Animal Farm

initial impression — Old Mr Jones had a farm. Old Major just died. The beginning of a revolution!

Holy shit. I dived into this book without knowing that this is a political satire about the Russian Revolution!

Oh, how poor thing of Boxer to must have sacrificed his whole life serving the farm, working towards retirement and a better future for all the animals only to be sent to a slaughterhouse, in pretext of getting a medical treatment. I cry for Boxer!

Lowkey, before discovering that this book was about the Russian Revolution, I was kinda hoping that for Snowball to make a comeback and do a 180 take-over of the farm from Napolean.

Also, got this from Reddit, after finishing the book:

Old Major = Marx and Lenin

Mr. Jones = Nicholas II

Moses = Orthodox Church

Napoleon = Stalin

Snowball = Trotsky

Squealer = Molotov

Mollie = bourgeoisie

Benjamin = intellectuals

Boxer = workers in general, Stakhanov in particular

Dogs = Stalin's secret police

Mr. Jones falling on hard times = WWI

Rebellion against Mr. Jones = Russian Revolution

Battle of the Cowshed = Russian Civil War

Windmill project = Stalin's Five Year Plans

Animal "confessions" = Stalin's purge

Battle of the Windmill = WWII

Mr. Frederick = Hitler and Nazi Germany

And now, my mind is blown by the fact that this book is only 112 pages long, and yet it has so much depth and meaning. I can see why this book is considered a classic and is still relevant today. The whole U-turn to rebrand it back from 'Animal Farm' to 'Manor Farm' just seals the deal on how the pigs are just as bad as the humans they overthrew, and how power corrupts.

Also, wtf man that they keep gasligthing the other animals by changing the commandments and making them believe that they are still following the original principles of the revolution, when in reality they are just being exploited and oppressed by the pigs. Just because the other animals are illiterate!