Animal Farm

ANIMAL FARM I. TITLE: ANIMAL FARM AUTHOR: GEORGE ORWELL PUBLISHER: PENGUIN BOOKS, 1989 NUMBER OF PAGES: 144 GENRE: POLITICAL FICTION II. PLOT: After decades of the animals being suppressed they have a meeting in the barn. Mr. Jones, the drunken human owner of the farm, is sleeping soundly in his bed. The oldest animal there, Old Major, who is a pig, talks of their submissive existence in which man uses their labour for his benefit all the …

…animal was a different aspect of humanity (Ex: Pigs- Politicians; Horses- Labourers; Sheep- Gullible people...) This book shows how a government that is set up to serve the people, turns against them, just like communism did to the Russian people. Animalism symbolizes communism and the characters symbolize Russian leaders and people of importance. The story of the barnyard animals was merely a metaphor used to help me, the reader, better understand the book. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**