Animal Farm - George Orwell

This book is a very sensitive portrayal on the failed concept of communism . George Orwell uses the situation of the animals in the farm who rebel unitedly against the one human being who runs the farm till they drive him off his own land . Euphoric with the success , the animals swear to never let humans dominate them again and start forming a community with the pigs taking the leadership as they were believed to be the most intelligent of the lot . A set of commandments are drawn proposing equality to all animals , no more slogging for the selfish humans , proper nourishment to all the animals and so on . An idealistic environment is created in the farm ! However as proven an idealistic government or a community is fictitious because slowly power , corruption , lies , manipulation creeps in . So much so that the animals under the Pigs (who form the so called government)do not know whether they were better or worse off under their previous master . Communism as we all know is a very desirable concept . Everybody is attracted by the idea of equality for all , equal wages , equal comforts , etc . However it has never worked , the biggest failure being that of the USSR (now Russia) . Man can never be suppressed and his desire to achieve all is an inborn quality , he needs to grow and tying him to a fixed position will make him rebel all the more against authority . Orwell has depicted the flaws of a communist authority and the gaping holes of the so called idealistic government witting manner . It is a simply written book with a meaningful message . One of the best books I have read till date !