Literary Allusions:
Allusions In Books
Animal Farm
Animal Farm is a novel written by George Orwell that alludes to Stallinistic Communism. In the novel, the animals revolt and run the farmer off the farm. They then rename it "Animal Farm". Two pigs, Napoleon and Snowball, are the leaders of the farm . They set up "The Seven Commandments of Animalism" and at first, everything on the farm runs smoothly. However as time goes on, the struggle for power between Snowball and Napoleon becomes more of a competition. Also, the pigs slowly took away powers from the other animals, as the Communists did to the Soviet Union, until the animals were basically enslaved to the pigs. The farm which was meant to be equal turned into the oppisite Something very similar happened with Communism in the Soviet Union when Joseph Stalin was the leader.
Twilight
Twilight is a series of books by Stephenie Meyers. It is about a girl, Bella, who falls in love with a vampire, Edward. These series are full of allusion. For example, the cover of the first book is a hand holding an apple. This is an allusion to the story of Adam and Eve from The Bible. The apple suggests or symbolizes to the forbidden fruit. In Adam and Eve's case, this was literally fruit. For Bella, this is the vampire, Edward, that she falls in love with. In the second book, New Moon, Bella spends a lot of time comparing her werewolf best friend, Jacob, to Paris from Romeo and Juliet and her vampire boyfriend, Edward, to Romeo. Also, in Twilight, Bella compares Edward's vampire mother, Esme, to Snow White because of her fair skin.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm is a novel written by George Orwell that alludes to Stallinistic Communism. In the novel, the animals revolt and run the farmer off the farm. They then rename it "Animal Farm". Two pigs, Napoleon and Snowball, are the leaders of the farm . They set up "The Seven Commandments of Animalism" and at first, everything on the farm runs smoothly. However as time goes on, the struggle for power between Snowball and Napoleon becomes more of a competition. Also, the pigs slowly took away powers from the other animals, as the Communists did to the Soviet Union, until the animals were basically enslaved to the pigs. The farm which was meant to be equal turned into the oppisite Something very similar happened with Communism in the Soviet Union when Joseph Stalin was the leader.
Twilight
Twilight is a series of books by Stephenie Meyers. It is about a girl, Bella, who falls in love with a vampire, Edward. These series are full of allusion. For example, the cover of the first book is a hand holding an apple. This is an allusion to the story of Adam and Eve from The Bible. The apple suggests or symbolizes to the forbidden fruit. In Adam and Eve's case, this was literally fruit. For Bella, this is the vampire, Edward, that she falls in love with. In the second book, New Moon, Bella spends a lot of time comparing her werewolf best friend, Jacob, to Paris from Romeo and Juliet and her vampire boyfriend, Edward, to Romeo. Also, in Twilight, Bella compares Edward's vampire mother, Esme, to Snow White because of her fair skin.
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