Ever since the pigs took control of Manor Farm, times have become tough. To maintain their freedom, the animals must work vigorously into the night. The horses tirelessly transport the stone for their windmill, the sheep spend all day tending to their crops and the chickens selflessly give up their eggs. They all do this to appease the pigs, who have become the head of the farm, yet do none of the taxing manual labour. The pigs claim that leading the farm is the hardest job there is, and requires loads of rations to keep up their diminishing energy. But as time goes on, the pigs only seem to be getting fatter, while all the other working animals are succumbing to starvation. And yet, the working animals stay motivated with one simple fact, at least now they have freedom. George Orwell's goal when writing Animal Farm was to show the world how the Soviet Union first started. The problem with this plan was that any anti-Soviet literature would be hard to publish in Britain as they had an alliance with the Soviets. To get past this, Orwell would use farm animals to represent the people and classes of the revolution and he would give it the subtitle of “A Fairy Story”. Today Animal Farm stands as a landmark point in both the career of George Orwell and literature in general. It deserves to be read for centuries to come. If you enjoyed this book, you may also find interest in Orwell’s other works such as 1984 and Home to Catalonia.