The story Animal Farm, the writer George Orwell wrote Animal farm in 1945 roughly 30 years after the Russian revolution. Animal Farm is a story that must be added to the worlds children reading list because it’s a satirical story about communism in Russia Orwell wrote Animal Farm primarily as an allegory of the Russian Revolution but is parodised as an animal fable. One of major themes of the book is the communism l of the Russian Revolution and the way that good will and sound principles can fall victim to ambition, selfishness and hypocrisy. The book retells the events of the what life was like during the Russian Revolution. With the characters book representing real people. The three arguments on why the book should be added are democracy …show more content…
Communism doesn’t work and will never work in society. Communism doesn’t work because the leader gains all power for whatever if he chooses to use the power on. Communism doesn’t overall work in “Animal farm” because the pigs create their own government and make all decisions for the Farm. The animals were persuaded to agree to the unfair decisions put forward by the pig whether they liked it or not or they were executed which was against their commandment “No animal shall kill another animal” but when animal farm became a communism it became “No animal shall kill another animal without cause” (chapter 8). “They had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes.” (Chapter 7, page 74). This was to show how the animals lived in a communist society by fear and manipulation. An example of why Communism doesn’t work in a real life either. Russian revolution didn’t work under Stalin, Germany didn’t work under The Nazi’s and Hitler’s Reign. Therefore, Communism doesn’t work in a civilised society and democracy works for society. So, “Animal Farm” must be included in the list for reading for