Animal Farm
George Orwell's novel, Animal Farm, is a deceitfully simple story about
a group of farm animals who, tired of toiling for the benefit of humans, rebel
and create their own way of life only to find themselves, several years later,
toiling for the benefit of one of their own kind, the pigs. Because of the
simplicity of this novel, many people consider it to be a children's story.
However, beyond it's lighthearted surface, it is truly a satirical attack
against Stalinism. "It is also a lament for the fate of revolutions and the
hopes contained in them." Adding to the complexity of the book, it also shows
man's willingness to compromise the truth. In the short scope of this novel,
Orwell expresses many of his ideas about men and politics.
Major, an elderly pig, is the one who plants the seed of rebellion in
the minds of the other animals by sharing with them a song which he had learned
as a young pig, but which he has just recalled during a dream. This song
"Beasts......
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