Animal Farm Free Write

For my free write, I just want to write random stuff that I thought about when I read this book.

First of all, the frustration.
All the animals in this book, except for the pigs, are all dumb. They are so dumb that I practically yelled and cursed at George Orwell for making the characters so dumb. I don't mind when a character decieves one another. It's a battle of wits. But in this book, one could be mentally retarded and could still run that joint. I'm just thankful that Orwell didn't make the animals dumber.

Secondly, I couldn't help but to make some historical references in this book. I read somewhere (I forget where) that Orwell wrote this book during WWII and it was degradeing Soviet Union. One could think that the Foxwood Farm as the United States, the Pinchfield Farm as Germany and the Manor Farm as Soviet Union. The Pinchfield Farm falls near the end of the book, and towards the end, a fight breaks out when the Foxwood Farm and the Manor Farm meet together. In WWII, Germany fell and the United States and the Soviet Union had the Cold War afterwards.

Last, I couldn't help but to compare this book to 1984. To me, this book is like a prequel to 1984. Animal Farm, when we replace the animals with people, clearly shows us how the government in 1984 got into power. The Big Brother is Napoleon, Emmanuel Goldstein is Snowball, the pigs as the Inner and Outer Party, the dogs as the Thought Police and the paroles are the rest of the animals. Interesting...