"I am kind of confused but whatever, I am getting plenty of food and free time to play with my bros, the ducks."This is what life was like, we all behaved like a big interracial family, we even fought together in the battle of cowshed. I remember the battle as if it was yesterday, the great snowball planned all perfectly: we the ducks attacked first, our mission was to make the farmers believe they had won by letting them go through our attack, but of course it didn't come to their head that there was a second attack waiting for them. The second round was headed by the brave Snowball, he got shot badly but not deadly on the back by Mr John, but still he kept on going. Boxer was in the second round too, the farmers flew away the instant second they saw the musculus horse standing on It's back legs. The battle was a success and although Marlin the sheep died, who may rest in peace, the farmers never appeared again and our comrade Snowball received the First Hero Award for his efficient battle tactics.
Those two would always fight and contradict each other before any decision was made, but what didn't look like such a big deal one day turned into treason. Snowball wanted to install a windmill and as usual Napoleon disagreed, Snowball spent day and night working on the plans for the windmill, he promised us that this human invention would give us heat in winter and whats best, 4 days to have fun in the lake instead of having to work almost everyday of the week. Around this time it was already certain that a harsh winter was coming. Napoleon instead insisted on working harder before commence dreaming with this invention of Snowball, in order to prepare for the hard winter and not starve to death spending our last efforts on something useless as the two legged invention of the Windmill. To be sincere I agreed with Snowball, but by the time Napoleon had finished speaking I had changed sides once again. We had to vote on the decision, whether the Windmill should be build or not.
The sheep were clearly on Napoleon's side, the rats were on Snowball's since the beginning; and the rest were just confused like me. Snowball then begun talking with such passion and confidence that it seemed as if his life was dependent on this and before he had hypnotized us all to vote for him, Napoleon saved the farm from Snowball's dark purposes. The nine lost puppies had become adults now, and they were at Napoleon's orders, this one had ordered the dogs to kick Snowball out of the farm. Snowball was planning to commit treason on us, but the always right comrade Napoleon had realized this a long time ago and now that we won't have to deal with the Evil Snowball things will go much better in the Animal Farm from now on. Squealer has promised us so, the future might be hard but the freedom of Animalism will make it worth it.
Long live the Animal Farm!
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Post #2
EXAMPLE #1:
I remember the battle as if it was yesterday. The great Snowball planned all perfectly: we, the ducks attacked first, our mission was to make the farmers believe they had won by letting them go through our barracks, but of course it didn't come to their heads that there was a second attack waiting for them.
EXAMPLE #2:
I feel enthusiastic of being part of this hard working family, where hard work pays off.
I remember the battle as if it was yesterday. The great Snowball planned all perfectly: we, the ducks attacked first, our mission was to make the farmers believe they had won by letting them go through our barracks, but of course it didn't come to their heads that there was a second attack waiting for them.
EXAMPLE #2:
I feel enthusiastic of being part of this hard working family, where hard work pays off.
This new era of change, starting with the recent Battle of Cowshed, has brought us and will keep on bringing tons of emotion.
EXAMPLE #3:
The Battle of Cowshed became one of the most bizarre war encounters I had ever seen. I was frightened and I begun giving out random kicks when I suddenly kicked a boy’s head with my metal horseshoe, he got knocked out.
EXAMPLE #3:
The Battle of Cowshed became one of the most bizarre war encounters I had ever seen. I was frightened and I begun giving out random kicks when I suddenly kicked a boy’s head with my metal horseshoe, he got knocked out.
Mr. Jones carried a gun, which killed a sheep on our side; after the war we had a funeral in honor of the sheep.
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Post #3
Old Major begun the freedom and equality myth before he died, and eventually the animals revolved and therefore commenced what would slowly degenerate. They wrote ten amendments, based on the main principle that all animals are equal in Animal Farm. Eventually the pigs had different treats and they would get to keep the apples and the milk from the other animals, by the end of Animalism three main social classes had been created, the pigs represented the higher class followed by their bodyguards, the dogs, and ultimately the rest of the working animals.
Good intentions and a spirit of servitude were put into place and lasted until the end of the book by the working animals on the farm who believed truthfully on Animalism. If it hadn't been for the Pigs and their selfish decisions and imperialist attitude life would've improved. Animal Farm inhabitants would've stayed as strong as they had been in the first years of the revolution, but the pigs never saw themselves as their comrades. They would rewrite the rules on their favor, eat more, sleep longer and overall have privileges no one in Animal Farm had; this is what makes the farm feel unstable and racist towards low class, hard working animals.
The power resides in the people and Squealer does an explendid job in informing the powerful Napoleon about the life in Animal Farm. Squealer is an excelent speaker and he also does the job of convincing the people to a point where they get brainwashed and believe that what they saw written in the Butcher's ban, which took Boxer, was a simple mistake of the Vet who hadn't had time to rewrite it.
All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others. This quote is basically the reflection of how ironically Communism rulers changed the minds of their people, they would change the rules for "the prosperity of Animal Farm and the protection from the two legged" when they were truly molding the law in their own favor. Stalin represents Napoleon as the strict ruler who mocked Russian population with it's manipulative Soviet Press and it's propaganda. By writing this, the writer let's us know the hard truth of communism.
Javi,
ReplyDeleteThe use of detail in your post is amazing! I really felt like you understood exactly what has transpired on Animal Farm up to this point. Great job of taking a risk and putting yourself in the place of the ducks. These are not prominent characters in the story, so it is great to see how much you read into the situation by taking on their perspective. I love that you took that risk! Make sure to proof your writing before publishing. There were several grammatical mistakes that would help your reader flow through your comments more easily if they were fixed. Also, please watch your use (or lack of usage) of punctuation. Many times your sentences could be broken up with a semi-colon, or made into a completely different sentence. Overall, VERY GOOD job! I appreciated the time and effort you put into this assignment!
POST #3: Feedback
ReplyDeleteJavi,
Nice job. Overall, your essay held good elements that held my attention as a reader. Your first two paragraphs were stronger than your latter two. The word choice and engaging style you used in the first two were very detailed and reflected a good understanding of your analysis.
I would recommend working on the consistency of your post. The power of the first two paragraphs needs to carry through to all four. I liked how you used the term "Animalism," as it was a central theme of the story. The engagement of the reader in the first two paragraphs needs to be carried through.
Proof reading your essay with a peer might have been helpful to receive higher points. I will give you an option to review and edit and re-post to pick up a few more points in that area. That said, I know that you have a good grasp on what the main elements of the book are, and the connection made to history.
I liked the way you took risks with your word choice. I could see your effort and progress increase from your previous essay. Your writing is improving!! Keep it up!!
-Mr. Slaton