Animal Farm

Animal Farm is a beast fable by George Orwell. Mistreated animals at Manor Farm rise against their human master, Mr. Jones, hoping to build a better society. Their uprising is taken over and betrayed. The pigs become dictators, and life on the farm becomes much like it was before. Snowball teaches reading and writing and plans a windmill, while Napoleon trains young puppies in Animalism. Orwell said the story echoes events before the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Stalinist period in the Soviet Union.

Why You Should Read?

• Discover a story that uses farm animals to explore rebellion, betrayal, and dictatorship.
• Follow Snowball as he teaches reading and writing and announces plans for a windmill.
• Meet Napoleon, who instructs young puppies in Animalism separately from the rest of the farm.
• Understand how the pigs take leadership and set aside special food items supposedly for health.

About the Author

George Orwell was an English writer of novels, poetry, essays, journalism, and criticism. His writing is marked by clear prose, social criticism, hostility to totalitarianism, and support for democratic socialism. He is best known for Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, and he also wrote literary criticism, poetry, fiction, and political journalism. His non-fiction includes The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia. In 2008, The Times ranked Orwell second among British writers since 1945.