Animal Farm Book Review

‘Animal Farm’ is a political satire primarily influenced by the Russian Revolution. It is a short novel written by George Orwell. In the novel  Orwell describes tragic life of animals which were oppressed by Mr Jones and seek freedom to experience a life in which they work at their own will and capacity.
The story contains a variety of colorful characters which not only add to the beauty of the writing but also have close resemblance to human nature. eg. ‘Pigs’ are being represented as a superior race which through their intelligence remain in the power from the starting and subjugate the other animals. ‘Boxer’, the strongest horse on the farm is represented as a determined hard worker which is not particularly intelligent and ‘Clover’ is a kind hearted horse who always cared for other animals. ‘Benjamin‘ ,the donkey, was the oldest animal on the farm which made cryptic statements.
The story takes an interesting turn when animals freed from Mr Jones started formulating a set of ‘commandments’ to express their sense of ‘ animal-ism’ and started learning about various farm tactics. But as the time passed the essence of those commandments got blurred midst the greed and narrow mindedness of the pigs which changed the rules to their will. The other animals being ignorant became their blind believers.
 As we know,
A house divided against itself can never stand.                                 -Lincolnthe animals in spite of hardships were terrorized and forced to work on the farm else failing which they were executed by the ferocious dogs which accompanied ‘Napoleon’, the leader of the farm.
A sense of hypocrisy is also observed when pigs started behaving like humans and carried whips. The language used is clear and simple. It is marked with wit and humour.
The story revolves around the moral values of humanity, comradeship, social order, fairness, greed, the cynical nature of society.