Comparing 1984 and Animal Farm

George Orwell is perhaps one of the greatest authors of political ficition in our time. Two of his most famous and most popular novels are undoubtedly Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm. Orwell considered himself to be a socialist, but he was very critical of communism and especially totalitarianism. These two books explicitly express Orwell’s political opinions, especially by means of satire. However, after reading and analyzing the two novels, it is clear to see …showed first 75 words of 1821 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1821 total…begins to think about the injustices of the past, and how they may be happening to us in the present, and could happen still in the future. We just might be too brainwashed to realize that even though Staling died long ago and Nineteen Eighty-Four is now twenty years behind us, politically we have not advanced much from Orwell’s descriptions. Perhaps it is human nature and destiny to be subjected to unfair, undemocratic rule.