Animal Farm

The Inmates are Running the Asylum
Throughout history there have been many significant sociological and political schemes that have been tried out and failed or fought over. Many authors like to weave these into their story plots or base their novels on the developments that transpire during the course of refining these schemes. These types of books are called historical fiction. In these types of books, the theme is usually easy to identify, since they usually originate from very significant world events. Historical fiction books give the reader the author’s point of view on certain ideologies and belief systems. These books can be very informative and insightful. Animal Farm gives the reader an opportunity to deeply understand and explore the Russian Revolution through the analogy of an English farm where animals take over the farm from humans.
In George Orwell’s novel, Animal Farm, he recreates the Russian Revolution inventively using a story plot of animals revolti...