Animal Farm #1

What is the major theme of this novel?Why is this theme important to a teenager living in 2007?

There are several themes for Animal Farm. We could devide the themes in two basic parts and they are themes that are related to Russian Revolution and the themes that are related to our real daily lives. First of all, Russian Revolution was a fight between people against communism and commuists. Napoleon and all the other pigs are signifying the communists who have the most power over the animals in the farm, and Boxer, who dies at the end, is signifying innocent and obedient people who insist that communism is wrong and unfair. Throughout the book, there are many conflicts happening, which shows that communism brings lots of problems and sadness in people's life. On the other hand, there is a more important theme than just Russian Revolution. It is about the human's natural insatiability. People are naturally always greedy and crave for things that they don't have. They become jealous and suspicious about others easily especially these days, and all they think about is themselves; people became very self-centered. This kind of situation happened because of several reasons, but mostly, the gap between different levels of people had affected this situation the most. In our world, there are people who are so rich that they throw a dish of good meats that are not even half way done. They can do whatever they want with their money, and most of the time, these kind of people do not know how to share and distribute what they have with others. On the other side, there are people who are so poor and powerless that they can barely eat three meals in a day and get education. Because they can't wear fine clothes and get education, they automatically are not able to earn money for their lives. They obviously then are treated with no respect by other people, and this is what George Orwell was trying to talk about in his book, in my opinion. After reading the story, I thought back of the theme of the book and my life, and felt ashamed of my attitudes and acts upon other people. I told myself that I should be more humble and sharing just like treating my own family and friends. I also realized that I should love others more than just myself.