Review of the work

The Animal Farm is a fable about the power during the second world war. The work has a simple and easy to understand for all ages language, however, isn’t directed to children. The book is a satire of communism in the former USSR and the Stalinist government. For that George uses animal figures representing political figures.

The story begins on Solar Grange , when Major, an old pig, gathers all the animals to tell about his idea to create a revolution , so that the animals do not suffer more oppression of humans. For him all animals were equal and capable of being self-reliant and live together in harmony .

Shortly after Major dies and his friends pigs , Snowball and Napoleon , assume its ideas and deploy " Animalism " . The pigs were smarter because they could read . Meetings were held and the seven commandments to be followed have been created , and was created by a hymn, they all sang.

The commandments said :

1 - Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy .

2 - Whatever goes upon four legs , or has wings , is a friend .

3 - No animal shall wear clothes .

4 - No animal shall sleep in a bed.

5 - No animal shall drink alcohol.

6 - No animal shall kill any other animal.

7 - All animals are equal.

After some confusion the owner of the farm, Mr. Jone , is expelled and the farm is now called Animal Farm. Thereafter all start caring for and administering the farm and all worked for their own sustenance. All went well, but ambition began to take care of the pigs, and they thought they were better than others. They began to disobey the commandments living better and more comfortably, always justifying that they deserved privileges due to his mental superiority. With that initial idea of revolution begins to be distorted, so pigs began to behave like humans. They came to live in the house of Mr. Jones and did the same things that its owner had. For that "added" amendments to the commandments which were:

4 - No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets.

5 - No animal shall drink alcohol to excess.

6 - No animal shall kill another animal without cause.

7 - All animals are equal but some are more equal than others

The behavior of pigs caused and causes indignation, because it causes the reader to reflect on our actions. So what causes the revolt is the similarity of our actions and behavior of pigs.

7 Commandments

Here are the seven commandments of Animal Farm

1 - Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
2 - Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.
3 - No animal shall wear clothes.
4 - No animal shall sleep in a bed.
5 - No animal shall drink alcohol.
6 - No animal shall kill any other animal.
7 - All animals are equal.

Who am I?

Just a joke kkkk

Book Summary

The story goes on Solar Grange and revolves around the Major, a pig of 12 old, who dreams of living free without having to work for men. He says it should be done Animism, which would be an analogy to communism. Animism said that all animals should work for themselves, and not, being slave of men. Major dies and Snow-ball and Napoleon take the idea of revolution. One day the owners forgot to feed the animals, which led to a revolt in Granja.

One day the owners forgot to feed the animals, which led to a revolt in Granja. The animals try to invade the deposit of food, but Jones and his assistants saw and whipped them. The animals begin to fight and expel Jones and his wife.

The way of life on the farm changes. The work and its fruit was divided equally among animals. The only ones who could read were the pigs, so they were responsible for the organization. The farm is now called Animal Farm, the seven commandments is created and is made a flag, whose design alludes to Communism

Snow-ball is kicked out by Napoleon to go against his ideas, and so gradually the system of exploiter-exploited going back. Animals that were against the conduct of human will becoming like them. Thus all animals shall work for the pigs and dogs. Snow-ball is kicked out by Napoleon to go against his ideas, and so gradually the system of exploiter-exploited going back. Animals that were against the conduct of human will becoming like them. Thus all animals shall work for the pigs and dogs.The illusion made ​​by pigs is so large that it's almost like brainwashing. Pigs did the other animals believe Ball Jack Frost was a traitor.

The book is a critique of totalitarian regime imposed by Stalin, the criticism is so intense that pigs are based on Stalin, Trotsky and Lenin.The book implied is that we can try to change the way society, but humans do not change, such as pigs, who criticized the behavior of men, but in the end become like them.

Animal Farm - Synopsis

"True modern classic, designed by one of the most influential writers of the 20th century, "Animal Farm" is a fable about the power. Chronicles the uprising of the animals from a farm against their owners. Gradually, however, the revolution degenerates into a tyranny even more oppressive than humans Writing the Second World War and published in 1945 after being rejected by several publishers, this little narrative discomfort caused by viciously satirize the Stalinist dictatorship at a time the Soviets were still allies of the West in the fight against nazifascista axis. Indeed, the references are clear: the despotic Napoleon would Stalin banned the Ball Jack Frost would Trotsky, and political events - purges, institution of a police state, tendentious misrepresentation of history - mimic those that were ongoing in the EU Soviet. With the intensification of the Cold War, the same reasons that caused embarrassment at the time of its publication led the revolution of the animals to be widely used by the West in the following decades as an ideological weapon against communism. Orwell himself a supporter of socialism and enemy of any form of political manipulation, felt uncomfortable with the use of a fable as a pamphlet."

                                                                                              Adapted by Brazilian publisher

Main Characters

Animal Farm’s Characters have a lot of similarities with the Russian communism system, which occurred in 1917 with the leadership of Vladimir Lenin. In other words, the characters are based on some important people that participated in the Russian Revolution. Here are the characters: 

Mr. Jones: He is the human in the history, he runs the farm poorly, leaving his animals starving, being a good owner occasionally, later in the novel that would cause a rebellion in the farm. He clearly represents the Tsar Nicholas II, who was a brutal and cruel with his opponents, this was the cause of the Russian Revolution.

Old Major: He represents the wise in the Novel, the Boar has a vision of the utopian Socialism, the inspiration that the animals needed for the rebellion. He dies leaving his teachings to Snowball and Napoleon. He is based on Karl Marx, German politician and economist of the XIX century.

Snowball: Based on Leon Trotsky, one of the leaders of the Red October. He, as Trotsky, is an enthuastic pig who really wants to make the life better in the Farm, he inspired himself in the words of the Old Major, as Trotsky was with Marx.

Napoleon: He was one of the leaders too, but he was not smart and good speaker as Snowball, his ambition for power made him kill everyone in his way (with his nine loyal dogs), he represents Joseph Stalin, who was not as good as Trotsky, using the KGB he reached the president of Russia

These are the main characters, as in the Russian Revolution, but there are other animals that also represent other things in communist Russia.

The raven Moses represents the religion, he used to say about the Sugarcandy Mountain, where animals go when died. The dogs are the KGB, who used their strength to take the power. Squealer is the Pig who spreads Napoleon’s ideas and had a strong power of persuasion. And the others that don’t represent a single person but represent a group of people in Russia. Clover, Mollie, Mr. Whymper ,Benjamin, Muriel, Mr. Frederick, Mr. Pilkington, Minimus, Jessie and Bluebell

Facts about George Orwell

Some facts about the life of George Orwell:

• He has joined the POUM militia with Trotskyist ideology against Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War

• During the Spanish War George was shot in the neck reaching vocal cords, so he had changed his voice, slightly effeminate

• In the 2nd world war Orwell worked as a war correspondent for the BBC

• His work Animal Farm is the most famous

• When he went to England in 1928, George lived situations of extreme poverty, coming to beg until 1933 when he published his first book: In the worst in Paris and London