2008년 2월 18일 월요일

[Animal Farm] - Question 3) The events


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Question : What is the climax of this novel? What happens? How do the events of this novel make you feel?

I will divde this question into three.


//What is the climax of this novel?//

Although it is kind of hard to identify the climax from this novel (for me). I think that the climax of the story is when Boxer gets sold to the horse slaughterer by Napoleon. Because this is the point-of-no-return. Any other events such as cheating other animals (which were done by Napoleon) was always available to be confessed and repented but the death caused by sale of Boxer can never be put back to life.


//What happens?//

Boxer was a devoted worker to the Animal Farm and ideals of Animalism that was unable to work anymore due to the injury at the windmill construction (russian economic growth, which was targeted to shift the citizens eye onto another issues) and aging.

He was unable to produce anymore "labor" so Napoleon sells him out.
This part plays a very important role in the novel to significantly reveal the deprivaty of Napoleon (dictator).


//How do the events of this novel make you feel?//

Most of the events in this novel was mostly composed trickery and deceiving. This made me feel happy because it was actually fun to observe the actions and reactions of all the characters that appears in this story. The way that events impacted them and the way that they were forgotten easily and what was done to make it inevitable.

I think that events will be boring for readers who acknowledges any history of dictatorships or the Russian History since not only characters, but also the events were very symbolic (ex. windmill construction could be seen as a economic development, which was desinated to distract citizens).
When it was cleary noticed that Napoleon was losing moral senses (such as overtaking apples) the story was predictable from then on.



Thank you for reading my third post.

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Jane Kim :
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Jane Kim :

The climax of the Animal Farm is when Napoleon expelled Snowball from the animal society. Even though your climax is point of no return, that doesn't mean that it is the climax of the novel. Yes, it is true that Boxer can't be alive again and go back to the time when he existed. However, starting from when Snowball was kicked out, the situation of the animals changed, which is why I think that part is the climax of the story. Even thought Boxer was killed, the situation stayed the same and nothing barely changed. However, after Snowball was expelled, the dictatorship of Napoleon started. Thus, the climax is the expel of Snowball.

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