Superb Animal Stronghold.

Superb Animal Stronghold

A tremendous and memorable victory was achieved by our heroes guided by Snowball. During the counterattack of humans, the animals fought bravely and they succeeded in taking the enemy away from their farm. This battle took place in the animal farm that now is the new home for the animals of Mr. Jones’ farm. It was called the battle of cowshed and it happened by the late summer according to the information that our messengers, the pigeons, collected.

The battle of cowshed consisted in a confrontation between the animals of the new farm and the awful humans, who tried to cancel the peace of the farm because Mr. Jones wanted back “his” farm. The animals succeeded by the well planning of their leader, Snowball, who organized effectively the attack of the animals basing in a Julio Cesar strategy book but as there were triumphs, there were losses. A sheep was killed but the great horse Boxer could also kill a human and who is now feeling bad, here is an interview with our main hero in this epic battle and another eye witness who is called “The Old Benjamin”:

Joaquin: Boxer, How do you feel about what you have done?

Boxer: I feel terrible, wheeeeeee, I did not meant to kill him, brrrruuufff , I just wanted to defend our home and now the guilty is consuming me.

Joaquin: I understand but you also need to understand that this was necessary for the farm.

Boxer: Brrruuuff, yes, I understand but I will remember that man until the end of my days.

(http://animalfarm411.blogspot.com/2010/12/blog-post_04.html)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Joaquin: Don’t worry Boxer,you have been a true defender and that is what matters now. 

Benjamin, please tell me what you think about this battle.

Benjamin: Bah, despite I don’t mind about the work in this farm I recognize that Snowball’s planning was excellent. It was one of the things that this donkey has most enjoyed in decades!

Joaquin: Great Benjamin, how are you feeling now?

Benjamin: It’s all the same to me if we won or not but I feel like normal, I do not care too much about the deaths during the battle like Boxer does.

(http://likeanimalfarm.weebly.com/horses.html)

And now, here is the opinion of our expert account, Coronel David Peterson, a British veteran pilot who was flying with his plane above the battle and is an expert in battle tactics and techniques.

Joaquin: Coronel Peterson, could you tell us how effective was Snowball’s maneuvers?

Coronel: Well, it has been one of the most effective tactics I have ever seen in my military life. I could see the effectiveness of each wave of well organized animals that Snowball sent.

Joaquin: That is good to hear and what do you think about humans?

Coronel: I recognize their effort but if could describe them in one word is: “pathetic”, they had more sophisticated weapons, even a gun! And they were humiliated by these animals. It was a bad organization from Mr. Jones and a shame for all of the other farmers.

(http://www.sunjournal.com/city/story/1088997)

As our witnesses and our expert account say, animals made a superb defense against humans in their own territory.

Bibliography: 

Image 1 : Animals in charge blog(2012) Animals in charge. Retrieved from http://animalfarm411.blogspot.com/2010/12/blog-post_04.html

Image 2 : Animalfarm (2011) Benjamin, Animal farm. Retrieved from http://likeanimalfarm.weebly.com/horses.html

Image 3: Fellers.E (2011) Wings of freedom bringing vintage planes to airport, Lewiston Auburn .Retrieved from http://www.sunjournal.com/city/story/1088997

Animal Farm in 2012

Animal Farm in 2012

Allegory has been used by George Orwell by giving a symbolic meaning to all the characters from Animal Farm and the events in which they have participated related to the events that happened during the Russian revolution.

In the second chapter, the rebellion of the animals is directly related to the revolution that the Bolsheviks, represented by the main pigs, committed against Mr. Jones who personifies the Zar, also the Seven Commandments represented ideals like “All animals are equal” which represented a communist utopian desire. In the third chapter, the co-operation of the animals, especially the horses that represent the hard workers, is appreciated as an allegory because unity was also seen in the people during the Russian revolution after the Zar was overthrown. At the same time, the deceits and injustices about the possession of the milk and apples by the pigs are observed and symbolize the management of power during the Bolsheviks’ government. Finally, in the fourth chapter a major event is symbolized, this is the conflict between the animals and the farmers in the “Battle of the Cowshed” which directly represents the battles during Russia’s civil war between the red army (the animals) and the white army (humans).

In my personal opinion, this story is extremely effective as an allegory because the characters and the events are linked to the Russian revolution in all aspects. This story also makes us think about the common mistakes that happened years ago and it helps us not to commit them again.

For the next exercise the theme I chose of Animal Farm was the fight for power and this theme relates to an important current event that is the Civil War in Syria. What is happening is that the Baath government from Syria is now fighting against the opponents of the regime.

 This conflict started some years before; the Baath government has been in power since 1970 and it exerts an authoritarian regime with a monopoly in all the political parties and also it does not allow the Western policy of economy which could help Syria. Hafez al-Assad has been ruling the country since 1970 until his dead in 2000, then in the same year his son was elected as president but the majority of the country does not want this measure. They are against the dictatorship of the Baath government because they enjoy the pleasures of power; they do not control power correctly and also show poor interest in the country. Because of this, the “Syrian National Coalition” was founded to fight for the power of the country. As we can see, power is not used in a fair way as in Animal Farm with the humans. It isn’t the same example but we observe that the abuse suffered by the animals is similar to the one that the Syrian country suffers. Not only the animals, it is also seen in the Russian revolution. The Russians against the Zar regime, the animals against the humans and finally the Syrian country against the Baath government. All of them fight for power, to have it and try to use it in a correct way. In this example, the animals represent the people from Syria because they are all united by a leader who is Ahmad Yarba and similar of what Old Major proposes, the Syrians have been influenced by him and they are making a revolution.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-14703856

ENGLISH essay

Joaquin Melgarejo 10th

In what ways does Major use rhetoric in his speech and what impact does this have on the animals?

Major uses rhetoric in his speech in a number of ways. His aim is to make the animals conscious of their situation and to convince them to overthrow humans. He uses tricolon, rhetorical questions and contrast to persuade the animals of his utopian vision.

During the speech, Old Major uses tricolon because his purpose is to prove by giving examples, that the real enemy is mankind and to make the animals realize about the gravity of their situation, as well as convincing them with his ideology. “Our lives are miserable, laborious and short”p3. As we can observe in this quotation, Major is saying the truth and the reality of the animals` life in the farm which is hard and this shows the animals many conditions about the way they are living. The use of tricolon is to support the fact that they are not living an ideal animal life.

Old major uses rethorical questions in his speech because he wants the animals to reflect about their actual life conditions and to make them think about how is their true nature. “What is the nature of this life of ours?”p3 As we can see, Major is giving a particular thoughtful question because he wants the animals think about if their actual nature which they are living is correct, if it is the right one, to be human dependent animals. The use of this device is to persuade and mainly, to make the animals reflect.

Contrast is used by Major in his speech to describe and explain the differences between the farm animals and people in order to convince the animals. “Man serves the interests of no creature except himself. And among us animals let there be perfect unity, perfect comradeship in the struggle.” p6. This quotation tells us the main difference between those entities, human does not care about the animals, while animals are united and caring and also share the same concerns. The use of contrast is to define the differences between entities so animals can see and reflect about the real issue.

In conclusion, rhetoric, the art or ability of speaking and writing effectively with persuasion as a support to the arguments, is found in Majors` speech by giving accurate examples of their lives, by making the animals reflect deeply and by telling the differences between them and their enemies.