Animal Farm

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Since its publication in 1946 George Orwells fable of a workers revolution gone wrong has been recognized as a classic of modern political satire Fuelled by Orwells intense disillusionment with Soviet Communism Animal Farm is a nearly perfect piece of writingboth an engaging story and an allegory that actually works When the downtrodden beasts of Manor Farm oust their drunken human master and take over management of the land all are awash in collectivist zeal Everyone willingly works overtime productivity soars and for one brief glorious season every belly is full The animals Seven Commandment credo is painted in big white letters on the barn All animals are equal No animal shall drink alcohol wear clothes sleep in a bed or kill a fellow fourfooted creature Those that go upon four legs or wings are friends and the twolegged are by definition the enemy Too soon however the pigs who have styled themselves leaders by virtue of their intelligence succumb to the temptations of privilege and power We pigs are brainworkers The whole management and organisation of the farm depend on us Day and night we are watching over your welfare It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples While this swinish brotherhood sells out the revolution cynically editing the Seven Commandments to excuse their violence and greed the common animals are once again left hungry and exhausted no better off than in the days when humans ran the farm Satire Animal Farm may be but its a stony reader who remains unmoved when the stalwart workhorse Boxer having given his all to his comrades is sold to the glue factory to buy booze for the pigs Orwells view of Communism is bleak indeed but given the history of the Russian people since 1917 his pessimism has an air of prophecy