 Social commentary is sometimes found at the heart of good art, whether that art form is literature or popular music.
             The novel, Animal Farm by George Orwell, and the rock album, Animals written and performed by Pink Floyd share
             the same characteristic of scathing social commentary. The artworks also share an animal metaphor that serves to
             cast a dark light on human social interactions and stratification functions. Conversely, the artworks individually
             attack the diametrically opposed, socio-economic systems of communism (by Orwell) and capitalism (by Roger
             Waters). The artworks are individually astounding, but when viewed in tandem, alludes to the idea that
             socio-economic systems are still evolving and in time the terms capitalism and communism will be thought as
             ineffective as feudalism. The shared characteristics of social commentary and animal metaphor literally, are what
             make these particular artworks the amazing examples of their respective genres that they are. The animal metaphor
             tends to depict humans as being motivated by our animalistic desires, as well as the tendency among ourselves to be
             highly competitive and often, ruthless. In Animal Farm, Orwell puts the pigs as being the leaders, or the exploiters of
             the masses, depending on your point of view. Waters does the same in Animals, depicting the pigs as uncaring,
             self-involved, and overbearing masters of the masses. In both works, dogs are an enforcer-type, driven either by a
             sense of patriotism, honor, and pride, but also those misanthropes who relish in the power they have been given and
             enjoy abusing those weaker than themselves. The sheep are a shared characteristic of both works, depicting them
             as easily manipulated and led to the slaughter. The works diverge from one another in which philosophy they
             individu...