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Animal Farm opens with a clandestine meeting of the animals of Manor Farm after the owner, Mr. Jones, goes to bed drunk. Old Major, a boar, had a dream that he wanted to relate to all of the animals. His dream was of a farm governed by the animals, without Mr. Jones and other humans stealing all of their work, where all the animals were free and equal and worked to support themselves instead of their masters. Old Major dies before his vision is seen, but two pigs, Napoleon and Snowball, take up the cause, flesh out his vision, and convince the animals that it's possible. The next time Jones lashes out with cruelty, the animals rebel, drive him and his wife off the farm, and take it over for themselves.
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Do you know anything about totalitarian regimes in the 20th Century? If not, read about Josef Stalin and Adolf Hitler, then come back and read "Animal Farm". After the revolution, the pigs are the big wigs, the dogs are their Stasi. The other animals learn an important lesson: All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal. The tale shows how human nature and selfishness can bring corrution to, and even destroy, the most utopian society. This book should be required reading in any modern high school government class.
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