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Animal Farm

by George Orwell

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In the book “Animal Farm” by George Orwell, there was no character that narrates the novel the narrator is omniscient, that means that he doesn't make part of the story. He knows everything from everyone, what they think, their personality, and what
In the book “Animal Farm” by George Orwell, there was no character that narrates the novel the narrator is omniscient, that means that he doesn't make part of the story. He knows everything from everyone, what they think, their personality, and what they want. This type of narrator does not express his opinion and thoughts about the story, he is a neutral narrator that does not show any of his sides.
The topic that caught my attention in the book was the character development of the pig Napoleon. At first, he was one of the leaders of the revolution, was one of the pigs that came up with the 7 rules of the farm and the mantra that every animal is equal. But as time passes the power start to get in his head, he expells his partner and starts a dictatorship where he is the one with all the power, “In future, all questions relating to the working of the farm would be settled by a special committee of pigs, presided over by himself (Napoleon). These would meet in private and afterward communicate their decisions to the others.” After that Napoleon just gets worse little by little he starts broking everyone of the rules and changing them so that the animals wouldn't notice, and to make matters worse he changes the farm's mantra, and instead, he says that every animal is equal but some are more equal than others.
Additionally while reading this book another topic that I was interest was about the submission of animals. How easy it is to persuade a população to renounce their freedom with promises of a better future. How a population can believe in everything the leaders said without having a position. “The animals were not certain what the word meant, but Squealer spoke so persuasively, and the three dogs who happened to be with him growled so threateningly, that they accepted his explanation without further questions.” the animals did not even understand what was going on on their farm thy just accept and because of that, they start a revolution against the man and then start being slaves by their species. This can teach that everyone in every society should never just accepting the things of their leaders with their heads down and letting them solve everything, they must make contributions to the decisions made since it also concerns them.
This book is a well-written novel that approaches the socialism and mainly the Russian revolution. The author writes this book with the intent of being easy to understand so anyone could read it, which is an indirect and smooth way to about history. Learning about things that had happened on the Passat and should never be repeated in the future. For some people, it is easier to learn about history this way than just reading a history book in class. ...more "

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