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Title:AnimalFarm

Author:GeorgeOrwell

AbsolutePowerCorruptsAbsolutely

AnimalFarmisnotonlyafairystorybutalsoasatiricalallegory.

It’ssaidthatit’sthemostfamousworkofpoliticalallegorythatever

lknow,thisbookreflectssomeissuesaboutSoviet

Union,andtheauthorishighlycriticalofJofStalin,thegovernorof

ublishedin1945,andbecameoneofthe100best

English-languagenovelslectedbyTimeandwasnumbered31on

theModernLibraryListofBest20th-CenturyNovels.

AnimalFarmopenswithameetingoftheanimalsofManor

Farmaftertheowner,,or,aboar,

am

wasofafarmgovernedbytheanimals,ndother

humansstealingalloftheirwork,wherealltheanimalswerefree

andequalandworkedtosupportthemlvesinsteadoftheirmasters.

OldMajordiesbeforehisvisionisen,buttwopigs,Napoleonand

Snowball,takeupthecau,fleshouthisvision,andconvincethe

animalsthatit'ttimeJoneslashesoutwithcruelty,

theanimalsrebel,drivehimandhiswifeoffthefarm,andtakeitover

forthemlves.

Atfirst,manimals

aregiddywithjoyandquicklychangehoweverythingisdoneonthe

asicprinciplesaredrawnupandpaintedonthesideof

theshed,theanimalsdotheirtaskswithfarmoreefficiencythan

possiblebeforeandworkmorecollectively,theharvestisthebest

they'veeveren,

onlysignofthetroubletocomeisthatthepigsdon'temtodo

muchofthephysicalwork,insteadsayingthatthey'rethebestones

wly,thepigstakemoreand

morecontrol,theprinciplesbegintochangeconveniently,timesget

wor,andNapoleonslowlyizescontrol.

AsLordActonsays,“Powertendstobecorrupt,andabsolute

powercorruptsabsolutely.”Thissayingmaybethebestconclusionof

t,theSevenCommandmentssaythat,

“allanimalsareequal”.Withtimegoingon,thepigsgraspthepower

ntheabsolutepowerturnedthepigsfromsimple

“comrades”toruthlessdictatorswhomanagedtowalkontwolegs,

rymaybeenasananalysisoftheSoviet

regime,orasawarningagainstpoliticalpowergamesofanabsolute

sreason,thestoryends

withahair-raisingwarningtoallhumankind,“Thecreaturesoutside

lookedfrompigtoman,andfrommantopig,andfrompigtoman

again:butalreadyitwasimpossibletosaywhichwaswhich.”

not

missitifyouareinterestedinpolitics,history,humannature,andas

well,olutepowercorruptsabsolutely,sotheremust

thiswaycanweleada

bettersociety!