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Corruption In Animal Farm

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The political satire Animal Farm by George Orwell is a reference to the Soviet Union’s corruption. The quote in the book Animal Farm stated "There was nothing there now except a single Commandment. It ran: ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS” (Orwell 134). The lesson learned from this quote is that communism is not what it was meant to be. This means that communism looks good at first but always ends up being the complete opposite of the communist idea. Like in the book Animal Farm and how there was seven laws, and as the book went on each law was broken and change by the pigs. The quote is confusing at first but it makes sense if you have read the book Animal Farm by George Orwell. The quote “ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS” this is an oxymoron read out loud by Benjamin. This quote means that some animals are more important than others. For example, the pigs thought they were more important or inferior to the other animals. At the beginning of the book, the pigs were decided to be the leaders because of their intelligence and their ability to read and write. The pigs wrote seven commandments on the top of the barn and one of them was “All Animals are Equal” page 24. This is important because the seven commandments end up being broken by the leader of the pigs Napoleon. At first, …show more content…

For example, North Korea’s official name is the Democratic People 's Republic of Korea which is absurd because the country is obviously ruled by a dictator named Kim Jong-un. The quote “ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS” relates to North Korea because the leader and his relatives live in luxury while the rest of the population starve. This shows in North Korea that higher class and the leader Kim Jong-un is more equal than the

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