“All animals are equal but some are more equal than others”. The novel Animal Farm, George Orwell: is about a farm named Manor Farm which was changed to Animal Farm; the animals at this farm believe in equality and a few other rules. Then some of the animals began to believe that they were more important than others. This leads to the animal farm falling down into pieces. The theme of the story is rivalry. I think that this novel is still relevant to readers today, not only is it a good book to connect to the Russian Revolutionary war but it a good book to read in general.
The plot of the story is based around the seven commandments of Animal Farm which change throughout the book; the rules change based off of what happens to the …show more content…
The pigs are the ones that break the commandments. One of the commandments that get broken by the pigs is the fourth commandment. The commandment originally says “no animal shall sleep in a bed” then it gets changed to “no animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets”. This happens because the pigs start to sleep in the bed but they can't do that without changing the commandment. Another commandment that gets broken is the fifth commandment. The commandment says “no animal shall drink alcohol”. Then, later gets changed to “no animal shall drink alcohol to an excess”. The pigs drink alcohol and don't want to get in trouble for breaking the commandments so they decide to change it to benefit them.
Animal farm is a great book to read, this is a relevant novel because it connects to many wars that have happened over the year. The Russian or soviet Union took place in 1917 through 1991 and the french revolution took place in 1789 through 1799. Important people that were in these wars were, slaves which was most of the population and the French had Napoleon; Napoleon is a character in this novel. The Russian/Soviet Union had 293 million people and the French had 20 million