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AnimalFarm:AFairyStoryBYGEORGEORWELLTheAuthorGeorgeOrwell（1903-1950）GeorgeOrwell，thefamousBritishnovelist,journalistandsocialcritic.Orwell

wasborn

in

India

in1903.From1922to1927,hejoined

Indian

Imperial

Police,sawinequalityandoppression,thenhewent

back

to

London,

started

his

writing

career.OrwelldiedinLondononJanuary21st,1950,only46yearsold.Mostfamousforhisnovels“onenineeightfour”and”AnimalFarm”isaclassicofantitotalitarian,inwhich"onenineeightfour"isoneofthemostinfluentialEnglishnovelsintwentiethCentury.AnimalFarmAnimalFarmisconsideredanallegoryofthecorruptionofthecorruptionofabsolutepower(thecorruptionofthesocialistidealsoftheRussianRevolutionbyStalinism).TwoKeywordsSatire:Thisnovelisconsideredapoliticalsatire,orworkthatusesridiculetoexposewickednessorstupidity.Fable:Thisstoryisalsoconsideredafablebecauseitshowsanimalstalkingandbehavinglikehumans.Itisn’treallyaboutanimals,itisaboutus.TheaudienceisamusedbythestoryandmorelikelytopayattentiontoitsrealpointThestoryhappenedinMr.Jones’sManorfarm.Theanimalsworkedforthefarmdayandnight.Onenight,apigOldMajortoldtheanimalswhathehaddreamed.Thentheanimalsrealizethattheywereleadingamiserablelifeandtheywereexploitedbyhumanbeing.OldMajorencouragedthemtogetridofmanandtheproduceoftheirlaborwouldbetheirown.Later,thebattlereallyhappenedandMr.Jonesrunaway.Theyestablished“AnimalFarm”andputforward“SevenCommandments”.Atthebeginningof“AnimalFarm”,allanimalswereequal.Itwasanewlife.Everyanimalborehardshipandworkhardforabetterlife.ThePlotofAnimalFarmHowever,theleaders——pigstookadvantageofnewsystemtobenefitthemselves.Theysleptonthebedanddrunkmilk.Thetwoleaders-SnowballandNapoleonwantedtobetheonlyleader.SnowballwasdrivenoutbecauseNapoleonletsomefiercedogtochasehim.AndthenNapoleondeclaredSnowballwasspyandtheenemyofAnimalFarm.Inthepast,SnowballputforwardtobuildwindmillandNapoleonpushotherstobuilditsinceSnowball’sdeparture.Thoughitwaswreckedtwicebutitfinallywasaccomplishedthroughyearsofhardwork.ThePlotofAnimalFarmThePlotofAnimalFarmAstimewentby,pigsbecametheprivilegedstratum.Theyevenrevised“SevenCommandments”tosatisfytheirowndesire.IfanimalscomplainedabouttherulingofNapoleon,theywouldbekilledcruelly.Animalshadnofreedomandkeptworkingmuchlaboriouswork.Theyhadlessfoodbutpigsalwayshadfeast.Animal’smiserablelifewasjustlikethatinManorFarm.Atlast,pigsevenwalkedbytwolegsandhadnegotiationwithpeople.Animal’slifedidnotchangeatallormaybemoremiserablethanbefore.Mr.Jones-Oldmasterofthemanorfarm,symbolize

TsarNicholasIIMr.Pilkington-theownerofthefarmFoxwood,symbolizeWesterncountriesMr.Frederick-theownerofthefarmPinchfield,symbolizeAdolfHitlerOldMajor-Pig,thefounderoftheanimalrightist,symbolizeMarxandLeninNapoleon-Pig,aleaderandcommanderoftherevolution,symbolizeJoseph

StalinMainCharactersSnowball-Pig,aleaderandenemyoftherevolution,symbolizeTrotskyBoxer-horse,theloyalfolloweroftheanimalrightist,symbolizethemassesBenjamin-donkey,

doubtbutprotecthimselfonly,symbolizeIntellectualswithindependentthinkingandOrwellhimselfTheDogs-thetoolforrulingandviolence,symbolizetheSecretPoliceMainCharactersTheThemeofAnimalFarmThemostprofoundthemeinthisnovelis“Powercorrupts,andabsolutepowercorruptsabsolutely.”—LordActonTheSevenCommandments1、Whatevergoesupontwolegsisanenemy2、Whatevergoesuponfourlegs,orhas