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George Orwell · 1945
A satirical allegorical novella in which farm animals rebel against their human farmer, establishing their own society that gradually becomes corrupted by power. Orwell's sharp political allegory critiques totalitarianism and the corruption of revolutionary ideals.
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What this book knows
Power corrupts absolutely: revolutions betray themselves when obedience replaces conscience and language is weaponized against memory.
obedience-and-authority
Boxer voiced the general feeling: 'If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right.' He adopted this maxim in addition to 'I will work harder.'
AF-RC-027'If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right,' said Boxer. Squealer cast a very ugly look at him with his little twinkling eyes.
AF-RC-039Squealer read out lists of figures proving production had increased by five hundred per cent. The animals believed every word of it.
AF-RC-043ambition-and-status
Napoleon announced Sunday-morning Meetings would end. All questions would be settled by a special committee of pigs, presided over by himself.
AF-RC-026work-as-meaning
His lips still formed the words 'I will work harder'; he had no voice left. He did not care what happened so long as stone was accumulated.
AF-RC-056With a kind of surprise they remembered that it was their own farm — and a wave of happiness swept over them at the thought.
AF-RC-041Illuminates
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