Animal Farm by George Owell

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”

Animal Farm is one of those books that has always been on my To Be Read list --- I finally decided to take the plunge and read it. I took less than one day and it's rather frightening at how closely it relates to today's politics.

 It is basically a novel about revolution and the ensuing government but animals tell the story and we are all animals after all, aren't we?

Basically the animals converge together to overthrow, Farmer Jones and take over. Initially everything is in a Utopian state but the pigs (45, anyone?) team up together and use various tactics to overpower the rest of the animals. The use lying, overwriting history, backstabbing to take control and sabotage the original plans set forth.

This little book packs a lot of messages, the most important one being that power corrupts. Owell was a genius and his book stands the passage of time, which is a bit scary if you ask me.