THE PURPOSE OF THIS ESSAY IS TO DISCUSS WHY GEORGE ORWELL'S BOOK, ANIMAL FARM, SHOWS IRONY.
ANIMAL FARM IS A VERY SYMBOLIC NOVEL. ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE MISTAKENLY VIEWED AT AS A CHILDREN'S BOOK AT FIRST, A DEEPER ANALIZATION REVEALS MORE THEN MEETS THE EYE. WITHIN ANIMAL FARM REPRESENTATIONS OF CORRUPTIONS MAY BE REVEALED, THE DOWNFALL OF A GOVERNMENT ORIGINALLY BUILT ON PROSPERITY, AND EVEN INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE CAN BE FOUND. ALL PLACED WITHIN THE MICROCOSM OF A BARNYARD.
THE STAGE IS SET WHEN THE ANIMALS FORM THERE OWN GOVERNMENT, WITH THERE OWN RULES, AND THER OWN STIRRING PHILOSOPHY THAT ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL AND ON THIS BASE A UTOPIA OF PROGRESS SHALL BE BUILT. IT DOES PROGRESS AND THRIVE THANKS TO THE WORK OF THE PIGS WHO TEACH, ORGANIZE, AND DO JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING BUT MANUAL LABOR. THE PIGS CONTROL THE FARM, THE PIGS HAVE POWER, ABSOLUTE POWER, AND AS A GREAT MAN ONCE SAID WITH ABSOLUTE POWER COMES ABSOLUTE COORUPTION. AS THIS COORUPTION ESCALATES THE FARMS PROSPERITY DECLINES......
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