In the story Animal Farm obvious to see that many animals were strong. But in reality its not always the physically strong that survive but the mentally strong. The title of the book is Animal Farm and it was written by George Orwell in 1945 in the Beats of England. The book was a satire which critizes Stalin and the Russian people. In animal farm the way characters respond to different stories have a strong connection to their ability to survive.
For example you have Boxer the horse believes everything and every story that is told to him. His famous two quotes were that of "Napeleon is always right" and " I will work harder". Boxer also never spoke up and stated his oppinioin in the whole situation. Even being one of the strongest animals on Animal Farm, he still may have been intimidated by Napeleon and the pigs. While being strong helped him in most aspects of his life his intelligence was not quite there and sice he was fooled easily he was easily tricked into being sold to a horse slaughterer.
Another animal would be Squealer the pig. He was most famous for his persuasive words. He could twist a story and made a lot of the animals believe him. One example for this would be how he changed one of the commandments about beds. Originally the rule was that animals were not to sleep in beds. But according to Squealer they were not aloud to sleep in beds with sheets/ covers. Second there was a suspicion that someone stole the milk and apples but in reality it was the pigs who stole it. Squealer said that "they needed the milk and apples for brain power. Last but not least he changed the whole story of the rebellion. What really happened was that Snowball leaded the Rebellion and made the farmers follow him so that all the big animals would be able to plung on top of them. But some how Squealer convinced the animals that Snowball had ran and acted "cowardly". Seeing how Squealer lied his way through the book he ends up extremely powerful in the end.
Lastly there is Benjamin the donkey. He was one of the few animals that could read and actually understand what he was reading. He kept to himself. Everytime there was a debate or something went wrong he did not respond even though he knew that everthing was going so wrong. Benjamin was also one of the animals that figured out that the commandments had changed and also realized what the pigs were trying to do. Even after the pigs rose to power he knew all about the pigs and the humans coming together. Toward the end of the story he said that " you could not tell the humans from the pigs". Keeping to hiimself and also his comments had to work because he lives in the end.
The different ways that characters in Animal Farm respond determiine whether they live or die. Squealer lies throughout the whole book and lives. He also becomes very powerful. Boxer working so hard and being foolish and not opening his eyes to what really was going on his result was death. And lastly Benjamiin being wise and paying attention lets him survive but leaves him very unhappy. Animal Farm connects to the real wor;d because as in history and the story most times the bad guy actually win.
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Great intro paragraph, conclusion paragraph, and paragraph about Squealer.
Your Boxer paragraph needs to be more specific. You need to tell about 3 specific times when Boxer believed lies. And then give 2 red sentences explaining each time.
Your Benjamin paragraph needs one more yellow because Benjamin wasn't the one who saw the humans in the book (just in the movie). Consider using the part where he knows the truth about Boxer's death.
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