Animal Farm

Written by George Orwell in 1945 about a farm where animals take power and form
their own government, which will eventually become a brutal tyranny.
It is considered a veiled criticism of the Russian Revolution and the corruption of
Soviet socialism in Stalin's time.
The main theme of the play is the abuse of power, and how it corrupts those who
possess it, leading to greed, discrimination and betrayal. Thus, Rebellion pigs on
the farm use their power to manipulate and deceive other animals and secure their
hold on them.
Is also a strong criticism of the government of the USSR and is generally
considered a fable describing the failures of communism.
After World War II, respect for Russian communism as a form of government had
grown considerably, and George Orwell tried to show through his book that Russia
was not a true socialist society, but a ruthless tyranny.
It also deals with criticism against totalitarianism of any kind (a frequent theme in
the works of George Orwell) and examines the displacements and manipulations
suffered by historical truth in moments of political transformation.
Another frequent theme in George Orwell's work that will be present in Animal
Farm is the use of force and violence as a means of social control, as can be seen
in Chapter VII of the book, which describes the Persecution and the extermination
of internal opposition within the farm.
In 1917 begins the so-called Russian Revolution that led to the fall of the
government of Czar Nicholas II, and to the establishment of communism in Russia
(which became known as Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or URRS from 1922).
This regime lasted until 1991. Leaders of the Revolution were Vladimir Ilyich
Ulyanov (better known as Lenin) and Leon Trotsky, who seized power through
arms, and established a workers' state, under the dictatorship of the proletariat,
based on the ideals of Marxism and the elimination of property Private. However,
after Lenin's death, Joseph Stalin took control of the USSR and the Communist
Party of the Soviet Union, establishing a model of reforms from above and of
"socialism in one country" to the detriment of the theory of permanent revolution Of
Trotsky. This meant a system of political purges, and Leon Trotsky, his
sympathizers, and other democratic communists and anarchists were persecuted,
imprisoned and murdered.