peace<br><br>fooser
I thought your essay was very informative, and I would like to see either of your anonymous "worthless trash" critics try to write something better. Their replies haven't really given us a good preview of their writing skills. Spelling? What's spelling?
I am curently studying Animal Farm in english and i found your assay very interesting. I myself, found it hard to get into the book and understand it. reading your assy i could better understand it and got a few good ideas. thank you for sharing your information with every one, and i hope you feel proud for what you wrote because you should.<br><br> thank you again so much and good luck with what ever you choose to do with the rest of your life.
im just a 13 yrs old kid//like ur essay..was forced by e teacher to read this book and find out more on joseph stalin..didnt like it as it sound complicating but ur essay is indeed a nice and traffic one!at least now i know who represents who in the book... thanks loads gd job
this is truly stunning piece of work
I had to read this book for my English class over the summer and write an essay about it. I had previously read the book; it is and incredible book and makes it very simple for people to see how corrupt most governing systems are. So easy to the point that I sometimes tell parts of the story to my littles sister as a bedtime story. <br><br> Here is my essay if anyone cares to read it. Please do not just copy it and say you wrote it; I worked extemely hard to find all the information, and I would like some credit. <br><br> George Orwell gives a very vivid and accurate account of what happened in Russia after Czar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate in his book Animal Farm. Being an allegory, most of the characters and events have a parallel in Stalinist Russia. Minor characters in the story also symbolize things that are very relevant to the history of Russia. <br> Mr. Jones is the embodiment of the old government, of the monarchy where the autocrat takes all without giving anything; he is the last of the Czars. Czar Nicholas II lost control because the spark of reformation had been ignited by the publishing of Karl Marx’s book Communist Manifesto, which led to the successful February Revolution. Farmer Jones lost control of the animals after they got the spirit of revolution from Old Major’s speech and revolted. The outcome was a successful Rebellion. Since Old Major was dead and Jones was gone, the Animals, ironically, needed a leader to be in charge of the new Animal Farm, where they were all free and equal. <br>Pigs were considered the most intelligent, and out of them Snowball and Napoleon were the most prominent. Trotsky and Stalin fought for power, but Stalin eventually eliminated Trotsky, having him expelled from Russia. In the same manner, Snowball and Napoleon constantly disputed; Napoleon was already hungry for power and soon after the Rebellion, had plans of getting rid of his opponent. In the midst of an eloquent speech about the plans for making a windmill by Snowball, Napoleon directed the dogs he had raised to attack Snowball. Thus, he had eliminated his only rival and was free to control the farm. <br> Upon the expulsion of Snowball, Napoleon’s first decision was to eradicate the Sunday Morning Meetings. “They were unnecessary, he said, and wasted time. In the future all questions relating to the work of the farm would be settled by a special committee of the pigs and, presided over by himself.” (Orwell, 68) This is also very much like the Command Economy that Stalin had made, in which the government made all economic decisions. His next decision was to build the windmill that he had been so opposed to when proposed by Snowball. Trotsky had proposed a Five-Year Plan for the industrialization of Russia, and Stalin had opposed to it. After Trotsky was gone, Stalin had no economic ideas of his own; “In a word, he put into practice the dictatorship of industry for which Trotsky had called five years earlier.” (Ovseyenko, 70) The windmills, hence, represent the Five-Year plans, or Russia’s Industry.<br> As Trotsky gained more power, it was imperative for him to eliminate any who might challenge it, and also to keep a bodyguard around him to prevent any harm from coming to him; maintaining this in mind, he assigned a secret police to assassinate people who were against him and to keep him safe. This special army was most known as KGB or the Committee of State Security. Napoleon needed his personal army also, and this was the dogs’ actual purpose. “When they had finished confessing their crimes, the dogs promptly tore their throats out....” (Orwell, 93) Napoleon then asked if anyone else had any crimes to confess, and they were executed immediately.<br> Pinchfield, one of the farms bordering Animal Farm, symbolizes Germany. Stalin made the Non- Aggressive Pact with Hitler, to keep Germany from attacking Russia during World War II. Germany attacked Russia, nonetheless, breaking the pact and forcing Russia join the Allies. Napoleon had made a deal to sell a pile of lumber to Fredrick of Pinchfield; Napoleon had trusted him, but in turn Fredrick had given him fake bank notes and was coming to attack them. He, like Hitler, had ignored the deal, swindled Napoleon and attacked Animal Farm. <br> “You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements,” stated Norman Douglass. Squealer the pig was very persuasive and “.... could turn black into white.” (Orwell 36) He communicated to all the other animals what Napoleon had said, and always convinced them that it was right. He is a symbol of Stalin’s propaganda machine, the Pravda. The people had no other source of information, and Stalin needed to manipulate the media. He took control of the publication, making it work for his needs, so the people were oblivious to what was actually occurring. <br> The proletariats were the easiest to convince and were most attached to Stalin, being that the system would benefit them most and were not educated. Examples of this are the horses Boxer and Clover. They were faithful, hard working and never doubted the system. We can also see how important the unskilled labor class was in order for everything to work well also. “Nothing could have been achieved without Boxer, whose strength was equal to that of all the rest of the animals put together.” (Orwell 74) Mollie, on the other hand, represents the middle class workers, who got paid more. They were unsatisfied that they were getting paid less and they wanted their “sugar.” Muriel represents the minority of the working educated class; they could make decisions and think for themselves. Muriel was not spirited enough to incite another rebellion against the corruption that was happening. <br> At the end of the book, the pigs become indiscernible from the humans. Orwell has made humans represent the people who exploit those weaker than them. The pigs had become corrupters of their own. “ Somehow it seemed as thought the farm had grown richer without making the animals richer themselves- except, of course, for the pigs and he dogs.” (Orwell 129) Manor Farm is the tyrannical nation; Animal Farm is the Communist or Animalist one. When Napoleon states that the name if the farm is once again Manor, he is affirmatively stating that the totalitarianism is installed once more.<br> Animal Farm ends with the animals being exploited by the pigs; it is a dark ending, but it is brutally true. The idea of Socialism, or Animalism, is good as ideal. Human nature will not allow the leaders, who are always necessary, to be fair. Orwell did an excellent job of weaving the history of Stalinist Russia with the fairy idea of speaking and thinking animals. <br>
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