Aadavan Elangovan

The Animal Farm Book Review by Aadavan Elangovan Intro From logical thought process, Animal Farm is just a simple tale of animals out throwing some farmers for their own control, but through this simple concept, Orwell manages to depict the path from revolution to all-out corruption. The book presents itself as a allegory of animals on a farm, that out-throw the human in control, and lead a society devoted on the utmost equality and fairness between all animals. However as the society passes on, the equality diminishes and class and status pull apart and seclude the different animals. Overall this story shows how a society’s ideologies can be manipulated to lead to corruption by the ones in power. Connection This story connect closely to the common delusion of Communist ideologies. Every Animal seems equal at the beginning but as time goes on, the utopia where all animals benefit, goes into an oligarchy ruled by the pigs, where only the pigs truly benefit under this new-found freedom from the humans. This can be related to Russia where everyone suffered extreme inequality before the revolution, but immediately afterwards, equality comes into effect with a leader like Lenin, but once Lenin perishes, a corrupt leader like Stalin brings new inequality between the proletariat and Stalin’s upper class. Additionally, one can connect the story to the real life example by thinking of the basic seven commandments relating to Marxist Principles. Finally, one can also connect the class struggles between the working class animals and the smart pigs, to examples in post-Lenin Russia. My Take The book is very well written, and it presents a easier way to digest and understand communism without the need of learning and possessing the knowledge of Communist History to understand the downfall and misconceptions of communism. The book is an easy way to learn communism, why it ultimately failed, and who caused and connected what issue in communism. The book is also nice as it presents all these high-knowledge topics in a easy understandable fairy tale that is meant for both kids and adults. Final Thoughts This book is a very good example of proper fictional writing that serves as a way to explain great events in history. It focuses on Communism and Orwell finds a way to explain the ultimate downfall of communism in a light-hearted fairy tale for all ages.