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"Animal Farm", which was rated as one of the world's top 100 novels by Time Magazine, is translated as "Animal Farm" in Chinese. It is very short. I was waiting on a stone bench by the roadside and read the English version of it on my mobile phone that day.
Compared with George Orwell's other famous story-"1984", "Animal Farm" is generally relaxed and lively, not so scary, and not so gloomy. The story is narrated objectively and calmly, without as much stream of consciousness as in "1984", so it is more pleasant to read.
Recalling now, the scene that touched me the most in "Animal Farm" was not the great revolutionary soldier Pig Snowball vs. the owner of the manor, nor the witty leader Pig Napoleon presided over the trial of the hen who destroyed the harmonious manor society, nor was it for the construction of a beautiful manor. And the death of Boxer, the hard-working stallion, is the scene of the pigs and the crowd partying at the wine table at the end of the novel. There, the pig herd, as the ruling class of the animal farm, under the leadership of Napoleon, toasted with the human rulers of the neighboring farm to celebrate the successful conclusion of an agreement on economic, political, and cultural cooperation-"Which are pig faces and which are There is no way to distinguish the human face."
This ending obviously expresses George Orwell's pessimism and lack of confidence. The disintegration of the former Soviet Union and the downfall of the socialist countries in Eastern Europe one after another, George Orwell, the great prophet (the allegor?), has never given any hint. The pessimism at the end of "1984" is the heavy heart of human beings, the pessimism at the end of "Animal Farm" is the chaotic thump of beasts, and the author's pessimism is the same-Freedom once lost, is lost forever).
Of course, compared with the "pre-liberation" situation in "Animal Farm", the freedom at that time was a matter of degree. The owner of the manor, Mr. Jones, has a good drink and snooze, leaving a lot of free space for the animals to organize and assemble and even connect together. From a theoretical analysis, as long as private ownership exists, "exploitation" will always exist. If all the output is for consumption by the animals and there is no profit at all, the bankruptcy of the entire estate is beyond doubt. After hard work, the animals have time to study and analyze the theory of class exploitation, and conclude that only by armed seizure of power to achieve public ownership is the only way for the animal class to obtain true and complete freedom. This great revolutionary theory.
Obviously, with the support of this theory, the animals who succeeded in the revolution finally liberated the productive forces, the pace of manor construction has surpassed history, the results are gratifying, and the theory of class struggle has been proved by practice. Now that everything has been proven to be politically correct, thinking has no meaning at all. As long as it follows the direction specified by the great mentor Napoleon, it is in the interests of most animals. For the manor that pursues the highest efficiency, freedom is superfluous. If freedom is no longer needed, the issue of equality will become increasingly urgent, so there is a famous saying in the animal farm-"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
Advanced theory Once formed, sovereignty and stability issues become extra important. In "1984", the large-character poster "War is Peace" engraved on the building of the Ministry of Truth is an indispensable part of this theory. Its weight is equivalent to "Imperialism will never die." Its core value is "Slavery". It’s freedom.” Totalitarian dictatorship is nothing but a mockery of world civilization—thinking is ridiculous, and all thinking is inferior to “historical choices”.
The human estate also needs the export products of the animal estate. From commodity exchange to value exchange, there is only one step away. There are only eternal interests. There are no eternal friends and enemies. Pig faces and human faces are not far apart. Therefore, whether animal farms or human farms, the evil that forms a powerful alliance will pull the scattered and chaotic conscience into the water. However, for For the animals kidnapped by interest groups, this means that once freedom is lost, it will never come again.
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