This is something very innovative.

Allegorically anthropomorphic.

How could animals take over the Farm from humans? Polemic but too nice thought. Very good satire, as well.
Could have been bit more better. Somehow it ended so soon than expected. Best part is how one of them only, who changes all the thoughts just by adding two more words as per her own liking.

Rooting from 1917 revolution in Russia, This is a very nice example of how things went in an illiterate society and how few knowledgeable people manipulate the things and the minds of the former ones? Even now this sets aptly.

"All men are enemies. All animals are comrades."

Written very well, this political satire is far ahead of its times, I believe; even when the situation in that times were under Royal Rule. Even though this mindset shows how author observed these deep lying leeches of the then society. Still, how people with authority used such naive people with immature/novice minds to gain the position, best suited for themselves, depicted hard on.

Farm was named 'Animal Farm'.
The is what is happening in the current state of world. Civilized societies are eaten-up by these anthropomorphic leftist humans, who are more prone to keep their pace of destroying cultures by making them fungal rather that ripening it to fruitfulness.
Democracy is rottening by these parasites by crumbling it with their slow poison of 'bribes', 'short-cuts to success' and 'freebies'. Adsorption of such schemes make the education more putrid instead of achieving its goal of making someone sensible with knowledge. Now comes a time when getting educated has no relevance with being knowledgeable.

7 commandments that had been inscribed on the wall (a besmirched one) were:

# Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
# Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.
# No animal shall wear clothes.
# No animal shall sleep in a bed.
# No animal shall drink alcohol.
# No animal shall kill any other animal.
# All animals are equal.

I really enjoyed it and find it very close to the current situation of society under the influence of Political goons.

For me it deserves 4.0/5.0

I think ANIMAL FARM includes many timeless messages/warnings, even though Orwell wrote the satire in reference to the Russian Revolution and his condemnation of totalitarianism.

In my opinion, the overarching message of ANIMAL FARM is to never, ever, ever relinquish our ability to critically think for ourselves.

There are so many messages in this very brief read that I’ll limit myself to the issue of leadership and the five “truths” I gleaned from Orwell’s writing. (I placed “truths” in quotes because they represent my interpretations only.) If you interpreted something different, we’re doing exactly what I think Orwell hoped…thinking for ourselves!

Note: For the actual story of the animals (versus the satire), there are spoilers in my review.

1. ULTIMATELY, HUMANS/ANIMALS WANT A LEADER...The story begins with the animals of Manor Farm overthrowing their human leader Mr. Jones in a rebellion (see “truth” #4). Mr. Jones treated the animals poorly and he always benefited from the fruits of their labor.

After the animals ousted Jones from the property, they wanted to run the farm as equal partners, where all the animals shared in the harvest and were treated the same (a.k.a. the ideology/theory of communism).

But it didn’t take long before the pigs began to supervise farm operations.

“With their superior knowledge, it was natural that they should assume leadership.” That’s what the animals were told, and the notion seemed reasonable at the time.

Eventually, one pig rose to power above all other animals: Napoleon.

2. UNCHECKED POWER CAN LEAD TO A CORRUPT LEADER...Soon after the rebellion, milk and apples went missing and the animals learned that the pigs were the culprits. Squealer, Napoleon’s spokespig, explained: Our sole object in taking these things is to preserve our health….The whole management and organization of this farm depend on us….It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples. Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back!"

Yes, FEAR is the engine driving unchecked power. The animals were more frightened of Jones returning than questioning the pigs. Of course, Napoleon made sure that was the case.

3. A CORRUPT LEADER CAN BECOME A DICTATOR...Napoleon began to isolate himself, moving into the farmhouse and surrounding himself with huge loyal dogs that attacked on his command. And killed on his orders. Naturally, the animals didn’t risk debating Napoleon’s decisions. They were told to adopt a motto: Napoleon is always right.

Soon, the animals had to address Napoleon using a title: The Leader. As well, the animals’ commandments, which had been painted on the barn, were altered. History was retold in ways the animals didn’t remember. But the risks were too high for the animals to protest. They were too tired anyway, since they had to work long hours and their food was rationed.

Napoleon made them plenty of promises to keep them motivated. He said their lives would be better in the future—if only they worked harder and followed his orders.

4. UNFULFILLED PROMISES BY A DICTATOR CAN LEAD TO REBELLION...In ANIMAL FARM, the animals never got to the point where they rebelled against Napoleon (who had become Mr. Jones in almost every way—wearing his clothes, drinking alcohol, and walking upright). But at least, the animals had begun taking risks (peeking in the windows of the farmhouse and eavesdropping), so no doubt another rebellion would come in the future.

5. AFTER A REBELLION, REPEAT THE CYCLE...And when the rebellion comes and the animals overthrow Napoleon, begin again at #1.

It seems to me that the only way to prevent this cycle, because humans will always want leaders, is to never, ever, ever relinquish our ability to critically think for ourselves—to always question and try to discern the truth.

I gave this book 5 stars. Grab some tissues; at least, I cried, especially with the fate of the farm’s hardest worker: Boxer.

ANIMAL FARM reflects on a terribly sad part of human nature that has repeated itself many times. This book is brief, yet very heavy, indeed. I praise George Orwell’s courage, especially in 1945.

Honestly it's truly, truly incredible how people accept the baseless idea that Marxism (and by extension communism) is inherently tyrannical and corrupt because some old English hack wrote a book with talking animals about it. There's no critical thinking involved here at all, and every time I remember this book exists it goes down in estimation in my mind again. Why is this man considered a legitimate source and voice of reason on what happened in the USSR? Why is everyone, on the right and the left, so obsessed with salvaging him? (I was guilty of this myself in the past, and I don't understand why I did it either.) Somebody please explain this to me.