"A Fairy Story"
George Orwell wrote this silly, fable based on oppression, and it instantly became a "modern-day" classic. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story tells the comical tale of the animals’ rebellion against Mr. Jones, the owner of Manor Farm, and their journey in creating a new nation. One night, an wise boar named Old Major gave a speech about a future rebellion to enable land to be owned by animals. Following Old Major's death, just three days later, the animals on Manor Farm, led by the intelligent pigs, revolt against the Mr. Jones. The animals established the Six Commandments to rule over Animal Farm; which was summarized as "four legs good, to legs bad" for the less knowledgeable animals. Their goals of Animal Farm appeared to be to give equality to all animals, and remove any memories of humans. Throughout the story, the pigs appear to be changing the commandments to meet their needs for power. The pigs, especially King Napoleon, take more food to eat then the rest of the animals and put no effort into the farm work. By the end, the pigs became very plump while the other animals are nearly starving to death. Using persuasion, the pigs were able to make the animals ignorant of their inequality faced on the farm. Over time, the rest of the animals uncover that the more intelligent pig had manipulated them into being part of Animal Farm as their plan to be considered equal to the humans, when they read, "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others," written boldly on a brick wall. When the animals look to confront the pigs, they uncover their secret conversation involving their acceptance by the self-absorbed humans.