Communism and Animal Farm

Communism and Animal Farm Imagine if you are one of the animals on Animal Farm. You stage a revolution to free yourself of Farmer Jones so that you can have rights. You will be tricked into thinking you are in a socialist government where everyone is equal, when in fact, you are in a communist government where there is a cruel leader. As an animal you will be treated unfairly not just once but many …

…other animals. This is just like communism, because communism is where there are two parties: the communists who the pigs stood for because they are in charge, and the working class, which the animals stood for because they are the ones who work. All of this happened so Napoleon could lower the animals’ privileges and raise his and the pigs’ privileges so they could get absolute power. Orwell, George, Animal Farm, Penguin Putnam Inc. NY, 1956.