disguised communist ("Animalism") society. Following the death of Old Major, Napoleon the pig (Stalin) and his pig-allies take control after forcing Snowball the boar (Leon Trotsky) into exile by unleashing his loyal pack of dogs (the secret police) after Snowball proposes that a windmill be built so that the animals might have more leisure. As with Stalinist Russia, the animal revolution decays into dictatorship, as exemplified by the classic moment when the animals see that a sign written on the side of the barn (Kremlin) has been changed from "All animals are equal" to All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." When reading this book, remember that Orwell himself was a Marxist-Leninist who abandoned communism as practiced by Stalin during WW II. For the Student of Satire and the Die Hard Satirist Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic Available at: Henri Bergson (1859 - 1941) An Essay on Comedy and the uses of the Comic Spirit Available at: George Meredith (1828 - 1909) ***
disguised communist ("Animalism") society. Following the death of Old Major, Napoleon the pig (Stalin) and his pig-allies take control after forcing Snowball the boar (Leon Trotsky) into exile by unleashing his loyal pack of dogs (the secret police) after Snowball proposes that a windmill be built so that the animals might have more leisure. As with Stalinist Russia, the animal revolution decays into dictatorship, as exemplified by the classic moment when the animals see that a sign written on the side of the barn (Kremlin) has been changed from "All animals are equal" to All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." When reading this book, remember that Orwell himself was a Marxist-Leninist who abandoned communism as practiced by Stalin during WW II. For the Student of Satire and the Die Hard Satirist Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic Available at: Henri Bergson (1859 - 1941) An Essay on Comedy and the uses of the Comic Spirit Available at: George Meredith (1828 - 1909) ***