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The animal farm by George Orwell

The Animal Farm by Ge orge Orwell book review  sama el aggad  Animal Farm, by George Orwell, is a story about the fight for equality through political change, set on a British farm, the ironic novel is based on the Russian Revolution. using animal characters to symbolize the dangers of a government that attempts to assert total control over the lives of its citizens. Old Major, a highly respected big, which represents a communist leader. Snowball is a pig and one of the leaders among the pigs that is young and represents an abstract idea of naivety. Napoleon is a stubborn pig who represents a communist tyrant. Mr. Jones is a man who owns the land that is taken over by his animals, He represents a corrupt government. Boxer is a large male horse who is respected for his character and work ethic. He represents the uneducated and exploited working class, who take propaganda to heart and believe in the government’s cause without question. The book opens with Old Major calling a mee...

Holocaust Victims Live On Through Literature

 Holocaust Victims Live On Through Literature -Sama Alaggad The holocaust is a tragic event that happened around 80 years ago, there are little to no video tapes or photographs of this event no "solid evidence" that show the exact events of the holocaust, therefor there is no possible way that we are learning about the holocaust, some argue that the holocaust was in fact a story made up my Israel to gain pity ( this theory is also extremally irrational considering that the Israeli Palestinian conflict and WW2 were 22 years apart and the invasion of palatine was a result of the Holocaust )  even if we do not have large amount of photographs/videos, does not mean that WW2 did not in fact happen nor does it mean the truth can be bent.  in our current time we rely on video evidence to prove that something had in fact happened. With no video tapes of the holocaust witch have been recently considered "most reliable source of evidence" led a surprising amount of people to ...

should humans make their own decisions in life?

 should humans make their own decisions in life? -Sama Aggad 9A  going through life is a series of choices you made that got you to this very moment, we might deeply regret some bad decisions we made that lead to consequence that hurt you or others, dose that mean our choices should be controlled? would that solve anything? I have my doubts about this theory. limiting or completely discarding our ability to make our own choices, will do no good for society, some argue that "Humans are flawed and irrational and the decisions they make hurt themselves and or others" and to them i say, consequence's that come from our mistakes make us stronger (and even if we can temporarily suppress the consequences of our actions it will always be back) and we learn from them and evolve as a society, as for arguments stating that "some mistakes do not provide a lesson at the end" you most certainly did not look further into the events.   making our choices is our free will and ou...