Animal Farm: 7 Commandments

What is the significance of the 7 commandments? Do you think George Orwell has a message for his readers? Animal Farm, by the controversial author George Orwell, was written in the 1940’s after the 2nd World War, 3 decades after the Russian revolution of 1917. It was first published in 1948 after being rejected several times. This critically acclaimed book begins during the reign of the incompetent drunkard Farmer Jones, who manages his farm badly and neglects the animals. …

…scale, Animal Farm showed that not all authority was good authority, no matter what the leaders said they stood for before they took control. The ideals and hopes of the animals are sold down the river when the pigs come into power. Boxer, who represents the hardest-working Russian people (“I will work harder…Napoleon is always right!”), is sold to the knacker’s yard. Noble naivety is not enough when you are up against Napoleon!