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Animal Rights Animals have been used in medical research for centuries. In a recent count, it was determined that 8,815 animals were being used for research at MSU, 8,503 of them rodents - rats, mice, hamsters and gerbils. There were 18 dogs, three cats…

Many authors write about topics that they know and about historical events that are going on while they write their story. In the book Animal Farm by George Orwell this is definitely true. Orwell modeled many of his characters after Russian leaders. He…

"But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh, we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that proportion of life and time that they had been born to enjoy."(Plutarch). Each year, over five billion animals are consumed by Americans, yet still…

"But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh, we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that proportion of life and time that they had been born to enjoy."(Plutarch). Each year, over five billion animals are consumed by Americans, but most…

Animal Testing Considering the furor raised about using animals for testing, are there alternatives to using such testing? What are the main tests that use animals and alternatives that would achieve similar results? There is a lot of controversy…

Animal Farm-Lord of the Flies Compare/Contrast George Orwell wrote Animal Farm. It was about a group of animals rebelling against the humans and eventually the pigs and take over. Napoleon, one of the pigs, becomes the leader. William Golding wrote…

"All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others" this line embodies the story of George Orwell's Animal Farm. It is a political satire of Russia during the reign of the Bolshevik Party under Stalin. Depicted in the novel…

The novel Animal Farm by George Orwell was a very interesting, complex, and informing novel. In the novel, George Orwell uses farm animals to portray people of power and the common people during the Russian Revolution. The novel starts off…

What is the significance of the 7 commandments? Do you think George Orwell has a message for his readers? Animal Farm, by the controversial author George Orwell, was written in the 1940’s after the 2nd World War, 3 decades after the Russian revolution…

Most directly one would say that Animal Farm is an allegory of Stalinism, growing out from the Russian Revolution in 1917. Because it is cast as an animal fable it gives the reader/viewer, some distance from the specific political events. The use…