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ANIMALFARMTheallegoricalallegoryofantiUtopianpolitics反乌托邦政治讽喻寓言BYGROUP3ANIMALFARMananti-totalitarianclassic，publishedin1945August.AnimalFarmisalsoapoliticalnovellas,fableisaformofnarration,whichisgenerallyralativelyshortlength,butextremlysatireandeducational.TITLE&CATEGORYABOUTAUTHOREricArthurBlair,betterknownbyhispennameGeorgeOrwell,wasanEnglishnovelist,essayist,journalist,andcritic.Hisworkismarkedbylucidproseandawarenessofsocialinjustice.BACKGROUNDOrwell,ademocraticsocialist,wasacriticofJosephStalinandhostiletoMoscow-directedStalinism,anattitudethatwascriticallyshapedbyhisexperiencesduringtheSpanishCivilWar.TheSovietUnion,hebelieved,hadbecomeabrutaldictatorship,builtuponacultofpersonalityandenforcedbyareignofterror.InalettertoYvonneDavet,OrwelldescribedAnimalFarmasasatiricaltaleagainstStalinandinhisessayWhyIWrite(1946),wrotethatAnimalFarmwasthefirstbookinwhichhetried,withfullconsciousnessofwhathewasdoing,tofusepoliticalpurposeandartisticpurposeintoonewhole.IntroductionoftheMainFigures•OldMajor-----pig,putforwardtheideaofanimaldoctrine,alludetoMarxandLenin.•Snowball-----pig,oneoftheleadersoftheanimalManor,Anenemythatwasexpelledanddeclaredarevolution,alludetoLeon.•StalinBoxer-----horse,thefaithfulpursuerofanimal'sconceptofmindrespondspositivelytothecallofrevolutionaryleadersandsymbolizesthebroadmassesofgoodpeoplewhobelieveinrevolutionarytheory.•TrotskyNapoleon----pig,oneoftheleadersoftheanimalManor,laterbecametheleaderofthemanorAlluding.•Benjamin-----donkey,anintellectualwhosymbolizesindependentthoughtandhasdoubtsabouttotalitarianismbutprotectshimself.STORYLINEApiginthefarmnamedMajordiedafterputtingupthetheoryofhumanexploitationoflivestockandlivestockneedrevolution.Aftertheyears,apigledarevolutioninthefarm.Theoriginalexploiters--farmers,werechasedaway.Thelivestockrealizedthedesiretobemastersofthefarm,tastedthesweetnessofthefruitofrevolution.Andthefarm,renamedanimalfarm,andformulatedtheconstitutionofthemanor,thesevencommandments.STORYLINEButsoontherevolutionweresplit,thepigswhohadacquiredtheleadershiphadmoreandmorepowerandspecialtreatment,graduallyseparatedfromtheotheranimalsandeventuallytransformedintothesameanimalexploitersashumanbeings.Andthenameofthe“animalfarm”hasbeengivenup.BOOKREVIEWIsupposeditwasaninterestingandjoyfulnovelbeforeIreadit,becauseIthoughtitwassomethinglikeafairytale.However,itwasreallysarcasticandtheendingmademeangryandsad.Thesituationwasthattheyoverthrewthehuman’scruelrulebutrebuildanothercruelrule.Thosepigswerecleverbutverymean!TheyexpelledSnowballaway.Theyalwaystoldliesandexcelledinturningblackintowhite.Theylackedofsympathy,compassionandlove.Theyweretotallyselfish.Manyofthemfoughtagainsttheauthoritybutremaineddead.BOOKREVIEWHunger,hardshipanddisappointmentaretheunalterablelawoflife.Andyettheanimalsnevergiveuphope.More,theyneverlostforaninstanttheirsenseofhonorandprivilegeinbeingmembersofAnimalFarm.