i just noticed that it says this is a "fairy story." whaaaat. george orwell is a genius. a genius, i say. there's not a thing about fairies in this story.
but it is a story that everyone should read. it's only 139 pages. very short. very interesting. it's a mockery and criticism of government. i think it's supposed to be about communism, but i was surprised by how many comparisons could be made to other forms of government as well...
here's a couple quotes to convince you to read it.
"Whenever anything went wrong it became usual to attribute it to Snowball. If a window was broken or a drain was blocked up, someone was certain to say that Snowball had come in the night and done it, and then the key of the store-shed was lost, the whole farm was convinced that Snowball had thrown it in the well. Curiously enough, they went on believing this even after the mislaid key was found under a sack of meal."
"The animals were thoroughly frightened. It seemed to them as though Snowball were some kind of invisible influence, pervading the air about them and menacing them with all kinds of dangers."
hmm...
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