Animal Farm
PUBLISHER: PENGUIN BOOKS, 1989 After decades of the animals being suppressed they have a meeting in the barn. Mr. Jones, the drunken human owner of the farm, is sleeping soundly in his bed. The oldest animal there, Old Major, who is a pig, talks of their submissive existence in which man uses their labour for his benefit all the while abusing them. He next talks about Animalism; a government in which Animals rule themselves without humans for the benefit of animals. The animals begin a revolution in which Mr. Jones is forcibly banished from the farm. The pigs quickly learn to read and write. They write commandments for all animals to follow and for the good of all animals. The pigs organize the animals to run the farm. The animals do very well in doing so.Mr. Jones tries to retake the farm, but Snowball's clever defence fights off Mr. Jones. The conflict between Snowball and Napoleon builds up when Snowball proposes that a windmill be built. Napoleon takes over and banishes Snowball. Napoleon uses the dogs to enforce his orders through terrorism. Apples go missing along with milk. Animals
The pigs become more like people and start to slowly change for the worse. This is why I feel that the author was successful in achieving his goal of getting the message across in a discrete comprehendible way. However it wasn't until took note of many aspects of the book that I started to think: The animals could talk, read and write which was very human like. I could also relate to the sheep in the book. After half completing it, a tornado blows it down. Style of writing: I feel that when the author was writing this book he was thinking of an easy way to reflect the events of the Russian revolution so it would be easy to understand. ) This book shows how a government that is set up to serve the people, turns against them, just like communism did to the Russian people. I related to this book from the time I thought it was a simple story about barnyard animals to the point where I had taken some time to think more of the true purpose of the book. The animals can talk and are just as intelligent as humans (they make a set of rules, and can read and create diverse plans). I feel that George Orwell was very successful in achieving this. This book shows the problems with communism very clearly. Each type of animal was a different aspect of humanity (Ex: Pigs- Politicians; Horses- Labourers; Sheep- Gullible people.
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