The central themes of the book are corruption, bad leadership, and the exploitation of the working class
Shahzad Ghulam Dahri
Animal farm, one of the finest book composed by George Orwell, an English author, social pundit, and rival of despotism. Around the middle of the nineteenth century, he completed his masterpiece. This book is an allegory and satire about the 1917 Russian revolution. Its central themes are corruption, bad leadership, and the exploitation of the working class or naive class.
The book is a fictional novel that takes place on a farm called Manor Farm. There were nearly all kinds of animals there. The farm belonged to Mr. Jone. He would take all kind of advantages from the Estate farm and animals turned out to be exceptionally drawn-out from Jones’ interest from the ranch. In comparison to other animals, pigs were extremely intelligent and served as animal supervisors. One day, an old pig called all the farm animals and told them everything he had learned since living with humans.
In revolutions, laymen sacrifice their lives and souls, whereas political figures merely supervise and exploit them
He said that no animal in England knows what happiness or leisure mean, that no animal in England is free, and that living as an animal is a life of misery and slavery: that is simply the Truth. In addition, he asserted that man is the only animal that consumes without producing, does not lay eggs, is insufficient to pull a plough, and cannot sprint quickly to capture rabbits. However, he is the animal lord. An old pig informed animals that humans are enemies of animals and that we must get rid of them.
Unfortunately, many people die without receiving anything, and supervisors remain in power without giving up their lives
A few days later, an old pig died after giving them powerful messages. “Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.” All animals began rebelling against humans gradually, reflecting on their leaders’ words. They took on many conflicts and got triumph with loss of certain lives of animals. They wrote some commands and changed the farm’s name from Manor Farm to Animal Farm: four legs are good, two are bad, and no animal should kill another animal, and all animal are all equal. Everything they required was being developed on the farm, which was thriving. Jones launched numerous attacks in the meantime, but despite this, the farm prospered. Pigs gradually began to negotiate with humans in order to protect their own interests. They made the announcement that they only eat apples and drink milk from animal farms, and that no other animal could deny them. They only wrote one commandment instead of seven, which were written during the rebellion and stated that all animals are equal but now, all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others. When they came to power, they forgot every diligent sacrifice of other animals and began living a luxurious life with humans.
In Pakistani context, individuals who put in a lot of effort and make sacrifices receive no support from the government. This is how politics works
In predestined conclusion, George Orwell really needed to feature the political parody against the fundamentalist Soviet system composed symbolically during WWII. He states, “Lower farm animals did more hard work but received less food than any other animals in the country.” This refers to those who supervise, acquire various powers, and exercise dominance. Unfortunately, many people die without receiving anything, and supervisors remain in power without giving up their lives.
In Pakistani context, individuals who put in a lot of effort and make sacrifices receive no support from the government. This is how politics works. In revolutions, laymen sacrifice their lives and souls, whereas political figures merely supervise and exploit them.
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Shahzad Ghulam Dahri is undergraduate student of BS English department at Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Shaheed Benazirabad (Nawabshah) Sindh
