This thought provoking book really got me thinking about power
and control within government. The analogy was clearly a depiction of communism.
You had the farm animals over throw an existing government for the good of the entire farm. Everything was equal and every animal worked together. Except for the pigs. They were put into the leadership role and all was fair at the beginning until Napoleon took over.
Again, you could CLEARLY see the comparison between the pigs as Stallen and Trotsky. And you couldn't help but start to feel for the rest of the animals as the pigs gained control of the farm and stamp out an positive idea of communism could have been. It opened itself up to dictatorship. It opened itself up for colossal failure because of greed and corruption. The animals portraying the parts couldn't have been more perfect.
The only sad thing is the lack of a sequel. It would have been
interesting to see a followup book that showed what happened to the farm once Napoleon was dead and gone. Almost like a mirror to the Soviet Union. Animal Farm part 2.
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