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explain in detail 'what is animalism' and what old major was trying to relay to the animals in the book animal farm

 

keith m #253185
May 27, 2012 3:59 PM

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explain in detail 'what is animalism' and what old major was trying to relay to the animals in the book animal farm

definition of animalism

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Aslan
May 27, 2012 4:39 PM

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Animalism, in Animal farm, was a philosophy that pursued an ideology to further the interests of animals in a human dominated society. Animalism is the system of thought that Napoleon, Snowball, and Squealer make using the ideas that Old Major outlined in his speech in Chapter 1. Animalism included revolution against humans like Farmer Jones and the adoption of a socialist animal utopia. Old Major had a vision where all animals shared in the labour of the farm and all enjoyed the fruits of that labour equally. This egalitarian ideology was quickly perverted by the likes of Napoleon after Old Major's death.
 

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