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ENGL102 ASSIGNMENT 2020 Choose ANY TWO essay topics, out of the four listed below, and write a ONE page essay based on your selection. Submission date: Length: Font: follows: “Whatever happened [Clover] would remain faithful, work hard, carry out the orders that were given to her, and accept the leadership of Napoleon. But still, it was not for this that she and all the other animals had hoped and toiled. It was not for this that they had built the windmill and faced the bullets of Jones’s gun. Such were her thoughts, though she lacked the words to express them” (Orwell, 1945: 34) Using this statement as a starting point, discuss Orwell’s satirical depiction of political power in Animal Farm (1945) by highlighting how the pigs maintain control of the other animals. In your answer, provide examples from Chapter 7 (VII) to illustrate your response. You may consider in your analysis: • What satire is, and how Orwell employs it in this story to demonstrate the corrupting influence of power/control. • The pigs’ use of violence/displays of violence and what these achieve. • The pigs’ use of propaganda and control of language to maintain power over the other animals (it may be useful to focus on Squealer and his function in the story) • The other animals’ responses to the pigs’ methods of control and whether or not these methods are effective. This assignment requires a close-text reading of Chapters 7 (VII), so please avoid general responses. These points are only there as a guideline, so please do not answer in point form. Total: 100 10 December 2020 500-600 words MAXIMUM, PER ESSAY. Times New Roman; 1.5 Spacing; Size 12 Animal Farm (1945) Read the following extract from Chapter 7 (VII) of Animal Farm and answer the question that ESSAY TOPIC 1: ESSAY TOPIC 2: Fight Club (1996) In a conversation with his co-worker, the Narrator explains: “I just don’t want to die without a few scars, I say. It’s nothing anymore to have a beautiful stock body. You see those cars that are completely stock cherry, right out of a dealer’s showroom in 1955, I always think, what a waste” (Palahniuk 1996: 27). Using this statement as a starting point, discuss how Fight Club satirises modern masculinity. You may consider in your analysis: • What satire is, and what function it serves • What type of look/ behaviour modern masculinity encourages (according to the novel) • A male character who is satirised • The link between violence and a functional, or practical, masculinity This assignment requires a close-text reading of Chapters 2 to 7, so please avoid general responses. These points are only there as a guideline, so please do not answer in point form. Total: 100 ESSAY TOPIC 3: Young Blood (2010) Using the quotation below as a starting-point, write a 1 page essay in which you explain why Sipho’s relationship with Nana is so important/sacrosanct in his terms, that is, despite his involvement with a number of other (perhaps more ‘exciting’ or ‘available’) young women? “Girls with brains want it to mean something.” Total: 100