Part one of term paper
Animal Farm is a classic portrayal of how power can effect the goals and hopes of a society. In this essay, I will explore the irony of Animal Farm, and how it used to satirize communism and dictatorships. The story begins with a revolution, and high hopes for the society being developed by the animals. But slowly, as the leading officials ...

Part two of term paper
... to excess.” Like the prior reference, once the pigs begin sleeping in beds, “No animal shall sleep in a bed” becomes “No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets.” These are a crystal clear examples of the novel’s dynamic use of verbal irony. The novel also has some good situational irony. A good example is when the pigs begin to walk, something that they vowed they would never do, or when they got drunk, again, something they vowed they would never do. In addition to verbal and si ...