The Western Literacy Canon holds great value for contemporary adolescent readers and all people in general. It's an integral aspect of education for adolescents because: it represents the greatest thinkers of the past two thousand years, it traces changes in society and paralleling this; the consistency of individuals' behaviour, has covered everything possible situation that has happened, and has paved the way for our civilization's future: us.
             Although reading has taken a back step to almost every other form of 'entertainment'; TV, movies, internet etc, the WLC should still be considered an ingrinable part of anyone's education, especially adolescents. It's especially important to adolescents because they are at a stage where it's imperative that they expand their thoughts; through books.
             The book, "Animal Farm" by George Orwell, is an important piece of literature which although written over fifty years ago still contains morals and points relevant to today's society. Animal Farm, written as a scathing satirical attack upon dictatorships, seemingly illustrates the need to rid of dictatorships. But more than anything in "Animal Farm" Orwell raises the subject of equality. He seams to be saying that, similarly to how "Lord of the Flies" says, that there can never be total equality.
             Originally the farm was run by the farmer and his wife and he instructed all the animals on what to do. The animals then began a revolt and eventually overthrew the farmer. They then set out a constitution with a simple set of laws. The pigs, being the smartest, were the natural leaders and then at every stage sneakily chopped and changed the constitution and lied to the other animals. This eventually culminated in the pigs then making alliances with the humans and completely sold out the others. He is trying to say that in no matter what society there is set out, there wil...