Likewise, the slow corruption and evolution toward evilness by the 'bad' characters can likewise be explained and forgiven.

While many animals Try to act in ways that appear to be the most goodly, many of them fall prey to their own predictability and ignorance.

Every Animal, and indeed even the human characters are shown to have both positive and negative traits. I find the novel unique in alagory in that None of the characters are entirely without faults. Not a distinction I can make of many novels I love, but one which this novel so completely embodies that I cannot think of it in any other light. While I find myself wondering at exactly which age such a novel would carry the most impact, I cannot help but think it worthy Required Reading for Anyone. Much attention is given to the suggestivity of using this novel to investigate the Russian Revolution, and indeed it is perhaps deeply congruous with those events, but I cannot help but feel that anyone who sees it as Only Representative of that event Miss the deeper, universal connotations. Short, self contained, and deeply representative, it is a novel that is within Everyone's powers to understand on some level and is one I would concidder every acknowledged 'Authority' lesser for having never read. While I've spent more time and fallen more deeply in love with other books available on audible, this book will continue to be one I concidder a Must Read for absolutely Everyone. Where does Animal Farm rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far? Although that quote is not attributable to Orwell, ''All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others' captures the theme in a perhaps more memorable manner.

The central message is that power corrupts and that absolute power corrupts absolutely. Blaming everything bad on Snowball is reminiscent of our politicians repeatedly demonizing and blaming every failure on their predecessors. The sheep bleating 'four legs good, two legs bad' when shouting down any dissent can't help but remind one of 'debates' on cable news channels. What stands out about the story is how it, or parts of it, keep repeating themselves. It is an absolute classic for many good reasons. It wraps so many truths in such a small package. One of my summer reading projects was to re-read Animal Farm and 1984, having read them many years ago while in high school.

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