animal farm

Animals of the Manor Farm started the rebellion against the rule of Mr. Jones, its owner in order to be equal and free themselves from his tyranny. They ousted him from the farm, renamed it as Animal farm and then formulated Five Commandments which were to be followed by each animal. Now every animal was equal and the work of managing the farm was distributed among the animals themselves. Animals worked more painstakingly than ever, voluntarily. The farm was prospering and the animals were happy to work for themselves but for the drunkard exploiting human master. The pigs took charge of all the brain works for their intelligence above other animals. And as desired by them, consumed all milk and apples produced in the farm for all the brain works they had to involve themselves in. Gradually, the pigs grew hungrier for power and luxury. The earlier five commandments were gradually edited to excuse their violence and growing greed. Animals were working harder than ever before but their situation was no better off than it had been when ruled by human, or was even worse. They were deprived of enough food and had very less leisurely time. Yet they were happy to work for themselves and other animals of their kind but the ruthless human.
Orwell, in his book animal farm, shows how obsession with more power can only lead to aristocracy. The two pigs, Snowball and Napoleon who were responsible for making most of the plans of the farm started arguing among themselves. Then finally one day Snowball was chased out of the farm, Napoleon being the only leader left. The pigs were so obsessed with growing power that they started overlooking the plight of other animals in the farm and working for their own benefits. They moved to the farm house from their sty, started taking whiskey, and were enjoying the regal life once lived by the human masters. The rebellion that started with slogan 'two legs bad, four legs good' in no time changed into 'four legs good, two legs better'. In this way, pigs who had once led the animals against the rule of human had in so many ways started to resemble the same human.
Thus, Orwell, with his great insight and story telling ability, has expressed satire on the totalitarianism in this book. He argued that in no way any totalitarianism is good for a society. Though this book was initially a satire on the Russian Revolution it was intended to have a vast application. Animal Farm is indeed a tale of all times and all lands. For a society to prosper all should be equal. However, when someone is 'more equal than others' the society will turn to ruins.