So far my reading experience hasn't been too enjoyable because of all of the excess work that I need to do in order to understand what is going on in the book. Normally when reading a book I read it through from cover to cover and that's all I look at to understand the book. Instead, for this book I have to read along with what was going on in Russia at the time simotaneously while I am reading Animal Farm. It just about doubles the amount of time that it takes to read because I have to double comprehend what I'm learning.
So far what I have gathered from reading Orwell's novella is that, he is trying to illustrate a dystopian, backwards, not properly functioning society to symbolize what was going on in Russia at the time. The book starts with the change of the Farmer being the one who has the power on the farm to the animals who have the power. Hence the tittle of the book "Animal Farm." This seems all great and fine intially because it seems like the animals have it figured out and they display the community type of feel for eachother, but this all soon changes.
The immediate changes that I can see in the first layer of the plot is that conflicts began to arise between Snowball and Napoleon. They seemed very competitive and acted in a way that made them look like they wanted the sole possesion of the power.
It then escalates rather quickly when, while at a farm meeting, Napoleon ques a whistle for the dogs that he was training to chase Snowball off the farm. The only reason he had this done was because he didn't agree with the plan that Snowball proposed.
All in all, I feel like Animal Farm is the most interesting way that I have seen someone express their political views. It's also a pretty good story. I'm looking forward to what happens next!
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