Animal Farm by George Orwell
1945/141pgs

Another Orwell classic and I would say a must read. This is a well known anti communist satire. If you understand the early Soviet Union and the power struggle between Stalin and Trotsky after Lenin’s death…reading this novel causes you to place the characters in their proper roles. Seeing what happened to those that supported the Soviet Revolution only to see it slowly change from what the dream truly was is the direction of the novel. The main characters are easy to assign into their human counterparts…

Old Major is Lenin
Napoleon is Stalin
Snowball is Trotsky
Mr. Jones is the Czar
the rest of the Animals are the common people.

While reading the story, I’m sure I’m not the only one wanted Napoleon turned into bacon. Squealer being the voice of the government and manipulating worlds to get the other Animals to fall in line with Napoleon’s wishes, just made me laugh because his name fitted his role perfectly.
This is about government and what happens when people get corrupt with power and others are unwilling to stop them.

I would definitely recommend this novel. It is a fast read, I finished it in four hours. However, if you are hoping Napoleon gets turned into bacon….he doesn’t. It would have felt good though…

Enjoy the coffee and a good book!

Lopaka