Animal farm
(Book)
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.
Level 7.3, 5 Points
Notes
Orwell, G. (1989). Animal farm. New York, New American Library.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Orwell, George, 1903-1950. 1989. Animal Farm. New York, New American Library.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Orwell, George, 1903-1950, Animal Farm. New York, New American Library, 1989.
MLA Citation (style guide)Orwell, George. Animal Farm. New York, New American Library, 1989.
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