The novel, Animal Farm, was written by George Orwell and

was published in 1946. The story is about a farm in England

around the time of the Russian revolution. The animals on

Manor Farm are irritated with the way they are being

treated, so they start a revolution. The pigs, who were the

smartest animals on the farm, took control of the farm while

the other animals worked. Throughout the novel the pigs lie

to the other animals and change the rules, of the farm to

accommodate themselves. George Orwell's real name was

Eric Blair. He was born in 1903. He went to school at Eton,

and after service with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, he

returned to Europe to earn his living writing novels and

essays. He was a political writer who wrote of his own

times. He was a man of intense feelings and fierce hates. He

hated cant and lying and cruelty in life and in literature. He

was critical of communism but was himself a Socialist. The

setting for Animal Farm is Manor Farm in England during the

time of the Russian revolution. The farm is enourmous. The

farm has been enlarged by two fields bought from Mr.

Pilkington, and various new buildings had been added. One

of the major characters in the novel, Animal Farm, is

Nepoleon. Napoleon, after driving Snowball, another pig

who was trying to take over the farm, off the farm, took

over. Nepoleon says one thing, and does the other, takes

other peoples ideas, and he is the biggest liar on the farm.

Nepoleon took the freedom of the animals, that they had

gained from the revolution, and twisted it so that now instead

of being enslaved by the farmer, they were enslaved by him.

In the novel, Animal Farm, the animals speak with a Russian

accent. For instance, the word "comrade" is used often. The

pigs mostly use a Russian accent, but the other animals

mainly use an American accent. Animal Farm is about a farm

in England during the Russian revolution. The animals on

Manor Farm are fed up with the way they are being treated.

Inspired by a speech given to them by a late animal named

Major, the animals revolt. The animals drive the owner off

the farm and take over. The pigs who were the smartest

animals took control, set up rules, and kept the farm

together. Throughout the years on the farm the pigs lie to the

other animals about, if they work hard, all the luxuries they

would receive. The years pasted and the animals worked

harder and harder, but they never received their benefits.

The pigs on the other hand did not work at all but lived in

comfort. The pigs also lie to the animals and change the rules

to accommodate themselves. For instance, in the beginning

of the novel no animal was allowed to walk on two legs,

drink alcohol, or sleep in human beds, because those were

human luxuries and humans were considered evil. After the

pigs discovered the pleasures of these luxuries, then the rules

were animals were not allowed to drink excessively, to sleep

with sheets, and walking on two legs was better than walking

on four. At the end of the story, one could not tell if the pigs

were human or not. One the themes of Animal Farm is

Communism. Throughout the book the pigs who represent

the communists, enslave the animals. They make them

believe by working hard they will be rewarded, but they

never got rewarded. Another theme could be selfishness.

Throughout the novel the pigs have the animals do all the

work and they take all the food. The pigs change the rules to

accommodate themselves. The moral consideration of

Animal Farm is that power corrupts people. After the farmer

was overthrown the pigs took power. After the power shift

the pigs changed, they started to become more like the

humans . They used beds and clothes, drank liquor, and

made money. They went against everything they first said

they stood for. The novel, Animal Farm, expressed the

concept of communism well. The writer uses the element of

for shadowing in a way that, every time the pigs changed a

rule or lied to the other animals, one could tell that they were

becoming more and more like the humans, and eventually at

the end of the story they practically did.