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Education in animal
farm
Summary
Orwell portrays education through showing the danger of
a naive working class (the animals)
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He draws
his inspiration from Stalin’s brutal agricultural regime, and
the Russian revolution is a strong theme that is dealt with
throughout the novel
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Napoleon basically demonstrates
what happens when people surrender their power
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“Though she lacked the words to express them”, “ If
she could have spoken her thoughts”
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They then teach this to the other animals
(in moderation, otherwise their plan of changing the commandments couldn’t
work) “the pigs now revealed that during the past 3 months they had taught
themselves to read and write from an old spelling book”
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4) Later on in the novel it is noticed that Napoleon teaches the younger pigs
himself as they are separated from the other animals
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“For the time being, the young pigs were given their instruction by
Napoleon himself”
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This is shown in animal farm with
Clover and Boxer, who can only learn the first four letters of the alphabet, and the
sheep who are to stupid to learn anything but the mantra “Four legs good, two legs
bad”
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4 key quotes in the book
1
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With
their superior knowledge it was natural that they should assume leadership”
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We can see this through
their “superior knowledge” which makes the reader feel that the pigs are
superior to the other animals
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2
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This links to the Russian Revolution and
Squealer is used to represent propaganda
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“It had come to be accepted that the pigs, who were manifestly cleverer than
the other animals, should decide all questions of farm policy, though their
decisions had to be ratified by a majority vote” - This highlight’s Orwell’s
purpose - to warn the lower classes about how easy it is for one man/group to
take over
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4
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It shows the control the pigs held and how - supposedly
- those in power wanted the best for the other animals
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