Animal Farm

A perfect story to define governance in past, present, and I hope not but future.

April 21, 2021

Wednesday, 7:30 AM

I always wanted to read George Orwell as he is said to be one of the finest writer for political satire. I picked up 1984 at-least a dozen of time but didn’t read more than 5–6 pages. This year, when I started working with OneMoreGaze reading books came as a part of responsibilities of my job profile. Recently, when the team added “Animal Farm” to the sustainable inventory of OneMoreGaze. I found it as a perfect opportunity to read the greatest satirist of all time. A small yet impactful read it was. Let’s talk about the book.

Starting from the Manor farm which later turned into Animal Farm because humans of the Manor Farm were overthrown by their farm animals because the seed of rebellion was sown by one of the pigs in the farm. The dreams of being free from all the work and working for oneself made them warriors for their freedom. Once the freedom was achieved, all the animals were to plan how the administration of the farm will run. Some commandments were planned and set for the betterment of the society. Everything was ideal.

Some took advantage of the situation and took higher positions while others who were new to all this were kept in a façade that everything is better than it was before we overthrew humans. Politics was all over the place. Dictatorship took over disguised as Democracy. In the end, the Animal Farm was again named as “Manor Farm” because it behaved like one.

The best part about the whole story was that when the commandments were replaced, new commandment was established which said:

All animals are Equal. But some animals are more equal than the other.

Now talking about the writing and overall composition of the book. The story is small but with great impact and amazing written literature. Orwell has used some impactful phrases to explain the intensity of the situation and humor never leaves the story. The whole story gives small chuckles and bigger messages. Moreover, it resembled the politics going on these days almost everywhere in this world. I guess this phrase will explain the whole book:

Dictatorship comes when we are unable to see behind talks of democracy.

Also, great work by Rupa Publication who compiled this amazing story with as a part of their classic library.