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careytommy7:
ANIMAL FARM: A MUST READ!

Pardon me, but i think your education is not complete if you've not read George Orwell's Animal Farm. It was a WAEC text for decades... Just to refresh your memories, i visited an online site and pulled these character sketches of three of the major characters from that timeless classic...
I didn't mention anyone's name o! Enjoy the read...

NAPOLEON:
While Jones' tyranny can be somewhat excused due to the fact that he is a dull-witted drunkard, Napoleon's can only be ascribed to his blatant lust for power. The very first description of Napoleon presents him as a "fierce-looking" boar "with a reputation for getting his own way." Throughout the novel, Napoleon's method of "getting his own way" involves a combination of propaganda and terror that none of the animals can resist. Note that as soon as the revolution is won, Napoleon's first action is to steal the cows' milk for the pigs. Clearly, the words of old Major inspired Napoleon not to fight against tyranny, but to seize the opportunity to establish himself as a dictator. The many crimes he commits against his own comrades range from seizing nine puppies to "educate" them as his band of killer guard dogs to forcing confessions from innocent animals and then having them killed before all the animals' eyes.
Napoleon's greatest crime, however, is his complete transformation into Jones — although Napoleon is a much more harsh and stern master than the reader is led to believe Jones ever was. By the end of the novel, Napoleon is sleeping in Jones' bed, eating from Jones' plate, drinking alcohol, wearing a derby hat, walking on two legs, trading with humans, and sharing a toast with Mr. Pilkington. His final act of propaganda — changing the Seventh Commandment to "ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL / BUT SOME ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS" — reflects his unchallenged belief that he belongs in complete control of the farm. His restoration of the name Manor Farm shows just how much Napoleon has wholly disregarded the words of old Major.

SQUEALER:
Every tyrant has his sycophants, and Napoleon has one in Squealer, a clever pig who (as the animals say) "could turn black into white." Throughout the novel, he serves as Napoleon's mouthpiece and Minister of Propaganda. Every time an act of Napoleon's is questioned by the other animals — regardless of how selfish or severe it may seem — Squealer is able to convince the animals that Napoleon is only acting in their best interests and that Napoleon himself has made great sacrifices for Animal Farm. For example, after Squealer is questioned about Napoleon's stealing the milk and windfallen apples, he explains that Napoleon and his fellow pigs must take the milk and apples because they "contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig." He further explains that many pigs "actually dislike milk and apples" and tells the questioning animals, "It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples."
"Each time the animals complained about excessive hunger and difficulties, Squealer (the clever pig) would tell them that things were much better than the time of the humans (when Mr Jones was in charge). He also would go on to say to them that no matter how difficult things might get, it will never be as bad as when Mr Jones was in charge of the farm. The majority of the animals were very dumb (especially the sheep) and believed everything Squealer told them."

BENJAMIN
As horses are known for their strength, donkeys are known for their stubbornness, and Benjamin stubbornly refuses to become enthusiastic about the rebellion. While all of his comrades delight in the prospect of a new, animal-governed world, Benjamin only remarks, "Donkeys live a long time. None of you has ever seen a dead donkey." While this reply puzzles the animals, the reader understands Benjamin's cynical yet not-unfounded point: In the initial moments of the rebellion, Animal Farm may seem a paradise, but in time it may come to be another form of the same tyranny at which they rebelled. Of course, Benjamin is proven right by the novel's end, and the only thing that he knows for sure — "Life would go on as it had always gone on — that is, badly" — proves to be a definitive remark about the animals' lives. Although pessimistic, he is a realist.

Post of the year is here.

Lol.

A man who might not return if Buhari wins again. Most likely to be dumped for someone else. For now has needed to try and neutralise the powerful wike to the best of his ability.

darfay:
One word "shame "

On who?

earthsync:
the only thing I understood was that he was decently dressed

I wonder why he had to keep shouting he was well dressed.

Nigga when.you go for a.concert in Nigeria don't you k ow that the artists are already high and cannot pull a performance.

Davido don chop your money.

cummando:
Just to see? Any porn site can do that!

Lol. A strip club experience ain't your porn experience. Roll in hot and ball till.you fall.

Until you see it.you won't believe it.

Your friend indeed

Oyindidi:
Let your mother throw her out of the house.

Simple solution.

When ever her head clears she'll com3 back home. Body dey scratch am badly.

symbianDON:
they now have nd 3 in polytechnics??

I wonder oh.

haylegbede1:
The martial? As far as I can remember,I don't think any scene in that movie answers any of the question the Op asked

It answers everything.

Never ever give up.on your dreams.

Keep trying you .ca do it.

Bizibi:
My brain is paining me,different news on fuel everyday.
@Beebeeooh abeg pass me that cold Heineken......

Bro join me

yeyerolling:
I always tell people shares in nigeria are scams. My stint as an auditor years back was revealing . All they know is take loans, divert it or mismanage it and let shareholders bear the brunt when d burble burst.

Lol. I 8nvested about 250k in stocks years ago. I don't even understand it and I have given up as lost money and moved on.

The painful one was dangote after 6 months of purchase I was called by the bank to refund my money that the stock wasn't available.

Tried making noise but I got fed up with the system and took my money back.

They aren't any regulations on those stocksinvest at your peril unless you k ow exactly what you are doing.

Biety:
you ask who Obasanjo is in Nigeria politics?
Where were you when G.jonathan answered this question?
OBASANJO IS THE BOSS OF BOSSES IN NIGERIA POLITICS: GEJ
The old man is simply the most powerful politician in Nigeria today.

Leave Jon snow he knows nothing.

fiizznation:
Who the hell is OBJ? Is he a demigod or what? I don't even think Atiku will ever become the president of Nigeria for some reasons, but obj or whatever you people call him is no determination factor in Atiku's presidential ambition.

The way and manner some of you glorify obj usually makes me think you have finished 10 goblets of alcohol before making your comments.

Obj is no freaking demigod please

Jon snow

Nogodye:
Atiku can't be president if OBJ is still alive...

People will read this and laugh and say is obj God. No he isn't but while he is alive atiku is non a long thing.

No matter what you think 4 men decide the presidency.

Obj is one of them.

Brooke60:
Ondo State Government too. That he-goat Mimiko owned the pensioners five good months and he did not pay up till now. They will get old one day and will surely suffer what the old people are suffering.
How can you not pay them what they worked for?
How can you own Pensioners? They worked for 35 good years!

Our politician's old age is full of curse.
Mimiko Olusegun, if you are reading this, your old age will end up like one old man that waited for his gratuity. He waited so long, he did not get it and he died. Mimiko, in another way (I know you have money), you will wait for it and die while waiting for one good thing in your life.

You have no idea how these people roll. He will be paid his million naira pension before regular staff are paid talkless of pensioners.

We need holistic changes in government else we are on a long thing.

Joelete:
Mercedes Benz Glk, Toyota Venza, Honda accord 2010 model, Acura ZDX, Toyota Hybrid, honda crosstour etc.
They basically wake up every morning to wash the car like it's the most important asset they own in life, whereas the money used for the purchase of some of these cars could help them start a petty business and even start building houses. Don't you think it's just the prestige and social class and the fact that they want to gain the approval of their peers as being well-off that's driving them to commit to buying such expensive cars?

Your first statement is a lie.

Nobody who could afford those cars would be living in a face me I face you kind of house.

And if they just bought the car u can assure you that they are packing out soonest.


Ps next year learn to mind you biz and stop the playahating