Animal Farm) Question 1

What is the major theme of this novel? Why is this theme important to a teenager living in 2007?

Animal Farm is a fairy story to give critique of the history of Russian Revolution. The author retold the story describing the rise of the power of the dictator Joseph Stalin by using many symbolisms. The theme of this novel is ‘Once you have a power, you should use it in an appropriate way.’ It means that you need to control self greed. Since pigs had natural intelligence, they didn’t work but conducted and controlled the other animals what they need to do for farm. They were smart among the entire animals in the Animal Farm, especially Snowball and Napoleon. The book is clearly written whether a focus of power in one person is healthy for a society. It also encourages the reader to dig in whether rebellion is going to be turning into a way of dictatorship and whether this particular power in society is only part of human nature. This is displayed in the action of the pigs, through the way how they drive their own power. As a teenager living in 2007, this novel gives me a sense of what is really important beyond power, and about the leadership. I think a true leader is the person who doesn’t control people, but listens to them and trying solve any conflicts to lead to improve our life. Therefore, George Orwell is trying to criticize the Stalin’s communist government and showed that he was the boss, not the leader, who didn’t listen to the others, only took the profits.