FAQ About George Orwell

"Animal Farm" is an allegorical novella by George Orwell that tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to establish a society based on equality and freedom. However, the pigs, who lead the revolution, gradually become as oppressive as the humans they overthrew. The novella serves as a critique of the corruption of revolutionary ideals and the dangers of totalitarianism, symbolizing the events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union.