The quote,
“Oh the horror...the horror...” said by Kurtz in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness portrays the savagery
and suffering of others. Kurtz says this in the last breaths of his life with
the realization of the horrible things he has done. This quote relates to Animal Farm when Benjamin, the donkey,
experiences horrid events like the slaughter of the animals. To make things
worse, he had to watch hopelessly as Boxer got taken away to his death in the
slaughter cart. With the changing of the laws and commandments, all the animals
including Benjamin didn't know right from wrong which created confusion. The
enslavement of animals and humans creates an unnatural atmosphere of misconduct
and corruption. Napoleon was afraid of losing power which motivated him to be
even harsher. Perhaps that is why Napoleon
was so controlling and frightful, to scare the animals so they wouldn't disobey
him which is madness in the making.
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ReplyDeleteKarl,
ReplyDeleteI absolutely agree with you. I think that Benjamin went through the most pain in the story. Benjamin the donkey that never dies was one of the unlucky animals that had to watch all of their friends be tortured, starved and murdered. I think that Benjamin had a large influence on the novel.
From what I understood in your response, Benjamin the donkey suffered. But that does not compare to the meaning of the quote because Kurtz was not only talking about the horror he experienced, but also the horror he commited. The vocabulary and flow of your paragraph were great but in my opinion, the ideas did not make much sense.
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