Animal Farm by George Orwell

Animal farm a classic legend with a buried message, draws the reader’s attention the moment we start reading it.The book which changed the views of regime during World War II.

The story starts with a brief description of Manor farm and its residents, owned by a vicious farmer who would harass all the animals in every way possible. Getting sick of all the torture the animals started to become rebellious and then dawned the idea of taking over the Manor farm and turning it into Animal farm, as they say,” Animal farm is the farm for animals by the animals”.

The dawn period of this new democracy went very well, certain commandments were issued so that the law and order is maintained and no animal is lured to the wrong side. Every kind of work was divided considering the capabilities of every animal. The pigs specially were termed as the high IQ animals and were the ones using their brains in every way possible.

Soon animal farm gained publicity and every animal in the country side farm wished to be a part of this, folks of the animal farm were getting better by each passing day as they grew their own food, stored their food and consumed it equally.

But nothing lasts forever! And soon the pigs started considering themselves as the rulers, internal politics was heated up, the good animals were either dead, helpless or abandoned. The wise pig trying to help was accused of a crime and was chased out of the farm, slowly the health and happiness of the farm seemed to fade away, the commandments issued earlier were changed in convenience of the new president pig, anyone who tried to raise a voice against this cruelty was punished.

Soon, there was no difference left between the farmer earlier and the president later, and all the animals were again miserable.

The book encounters endless twists and turns, and as we move forward, we get engrossed in it. The author excellently presents to us his views on the political system in an indirect way.

My takeaway from this book is that nothing is impossible if we are brave enough to raise our voice against the wrong and try to change the circumstances, leaving behind the herd mentality.