Animal Farm, by George Orwell, is a book about mistreated animals that rebel against their owner who abused them and gave them little food. One day their owner Jones forgot to feed them, and they got so hungry that they rebelled and scared off Jones and his assistants. The pigs Napoleon and Snowball were the smartest of all the animals and decided to take command. Everyone respected and followed them. But Snowball had more power than Napoleon, and Napoleon did not agree with most of Snowball’s decisions, so he scared Snowball away with a pack of angry dogs and took command. Napoleon was much more harsh than Snowball, he made them work much longer and harder with less food. He was becoming worse than Jones.
This book is based on the Russian communism. The animals represent different people, Snowball represents Trotsky, Napoleon represents Stalin, Boxer the horse represents the common worker, ETC. My favorite character is Boxer because I like his personality and how hard he works unlike the other lazy animals. I didn’t like it when Boxer died. He died when he hurt his hoof when he was working, and Napoleon had him sent away to a glue farm. Back then glue was made out of horse bones and hooves.
I thought the book Animal Farm was really good and I enjoyed many parts of it. Though some parts were a little confusing I was able to get what the book was about and what it was based on. Using animals in a farm setting helped me understand Russian dictatorship better than a history book.
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