“Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, and he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving, and the rest he keeps for himself.†‘Animal Farm’ was first published in 1945. it is a satire on Stalinism and the Russian revolution. After realizing their desire for freedom, the animals of ?Manor farm’ chase Mr. Jones off his property and take control. They learn many lessons as they struggle to define and create an ideal community. The novel, presented as a fable, uses animals to comment on human society and events of the Russian revolution and the years following, from 1917 to 1943.
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