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Representation Of Literacy In Animal Farm

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Animal Farm is representation of how literacy can determine who has power over who because those who can’t read or write are seen as inferior and are taken advantage of. This concept is discussed through the following: changing the seven commandments, one of the original commandments read “No animal shall kill any other animal.” But after the pigs changed it, it read “No animal shall kill any other animal without reason” (Orwell, 97). In other words, the pigs knew the other animals did not know how to read and that they have bad memory. Due to the animals basically being illiterate the pigs used that to their advantage so they do not have to worry about being questioned. However, if they were questioned a pig named Squealer would come in and
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