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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