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GEORGE ORWELL - GEBRAUCHT ANIMAL FARM A FAIRY S...

Since its publication in 1946  George Orwell's fable of a workers' revolution gone wrong has
been recognized as a classic of modern political satire. Fuelled by Orwell's intense
disillusionment with Soviet Communism  Animal Farm is a nearly perfect piece of writing--both
an engaging story and an allegory that actually works. When the downtrodden beasts of Manor
Farm oust their drunken human master and take over management of the land  all are awash in
collectivist zeal. Everyone willingly works overtime  productivity soars and for one brief 
glorious season  every belly is full. The animals' Seven Commandment credo is painted in big
white letters on the barn. All animals are equal. No animal shall drink alcohol  wear clothes 
sleep in a bed or kill a fellow four-footed creature. Those that go upon four legs or wings are
friends and the two-legged are  by definition  the enemy. Too soon  however  the pigs  who have
styled themselves leaders by virtue of their intelligence  succumb to the temptations of
privilege and power. We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organisation of the
farm depend on us. Day and night  we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that
we drink that milk and eat those apples. While this swinish brotherhood sells out the
revolution  cynically editing the Seven Commandments to excuse their violence and greed  the
common animals are once again left hungry and exhausted  no better off than in the days when
humans ran the farm. Satire Animal Farm may be  but it's a stony reader who remains unmoved
when the stalwart workhorse  Boxer  having given his all to his comrades  is sold to the glue
factory to buy booze for the pigs. Orwell's view of Communism is bleak indeed  but given the
history of the Russian people since 1917  his pessimism has an air of prophecy.

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