Moses: Speaking Of A Place Called Sugarcandy Mountain

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Moses is a Raven who biblically speaks about religious proposals; for this reason, he acts as religion in Russia during the Stalin and Soviet Union era. Moses is usually found speaking of a place called Sugarcandy Mountain, which symbolizes Heaven. The place is mentioned to be situated somewhere in the sky beyond the clouds that all animals would go to once they died. In this far off place, the animals would be able to live freely from oppression and hunger in a region of paradise. Sugarcandy Mountain ensures rest after strenuous tasks on Animal Farm. Napoleon and the other pigs were skeptical of Moses’ preaches and wanted nothing to do with the mysterious, unknown place. They tried extremely hard to persuade the other animals that there

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