The book''Animal farm was written by George Orwell. His actual name was Eric Arthur Blair.The latter was just his pseudonym.He was a novelist, essayist and journalist. He served with the Indian Imperial Police from 1922 to 1927 in Burma, fought in the Spanish Civil War and gained his experience from totalitarian and imperialistic systems. This attitude reflected in the satiric fable:Animal Farm.
George Orwell before writing the book, had an assertion that men exploited animals in much the same way as the rich exploited the proletariats. Also he thought that; if only animals became aware of
their strength we would have no power over
them. This inspired him to write the book.In this sense, the animals represented the proletariats while the Humans represented the Rich and those in authority.
It is a really interesting and thought-provoking book. Its so lovely how he uses the animals to put across his message to the public. I have read and found out that Orwell was a great critic of Joseph Stalin;a tyrannical ruler in Russia in Orwell's days. His name Stalin was as a result of escaping exile seven times. It meant ''steel''. Apparently he was a ''hard'' man.
In the book, the pig; Napoleon was alluded to Stalin. Animal farm adressed the issues of corruption during revolution by leaders,wickedness,ignorance,greed and partiality. Napoleon was wicked, corrupt,greedy and partial although he had his pros. His cons outweighed them. The other animals acted ignorant. On several occasions squealer actually made them think they had forgotten how a commandment was initially written. They always agreed to whatever Napoleon said through squealer without thorough examination.
"No animal
shall sleep in beds" was changed to "No animal shall
sleep in beds with sheets" when the pigs were
discovered to have been sleeping in the old
farmhouse. "No animal shall drink alcohol" was
changed to "No animal shall drink alcohol to excess" when the pigs discovered the farmer's
whisky. "Beasts of England" was later dubbed
inappropriate, as according to Napoleon the dream
of Animal Farm had been realised. It was replaced by
an anthem glorifying Napoleon, who was
adopting the lifestyle of a man. The pigs were corrupted by the absolute power they held over the farm. To maintain their popularity with the other animals, Squealer secretly painted additions to some commandments to benefit the pigs while keeping
them free of accusations of law-breaking.
The book is a perfect Satire. Almost all the main characters represented someone in authority during Orwell's time. All the happenings had their interpretation in reality.
Interesting read Bro..
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