"Animal Farm". George Orwell

Do you know that George Orwell was just a pen name of Eric Blair? He is a British political novelist and essayist whose pointed criticisms of political oppression propelled him into prominence toward the middle of the XX century. In fact, his the most famous work is "Animal Farm", written in 1944.

 

Animal Farm, without a doubt, is most famous in the West as a stinging critique of the history and rhetoric of the Russian Revolution. Retelling the story of the emergence and development of Soviet communism in the form of an animal fable, Animal Farm allegorizes the rise to power of the dictator Joseph Stalin.

 

The essential  plot of  "Animal Farm" deals with the story which describes the happenings on a farm, when the animals, angry about the way the human, Farmer Jones, runs the farm and treats the anima, stage a successful revolution. They rid themselves of Jones and his tame crow (which represent the Church) and establish an equal system of government, a republic organized along social lines. The revolution is organized by the pigs, the most intelligent animals on the farm. Gradually, the day of the glorious revolution is forgotten. The pigs begin to show sings of corruption and inequality. They become more and more like their masters had been. After the rebellion, the animals say that all the animals are equal. Later the animals create another  saying : " All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others".

 

What about my personal opinion, I don't like the book. I can't understand it. Most of our past generation remembers the time of Soviet Union as something good. My grandmother always tells me that those times were better than now. No doubts, I am sure there was some bad points such as exploration and so on, but there were more advantages! Thanks to the book, it has awoken in me a great sense of patriotism. I think Orwell didn't know the country very well.

 

However, in my opinion, all the teenagers should read it. Because the book shows all the stereotypes of the West about our country. Personally, I understand what a bad opinion the West has about the USSR.