Animal Farm

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Henrik Jacobsson IB1

Animal Farm

I was kind of confused when I had read this book, because it said in the beginning that George Orwell believed in socialism and this book shows, in a simple way, that socialism or communism does not work in real life.

        Animal Farm starts with the death of the pig old Major (Lenin), who right before he dies tell the other animals about the Rebellion (Russian Revolution). After old Major’s death there were three other pigs; Napoleon (Stalin), Snowball (Trotsky) and Squealer, who started to plan for the Rebellion. They held secret meetings where they tried to convince the other animals of their home-made system of thought: Animalism.

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        And then a few months later the Rebellion came, without anyone really knowing it (exactly as in Russia). The Animals threw all human beings out of the Manor Farm, and destroyed lots of things that belonged to Mr Jones.

        So far in the book everything looked good from the animals’ point of view. But after a while strange things started to happen. The pigs ruled and decided almost everything on the farm. They did, for example, set aside a special room in the barn for themselves. Snowball and Napoleon also makes these Seven Commandments, which are telling the animals what ...

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