a twentieth-century fable

a twentieth-century fable

Animal Farm (Paperback)

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Wise Old said: we must free the animals of slavery that Man imposes and discharge its ignoble yoke!
In June 21, the animals of Manor Farm rise up and hunt their master of his property. They must now organize and very soon pigs are needed in leaders. The seven commandments voted, animals set to work to ensure the sufficiency of the farm and the triumph of their new doctrine: Animalism.
Yet equality advocated already has its flaws and the thirst for power attracts more than one ...
In this scathing satire of society, Orwell aptly demonstrates, suitability and honesty of the perfidy of totalitarianism which he bluntly denounced each through: the persuasive power of speakers, demonstrations by force, by severely punishing opponents or choosing a goat imaginary envoy, manipulate and deceive people passive and resigned to taking arbitrary power of the dictator. The animals are so ridiculous and tragic avatares Men (the coup episode is terribly realistic and the last scene of line is particularly chilling ...).
This ironic distancing reminiscent La Fontaine in his fables and takes an original and striking allows identification without being directly accusatory.
When humanity animals sobering to animality of men ...

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