Alvin Kernan’s observation that the beast fable is an effective literary tool is quite true. Storytellers have used beast fables since the story was invented. Something that has remained popular for so long must be somewhat effective. The representation of people as animals reduces their characters to the most basic stereotypes. The reader doesn’t have to waste time in trying to figure out the character’s personalities. In short, their inside is represented on the outside by their own physical being. One of the first and most obvious of Orwell’s stereotypes is exemplified by the pigs....

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