Hello Charlie!

In order to celebrate this wonderful thing called back-to-school, I wanted to talk to you about one of my summer readings.

Just a small clarification, this article isn't a book review so I won't have a very deep approach, just enough to make you buy this book ( at Book In Bar obviously).

So let me introduce «Animal Farm» by George Orwell.

First published in 1945, Orwell first called his book « Animal Farm: A Fairy Story».

The story begins with a meeting organized by Old Major, a prize -winning boar, who shares with the farm's animal his thoughts about their current situation. Old Major denounces Mr.Jones, the owner of the Manor Farm, guilty for their miserable and laborious life, and incites the animals to rebel against humans and to take control of the farm.

A few days after his speech Old Major dies, but his ideal of a rebellion doesn't and a few months after the animals, under the leadership of the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, take over the Manor Farm, hence renamed Animal Farm.

But under this aspect of fable is hidden a satire on the Russian Revolution under the leadership of Staline.

Indeed, if at the beginning the dream of Old Major approaches the communist ideal of Karl Marx, Orwell narrates the history of a revolution with corrupted ideals and power-hungry leader.

I hope these few words about this book gave you the urge to read it!

Johana