The crazy understanding of how animals relate to society

Hello world I am back with yet another somewhat insightful post! In class we had to pick a work of Satire to read on our down time, I chose Animal Farm, by George Orwell. This is our half way point post but in truth I have read the entire thing! I could not put this book down for a second it was thrilling. The way Orwell portrayed the animals as the people and officers during the Russian Revolution and the Stalin era is mind blowing. The two major characters; Snowball the pig who challenges Napoleon one who emerges as the leader after the revolution. Napoleon represents Joseph Stalin and Snowball depicts Leon Trotsky. The novel catches the reader’s attention because of how brilliant of a Satire it is. It is making fun of the time when people did not have rights and gad to follow people like Joseph Stalin or the leader of the Red Army. Throughout the story, at first I thought I was just reading about a bunch of animals on a farm who wanted freedom, however it goes much deeper than that. The animals, representing the lower class were brainwashed to think that everything they were doing was to help their cause of freedom. The animals were introduced to the problems of the Manor farm by Old Major, who passed away earlier in the story. He explained to them that the way they were living was not right and that the conditions and way of life they were currently living was not okay. For me, as I was reading I kept comparing it to modern day society even though it is based on the idea of communism. In the beginning all the animals are eager to learn, to vote and to be a part of the process of creating a new life for themselves. However, as the story continues, the pigs start to take over the farm and change everything that was created by the animals as a whole. It reminds me of our government today and society in general because although United States citizens have the right to vote , several decisions are made by a small group of government officials. Things were changed without question or concern for the lower class of animals on the farm. In addition, when changes were made, the animals were content because so many things had been changed in their lifetime they began to forget how things originally were on the Animal Farm. As generations passed on the history of their revolution was not forgotten but the details of what they stood for was. The small details in the novel is what caught my attention and caused me not to be able to put down the book , the animals had created a version of the seven commandments and each of them had been altered. The animals were always to walk on two legs, never to wear clothes, to sleep in a bed or drink alcohol. However, by the end of the story, the higher classes had found a way around each one of them and were able to make up excuses to explain to the other animals why the alterations were necessary when in reality they were just to benefit themselves. Those who took charge were not in charge for the better good of the farm and other animals but primarily to better themselves as many people in society are. I would highly recommend reading this wonderful book. Until next time!