We are all equal, but some of us are more equal than others...
This bestseller by George Orwell indirectly reflects on the multiple events that ended up leading to the Russian Revolution in 1917, which then began drifting towards the Soviet Union's "Stalin era". Orwell was against Stalinism which is why he published this book, a couple decades later.
Animal Farm is about a group of farm animals somewhere in England, who first live under the power of Mr. Jones. With his incompetent attitude and actions towards the animals, the eldest member of the farm population, Major, wants them all to start an uprising against him and take over the farm. Shortly after Major died, they had already started a revolution and began to identify themselves as the Animal Farm. At first every one was equal, because they all had a common goal: to overcome humans--or how they'd call them: Beasts of England.
I would highly recommend this book to all ages because not only does it transmit the message of what communism was like, but it does so in such a clear manner that anyone can understand it. In our case, we haven't been reading much historical novels, and this book is no longer than 100 pages so I believe it's a massive eye-opener. It was less than 100 pages that I couldn't stop reading because it really had me wanting to know and learn more. |