Alyssa Gregory (Ramirez)

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An incident he recalls that likely took place in Wallington shows how—to use another rustic metaphor—fruitful the rural was for him: “I saw a little boy, perhaps ten years old, driving a huge cart-horse along a narrow path, whipping it whenever it tried to turn. It struck me that if only such animals became aware of their strength we should have no power over them, and that men exploit animals in much the same way as the rich exploit the proletariat.” Thus was Animal Farm born.
Orwell's Roses
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