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Not all books are created equal: Orwell & his animals at fifty. (George Orwell's book 'Animal Farm')

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From: Commonweal
Date: 19960517
Author:Byrne, Katharine

'Animal Farm' is still relevant today because it teaches about the dangers of apathy and oppression. During his life, Orwell became distressed when some conservatives tried to interpret it as an attack on Communism, when it is really about the corrupting nature of all power.

Although he was a respected novelist and journalist in England during the '30s and early '40s, George Orwell (1903-50) had a hard time getting Animal Farm into print. He finished it in 1944 and sent or carried it from one publisher to another, but no one would take it. World War II was in progress. Russia was our ...

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