In Animal Farm it is not the physical strong who survives it is the mental strong who survives. The book Animal Farm written by George Orwell, in 1945 in England. He most likely wrote this to criticize Stalin with him being a dictator and all of the people for being stupid and believing him. There are three characters in the story that was examples of this. Squealer, Benjamin, and Boxer.
The character Squealer twisted the story. When he was telling the other pigs that they where now able to sleep in the beds. "You have heard then, comrades, he sad we pigs now sleep in the beds of the farmhouse." When he knew that none of the animals where able to sleep in beds, which it said that in the seven commandments. There was something about the milk and apples he twisted that story to. He told the animals that the pigs stole the apples and milk for an important reason. Then when they found that Boxer died he lied about that story also. The real story was that Boxer got sold to the horse slaughter. He told the animals "Boxer went and died in a good hospital." Because Squealer was a master of twisting up stories, he ended up rich and powerful at the end of the story.
The next character is Benjamin, he was the animal that was specious about the stories people told him. He didn't get in to any trouble. Benjamin was specious about the storied because he knew how to read and he knew what everything said, and about the seven commandments he knew exactly what they read. He was the only one who didn't take peoples sides, he didn't like doing that. He didn't believe anyone. He said " food would not be plentiful", because there were lots of the animals and not enough food. Also, he said that "the windmill was not saving any work". When it came down to Boxer's death he didn't believe the story. He didn't believe the stories because he was able to read and he read what really happened to Boxer, and how he died. Since he didn't take sides and believe the others storied he survived safely.
The character Boxer believed everything he was told. When the animals were killed he want and asked questions. He asked Squelar and Napeolean on how the animals died. They were such good story tellers that they persuaded him into believing them on how they animals died. He asked " can we have one back, of what we had before?" No one answered. Boxer was staying loyal no matter what happened. He said " I will work harder then before." Then he stated " Naps are always better, for better work." Boxer believed them when they said that he was going to the hospital to get better. The real story was that they took him to the horse slaughter. Now that Boxer was an animal that believed everything he was told her got sold to the horse slaughter and got killed.
How the Animals deal with storied has a major impact on weather they survive. Since, Squealer was a master of twisting up stories, he ended up rich and powerful at the end of the story. Also, Benjamin did not believed they stories he was still alive and survived sly . The last character Boxer was giving to the horse slaughter and he got killed. This book gives a clear picture of what happens when a society is not educated enough to see through the lies they are being told through out their lives.
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Great organization Tynisha. You seem to have three reasons (yellows) to back yourself up in every body paragraph. Your intro flows and ends with a strong thesis (that you wrote yourself)
For revision: Many of your quotes are inaccurate! Go back to the text to get accurate quotes. Also, I don't know what you're talking about in your 3rd body paragraph about Boxer taking naps.
Last, your final paragraph should be at least 5 sentences. Write 1 sentence to sum up each body paragraph.
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