Comparative Essay - Ansooooonnn
The two satirical texts ‘Animal Farm’ written by George Orwell and ‘The Trials of Brother Jero’ by Wole Soyinka both possess similarities and contrasts relating to certain concepts. A certain concept that can be investigated is how the texts mock society through the employment of literary techniques. The literary techniques portrayed throughout irony link to the mockery within the two texts. Satire is the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing or deriding human folly. ‘Animal Farm’ and ‘The Trials of Brother Jero’ both satirize a concept of society. ‘Animal Farm’ satirizes the corruption of Communist power during the Russian Revolution whilst the ‘The Trials of Brother Jero’ satirizes the Religion in the modern Nigerian Society.
Irony is a component of satire and the literary techniques found in both texts can affect the meaning of the texts. There are different types of irony found in both texts. The irony in ‘Animal Farm’ is found in chapter 3, page 23. The pigs take the milk and apples away from the other animals for their own needs and manipulate them to believe that it is for their ‘own good.’ A literary technique included in this irony is diction. In Squealer’s speech to the animals discussing that the milk and apples contain ‘the necessary substances to the well-being of a pig’, he claims that ‘it has been proven by science.’ The use of diction by claiming that it has been ‘proven by science’ can manipulate the animals to believe this claim as the phrase ‘proven by science’ seems to be more plausible because they live in a down-graded society. This is ironic as the pigs are metaphorically humans as they are doing what humans do. The animals also made it clear that the absence of Mr Jones would mean that ‘all animals are equal’ however, the corruption of power suppresses the animals.
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