Animal Farm the Danger of an Uneducated Working Class and...

â€Å"ANIMAL FARM† by George Orwell â€Å"The Danger of an Uneducated Working Class and the Use of Language as Instrumental to the Abuse of Power† Teacher: De Giacomi, Ana Carolina. Student: Resoalbe, Cecilia Analà ­. English History and Literature of the Twentieth Century. ANIMAL FARM: â€Å"The Danger of an Uneducated Working Class and The Use of Language as Instrumental to the Abuse of Power† Born in 1903, Eric Arthur Blair, better known as George Orwell, was an English political novelist and journalist, who became a recognized writer due to his sharp criticism of political oppression around the world. Having experienced hard times during the Spanish Civil War and the Russian Revolution, Orwell turned into a biting critic of both capitalist and†¦show more content†¦3 Orwell, George. Animal Farm a Fairy Story, Penguin Books, UK, 1945 (p.23) Orwell, George. Animal Farm a Fairy Story, Penguin Books, UK, 1945 (p.50) 5 http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/animalfarm/canalysis.html, August 2012. 6 Orwell, George. Animal Farm a Fairy Story, Penguin Books, UK, 1945 (p.30) 7 Orwell, George. Animal Farm a Fairy Story, Penguin Books, UK, 1945 (p.31) 4 This is how the author exposes throughout the story, the little intentions to learn and/or to exercise their skills the animals have. Whether for being lazy or innocent, the animals open the way to the pigs to have more and more control over them. A great example of this is the long-lived donkey, Benjamin, who â€Å"could read as well as a pig, but never exercised his faculty†8. Maybe, if Benjamin worked out his capacity to read, the other animals would be encouraged to do so, or at least to understand that they were being fooled by the pigs. On the other hand, the pigs rapidly become aware of the great advantages they have by developing their knowledge and critical faculties. They effectively develop speaking and writing skills from children books. Together with the awareness of the importance of education, comes the realization of the fact that if they hindered education and knowledge from other animals, they (pigs) would continue to be beneficiary. This resembles the history of England during the