To begin with this brief I should have some knowledge about the book content. I have done a bit of research about it. Three main points about the book:
* The main action of Animal Farm stands for the Russian Revolution in 1917, and the early years of the Soviet Union.
* The setting of Animal Farm is a dystopia, which is an imagined world far worse than our own, as opposed to a utopia, which is an ideal place or state.
* The most famous line from the book is 'All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others'. This line is emblematic of the changes that George Orwell believed followed the 1917 communist revolution in Russia. Rather than eliminating the capitalism class system it was intended to overthrow, the revolution merely replaced it with another hierarchy. The line is also typical of Orwell's belief that those in power usually manipulate language to their own benefit.
What is the book about?
In Animal Farm, George Orwell crafts a fictional story about an animal rebellion gone awry to critique the real-life events that followed the Russian Revolution of 1917. Mr. Jones, the owner of Manor Farm, is a mean, heartless man who butchers the pigs and drowns dogs when they get too old. One day, a prize-winning boar named Old Major encourages the farm animals to rebel against the humans.
* Old Major dies just three days after proposing the rebellion. Three young pigs (Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer) lead the resistance. When Mr. Jones gets drunk one night, the animals drive him and his men off the farm, which they rename Animal Farm.
* Together, the pigs write the Seven Commandments of Animalism, the new political philosophy that declares all animals equal. Under the pigs' leadership, the farm animals work hard to bring in the harvest and build an idyllic society.
* Snowball and Napoleon fight for control of Animal Farm. Napoleon uses specially trained dogs to run Snowball off the farm. Napoleon then makes false promises of comfort and prosperity to the other animals. Life gets worse on the farm, and the pigs assume the role that Mr. Jones and the humans once held.
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