Animal Farm Essay Structure
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This document provides an essay structure for analyzing George Orwell's Animal Farm. The structure includes an introduction outlining points to be discussed, examining parallels between the novel and the Russian Revolution with examples, expanding how Animal Farm represents other socialist revolutions, analyzing what the book suggests about human nature by comparing the pigs' noble intentions to their corrupt rule, and concluding by summarizing the main talking points.
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