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4. Tyranny by any other Name…

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Answer the following questions.

1) How is this allegorical tale also a rhetorical tale?

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2) What is Orwell trying to persuade the audience to see or understand?

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3) What is Orwell cautioning his audience against?

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4) How does the story of Boxer act as a persuasive argument against tyranny?
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5) What are the lessons to be learned from Napoleon’s behavior?

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6) What is the warning contained in the changes to the list of commandments?

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7) What is the lesson contained in the final, single commandment: All animals are equal but some
animals are more equal than others?
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