<p>I'm using the Blue Book to Practice for the SAT. I'd like so people to grade my essay to gain some feedback. I'd like to note in advance that I mostly took my support from literature but the novel I wrote about is still a little foggy in my mind so it may or may not be completely accurate. I would have posted this in the SAT area but it doesn't seem very busy today. Every thing I have typed is exactly word for word, punctuation and all. I gave myself 25 minutes on the essay.</p>
<p>Quote Given: Many people believe that our government should do more to solve our problems. After all, how can one individual create more jobs or make roads safer or improve the schools or help to provide any of the other benefits that we have come to enjoy. And yet expecting that the government--rather than individuals--should always come up with the solutions to society's ills may have made us less self-reliant, undermining our independence and self-sufficiency.</p>
<p>Assignment: Should people take more responsibility for solving problems that affect their communities or the nation in general? Plan ad write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.</p>
<p>Essay Response:
Through the course of time, communities have often been maintained by way of authoritative individuals and groups. In lieu of autocratic rule and order, corruption and greed have resulted in most cases. This is discreetly depicted through the political and social perspectives of Orwellian literature, most notably Animal Farm.</p>
<p>In the novel, Animal Farm, common animals take the place of what would theoretically be a group of citizens under the rule of a ruthless tyrant.. As the previous leader of Animal Farm, Old Major, succumbed to an inevitable death, the protagonist, a pig named snowball, becomes an individual that the other animals trust to guide them. Not soon after, another pig named Napoleon begins to overtake Animal Farm and its citizens by threats, crude regulations, and shockingly death. Snowball attempts to lead a rebellion against the tyrant in order to preserve justice and equality in Animal Farm. Without the guidance and support of Snowball against Napoleon's corrupt regime, Animal Farm would have ultimately fallen. Snowball, himself, would represent the valiant citizen who takes the initiative to protect his community, the animals are the uninformed public, and Napoleon the tyrant ruler. If individuals neglect to protect and support their community and its daily functions they may face the risk of corruption and disillusionment. </p>
<p>In essence, the general public should become more proactive in the daily run of its community. Without awareness society may fall victim to the very tragic government-inspired policies and regulations that Orwell illustrated.</p>