GEORGE ORWELL

Animal Farm
Animal Farm is a rather short novel written by George Orwell, who has written many other classic and well-known pieces of literature. Animal
Farm is a story written about dictatorship and those undergoing it and the dictators themselves, showing how a need for freedom and
independence can turn into exactly the opposite, and how people can really only see what they want to see in a type of “blind believing”, when
times are desperate.
The story takes place on the Manor Farm, run by Mr.Jones and his wife, There have been moments when characters should’ve realized what was
Mrs.Jones. There is a wide array of animals present on this farm, multiple going on, as when Boxer, a faithful and strong horse, was overtaken by
sheep, hens, and a few horses and other animals. Old Major, an old and wise illness and pains at his old age. The pig in charge of the farm, Napoleon,
pig, gathers his peers in an assembly in the barn, where Old Major spreads assured the animals that Boxer would be taken care of at a horse hospital,
the wisdom he gained from a weird dream he had a night before. This and even though it was run by humans they had no reason to worry. The
dream was about humans being overturned, and a song his mother used to
animals weary of this decided to trust Napoleon anyways, and were sure
sing to him had played. He had forgotten the lyrics of the song but in this
dream they came back, and this song was sung for all the animals to hear.
Boxer would be fine. Benjamin, extremely wise and old donkey, knew better
This song depicted a future where animals are the ones in control and than to trust what Napoleon said. When a truck came to carry Boxer
mankind is overthrown, all the tyranny the animals experienced has come to away, all the animals were giving Boxer a bitter-sweet goodbye in hope to
an end and they shall no longer be ruled by masters. There would be peace see him soon, but Benjamin showed them that the truck was taking Boxer
for all animals, and they shall all live in harmony. Old Major explained that this to the knacker’s, to get slaughtered(48). The animals were filled with sheer
dream shall come true, that a rebellion will occur sometime in the future. He horror as they saw their friend being shipped off to get killed, and yet
explained that each animal's time alive is short but they must work towards they still followed Napoleon as he tried to cover up the incident. These
a better future for generations to come. This sparked something in the animals did not open their eyes to the truth, whether it was because they
animals, and everyone was ready for said rebellion and prepared for it, even did not have the smarts to do so or they simply did not want to see the
when Old Major was no longer alive. Mr.Jones and his wife were thrown out truth. Boxer was a smart and genuine horse, who went from “I have no
the farm and the animals prospered without any humans, but from there it wish to take life, not even human life,”(18) to stating that Napoleon is always
went downhill. Pigs being the wisest animals made the farm more corrupt correct. These quotes show that the need for freedom and happiness in
then it had once been for their own benefit, and the animals resting on life can be blinding to the life you are truly living, and that hope is
hope could only be sure things were better now that there were no sometimes the only thing you have to hold onto.
humans.
“No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The Creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and
from pig to man again; But already it was impossible to say which was which.”