(ITA - 2007 - 1a Fase)TEXTO IA text familiar to ma

(ITA - 2007 - 1a Fase)

TEXTO I

A text familiar to many, George Orwell’s classic
satire has cropped up on school reading lists ever
since the year of its creation. Few readers can fail
to be touched by the tragedy within, by its
wonderful synthesis of unthreatening symbolism
and incisive criticism. This familiarity is convenient
since, as an adaptation, “Animal Farm” spends too
little time on the details of time and place. Instead,
directors Joy Batchelor and John Halas thrust us
directly into the depression that is Manor Farm,
briefly explaining the situation with pictures and
narration by Gordon Heath. (...)
Sadly, Batchelor and Halas make it vital to have
read Orwell’s biting satire on Soviet history before
viewing “Animal Farm”, just to know what’s been
left out. As it is, the film grasps the superficial
aspects of Orwell’s allegoric fable without his
deeper message. In missing so badly, we’re left
with an impressive attempt that never matches up
to its birthright.

 

TEXTO II

Power corrupts, but absolute power corrupts
absolutely - and this is vividly and eloquently proved
in Orwell’s short novel. “Animal Farm” is a simple
fable of great symbolic value, and as Orwell himself
explained: “It is the history of a revolution that went
wrong”. The novel can be seen as the historical
analysis of the causes of the failure of communism,
or as a mere fairy-tale; in any case it tells a good
story that aims to prove that human nature and
diversity prevent people from being equal and
happy, or at least equally happy. (...)
In “Animal Farm”, Orwell describes how power turned
the pigs from simple “comrades” to ruthless dictators
who managed to walk on two legs, and carry whips.
The story may be seen as an analysis of the Soviet
regime, or as a warning against political power
games of an absolute nature and totalitarianism in
general. For this reason, the story ends with a hair-
raising warning to all humankind: “The creatures
outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig,
and from pig to man again: but already it was
impossible to say which was which”.

 

TEXTO III

When the farm’s prize-winning pig, Old Major, calls a meeting of all the animals of Manor Farm, he tells them
that he has had a dream in which mankind is gone, and animals are free to live in peace and harmony. (...) .
When Old Major dies, (...) Snowball and Napoleon assume command, and turn his dream into a full-fledged
philosophy. One night, the starved animals suddenly revolt and drive the farmer Mr. Jones, his wife, and his pet
raven off the farm and take control. The farm is renamed “Animal Farm” as the animals work towards a future
utopia. The Seven Commandments of the new philosophy of Animalism are written on the wall of a barn for all to
read, the seventh and most important of which is that “all animals are equal” (...). Many years pass, and the pigs
learn to walk upright, carry whips, and wear clothes. The Seven Commandments are reduced to a single phrase:
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” Napoleon holds a dinner party for the
pigs, and the humans of the area (in the adjacent Foxwood Farm run by Mr. Pilkington), who congratulate
Napoleon on having the most hard working animals in the country on the least feed. Napoleon announces his
alliance with the humans against the labouring classes of both “worlds”. The animals discover this when they
overhear Napoleon’s conversations and finally realize that a change has come over the ruling pigs. During a
poker match, an argument breaks out between Napoleon and Mr. Pilkington when they both play an Ace of
Spades, and the animals realize how they cannot tell the difference between the pigs and the humans.

 

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