The author of Animal Farm is George Orwell, whose pen name is George Orwell. He is English. His works basically have two themes, poverty and politics. Animal Farm belongs to an outstanding political fable in the 20th century. I am not very clear about his specific life, but after reading Animal Farm in one breath, I was attracted by his writing techniques of using animal metaphors and satirizing false political faces and his desire for democratic socialist system. He is neither a politician nor a philosopher. He only works with his keen sense and personal experience of physical and mental torture to people in dire straits. Like a wise man detached from the times, he writes and depicts naked reality with his own heart, calling for freedom and equality. Not only human beings are calling for freedom and equality, but also in Orwell's eyes, animals are calling for freedom and equality, and they also want to have their own world.
Animal Farm tells the story of animals on the farm, headed by pigs, attacking farmers and hiring people, thus driving farmers and others out of the farm and managing the animal farm themselves. The whole book is not thick. I read it all at once. The more I read it, the more interesting it becomes. The management methods of animal farm perfectly depict the operation methods of unfair politics and the social reality of bullying vulnerable groups. I feel the same and am filled with indignation. Now I will share some personal feelings as follows.
Animals are unwilling to accept the management and slavery of human beings, rise up and resist, and eventually become the masters of their own homes. This should be an inspirational story. But the story didn't go your way. The cleverest pig among animals took on the heavy responsibility of management and began to use the "seven commandments" to restrain and motivate animals. With the passage of time, the content of the "Seven Commandments" also keeps pace with the times, and the established rules gradually tilt towards the interests of pigs. When pigs become "noble pigs", they can not only enjoy the most food without labor, but also enjoy a little food for other animals. Although food is unfair, they enjoy more freedom and food than human beings manage. Time flies, the group of pigs is getting bigger and bigger, and the level of pigs can no longer be shaken, so dogs are responsible for security work. Pigs began to live in farmers' houses, wear farmers' clothes and start trading freely with human farmers around them. Other animals try to work day and night according to the cakes painted by pigs, and their free time is getting less and less, so food can only fill their stomachs. But now they dare to say it. Anyone who resists will be eaten by dogs. Pigs completely ruled the manor and began long-term friendly trade cooperation with human farmers. From then on, people and pigs did not invade each other and lived in harmony. It's just that animals other than pigs and dogs are still doing their jobs, completing their tasks day after day, and there will never be a day off. The "Seven Commandments" became their "Seven Commandments" and the rules became their rules. Pigs and humans are equal in painting cakes, and animals make the most beautiful wedding clothes, which makes pigs' freedom and dreams come true.
Isn't this a true portrayal of human society? The law of the jungle in the animal kingdom has long reminded human beings of the survival of the fittest, and human beings are only advanced animals with relatively successful evolution. All the rules of the animal world are also suitable for human beings, but human beings are more thoughtful, advanced, knowledgeable and good at making rules than animals. It can be seen that Orwell has long understood this truth, but he can be a policeman with peace of mind, but he can't stand the torture of his conscience and chooses to resign from public office, which reminds me of that sentence: knowing the world and not knowing the world is the kindest maturity. Not everything you think is meaningful will have the same meaning to others, and meaning is only valuable to you.
Hierarchy and social stratification have always existed. Even if the tide is gone, it's just a different person and a different way of playing. Why are the leaders of animal farms pigs, not other animals? Because pigs are smart and have high emotional intelligence, they understand the voices of other animals and their deep needs, and they can think of how to guide and control them to serve themselves. In Maslow's demand theory, the realization of self-worth is the highest level of personal demand. Why can dogs, like pigs, enjoy food beyond other animals in animal farms? Because dogs are fierce and can protect the lives of pigs, they are very suitable for being bodyguards. They are of great value and indispensable to pigs. The self-worth of natural dogs has been realized, and they can enjoy rich food without working. Your bloodline and your value will take you to a higher level, and you will be driven by fewer top people in the pyramid.
On the other hand, if dogs don't want to wait on pigs, but are complacent and narcissistic, they will fly around in the moon like other animals and do nothing. So even if you are really independent, but you can't enter a higher level circle, you are also a self-righteous winner. You may be comfortable, but you must be very sad.
Remember the "seven commandments" that pigs give to animal farms? To put it bluntly, it is the rule. At first, all the animals in the manor acted in full accordance with the "Seven Commandments", because the original "Seven Commandments" fully met their expectations after defeating the peasants, and were the reward and insurmountable knowledge for turning over serfs to sing. But gradually, pigs began to violate the seven commandments, confuse black and white, and justify themselves. Finally, they even revised the contents of the Seven Commandments. Simple animals are confused and confused. Understand that animals are killed by dogs as soon as they have the motivation to resist. The rest of the animals chose to embrace the new rules and praise the greatness and wisdom of the pig nobility. Rule makers have the highest decision-making power. Countless people try their best to wear a halo, just to have more decision-making power and reduce the fate driven by others. The wheel of history is rolling forward, and people's pursuit remains unchanged. No matter how many wheels have been changed, the driver's aura has not dimmed, but has become more and more dazzling. Rulers like to shout slogans, and people begin to shout along. The more you shout, the deeper your belief. No one cares whether the slogan is reasonable or not. Later, slogans became people's beliefs and rules became people's rules. Rule makers are only responsible for supervision. Whoever fouls will get 30 big boards. If you dare to resist, people's spit will drown you.
New animals are constantly multiplying and old animals are dying one after another. Who still remembers the scene when fighting with human farmers at that time, only staying in memory. In the last paragraph, people and pigs get together and get entangled. "Don't ask what happened to the pig's face. All beings outside look at people from pigs, pigs from people, and people from pigs, but they can't tell who is a pig and who is a person. " . Thought-provoking.