Animal Farm: A Fairy Tale
George Orwell (1903–1950), born Eric Arthur Blair, was a British writer and journalist whose work offered incisive critiques of totalitarianism, propaganda, and social injustice. His novels Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four remain central texts in political literature and ethical discourse
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
Animal Farm is George Orwell’s political fable about revolution betrayed. When the animals of Manor Farm overthrow their human master in pursuit of equality and self-rule, their utopian ideals are slowly eroded by fear, propaganda, and the consolidation of power. What begins as a promise of collective liberation ends in a regime more ruthless than the one it replaced.
Written as a satire of revolutionary authoritarianism, Animal Farm exposes how language, memory, and moral compromise are weaponised to maintain control. Its warning is not confined to any single era or ideology – it remains a stark study of how power corrupts, and how easily truth is rewritten by those who claim to rule in the people’s name.
