Social Criticism In Literature, As Found In George Orwells Animal Farm And

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Term Paper Title	Social Criticism In Literature, As Found In George Orwells Animal Farm And
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"Social Criticism in Literature, As Found in George Orwell's Animal Farm and
                    Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities."

                    Many authors receive their inspiration for writing their literature from outside
                    sources. The idea for a story could come from family, personal experiences, history,
                    or even their own creativity. For authors that choose to write a book based on
                    historical events, the inspiration might come from their particular viewpoint on the
                    event that they want to dramatize. George Orwell and Charles Dickens wrote
                    Animal Farm and A Tale of Two Cities, respectively, to express their disillusionment
                    with society and human nature. Animal Farm, written in 1944, is a book that tells the
                    animal fable of a farm in which the farm animals revolt against their human masters.
                    It is an example of social criticism in literature in which Orwell satirized the events in
                    Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution. He anthropomorphises the animals, and
                    alludes each one to a counterpart in Russian history. A Tale of Two Cities also
                    typifies this kind of literature. Besides the central theme of love, is another prevalent
                    theme, that of a revolution gone bad. He shows us that, unfortunately, human nature
                    causes us to be vengeful and, for some of us, overly ambitious. Both these books
                    are similar in that both describe how, even with the best of intentions, our ambitions
                    get the best of us. Both authors also demonstrate that violence and the
                    Machiavellian attitude of "the ends justifying the means" are deplorable. George
                    Orwell wrote Animal Farm, ". . . to discredit the Soviet system by showing its
                    inhumanity and its back-sliding from ideals [he] valued . . ."(Gardner, 106) Orwell
                    noted that " there exists in England almost no literature of disillusionment with the
                    Soviet Union.' Instead, that country is viewed either with ignorant disapproval' or
                    with uncritical admiration.'"(Gardner, 96) The basic synopsis is this: Old Major, an
                    old boar in Manor Farm, tells the other animals of his dream of "animalism": " ....

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