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September 27, 2019
Animal Farm Analysis by Ralph K Jones
George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a brilliant satire of the dystopian genre. Through the perspective of farmhouse animals, we are able to witness the development of a totalitarian regime from beginning to end, all with shocking parallels to human life. In fact, these parallels all converge on a poignant conclusion in this regard, but more on that later.
The story of Animal Farm begins with a group of farm animals coming together to listen to the wise words of Major, an aging pig. He tell...
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September 25, 2019
A Clockwork Orange Analysis by Ralph K Jones
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess is a jarring first-person account within a hyper-violent dystopian society. Spoken in a dialect known as “nadsat”, which has similarities to the Russian language, we’re taken on an extremely graphic ride through a world in which deplorable violence is a natural to youth as puberty.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/A-Clockwork-Orange-novel The story follows 15 year-old Alex and his three teenage gang-mates, Georgie, Pete, and Dim, as they indulge in a night of thievery, violence, and rape. They...
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