Since its publication in 1946, George Orwell''s fable of a workers"
revolution gone wrong has rivaled Hemingway''s The Old Man and the Sea
as the Shortest Serious Novel It''s OK to Write a Book Report About.
(The latter is three pages longer and less fun to read.) Fueled by
Orwell''s intense disillusionment with Soviet Communism, Animal Farm
is a nearly perfect piece of writing, both an engaging story and an
allegory that actually works. 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.

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