Book review of “Animal farm”, by George Orwell

“Animal farm” is a widely read modern literature book with a deeply political dimension.

Its popularity is largely due to the fact that the author, George Orwell, decided to use animal characters to illustrate real-life political figures that played a key role in the course of events that took place just before and during the October Revolution in Russia in 1917, and who also played an important role in the political life in the Soviet Union until the end of World War II.

The plot

After having enough of being treated like slaves and left to literally starve, animals rebel against Mr. Jones, their master and owner of the farm, in order to finally take ownership of the farm and rename it to “Animal farm”, which is where the title of the book comes from.

This transfer of power from humans to animals is not as smooth and straightforward as animals would expect it to be.

Some animals, namely pigs, get to enjoy more privileges and a higher quality of life and living standards than other animals.

Although the latter envisioned an animal society that would be governed by the values of fairness and equality, they end up living in conditions that were…