Animal Farm - George Orwell

Animal Farm - George Orwell 

I have this habit of reading the book cover, prologue and acknowledgement sections of any book I pick up. While reading the cover page of this book, I came across lines that said the author has drawn attention towards the nature of politics and what it does to the minds of the people in power. He has used animals as metaphors in the story to highlight the same.

Throughout the storyline, we see how an estate changes from 'The Menor Farm' to 'The Animal Farm', only to get back to the same again, with power shifting from the human owner Jones to the pigs, who claim themselves to be the smartest creatures among the other animals in the farm. 

The fact that the principles of equality and brotherhood among the animals established through 'The Seven Commandments' slowly transform in favor of the pigs and later get reduced to only a single commandment is hilarious. We can see factions among the other animals that are in favor of pigs, against the pigs and some even taking a neutral stance jn matters of governance.

Overall, the story narrates the fairytale lifestyle of those in power, where the commoners are merely mute spectators, as the story concludes. 

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Read for life!