Animal Farm

Animal Farm is George Orwell's 1945 political fable about farm animals whose rebellion is taken over by the pigs. The story uses the familiar form of an animal tale to expose the coercion, propaganda, and privileges of Soviet rule. As the pigs rewrite the farm's principles, the other animals lose control over both their labour and the account of their own past. Plain language and repeated slogans show how political deception can make injustice seem ordinary. The contrast between promised equality and lived oppression gives the fable its moral force.