I read the book and I can't quite get the point of the book.
Can someone tell me who did what to whom?
2006-12-31 02:56:53 · 11 answers · asked by Chels 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
It's an allegory: most obviously for the ways in which communism and socialism became distorted under the likes of Stalin and Lenin, but the allegory could also be applied to other political power-systems and class-systems.
The main animal characters initially gain the trust of their co-animal workers by giving them hope for a utopian future in which everyone works together and shares equally in the products of that work. They take over the farm, which until then has been run by the (capitalist) humans. However, the animals who are entrusted with leading the others quickly become corrupted and power-hungry, and finish up by becoming practically indistinguishable from the humans they revolted against.
The book can perhaps be summed up by the line "all animals are equal", which, by the end of the book, becomes "All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others".
2006-12-31 04:42:57 · answer #1 · answered by lechatdeluxe 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The website posted in the first answer is a good one for a brief synopsis. Basically its a satire about the Soviet Revolution and the faults of the individuals that had major roles in it. The animals represent actual people or groups of people.
2006-12-31 03:09:20 · answer #2 · answered by Hans B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amazing how we're experiencing Animal Farm and 1984 with the Bush regime...Orwell was a true visionary, but how could he have known?
2006-12-31 05:05:52 · answer #3 · answered by I Think 4 Me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Understand each species of animal in the Animal Farm to be a different country. Now read it again. Remember the pigs: All animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others.
In other words, they will double-talk you to death, just like politicians.
2006-12-31 03:04:51 · answer #4 · answered by auntb93again 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I read this book for a school summer's assignment! This webbie should explain all; http://www.online-literature.com/orwell/animalfarm/
Once you plug in the animals with the real people, it makes loads of sense! It's like "Wow!" :)
2006-12-31 02:59:50 · answer #5 · answered by Hiya 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's satirical. The Characters were meant to be humanized and their condition and interaction related to the human condition as an example.
An allegory... I agree with lilli above... I went the long way around it.
I couldn't think of that word for the life of me... thanks Lilli!
2006-12-31 03:30:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was an allegory for the russian revelution and how dictatorship cant keep everybody down. the head pig worked his way up and then oppressed the others while using propaganda such as beasts of england, and then changed it while they submitted to him.
2006-12-31 03:05:19 · answer #7 · answered by elites1212 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love that book. It has to do with social issues, I think... I havnt read it in a while. But I do love it!
2006-12-31 04:33:14 · answer #8 · answered by piratewench 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an allegory
2006-12-31 03:11:39 · answer #9 · answered by lilli 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's like the Bible in many places, an allegory.
2006-12-31 03:35:27 · answer #10 · answered by kellring 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋