In January I had the privilege of going to see an amazing production of Orwell’s classic, Animal Farm, by the Exeter University Theatre Company. Orwell wrote the book as an allegory of the 1917 Russian Revolution and in the story animals throw out their human masters and take over running a farm. The pigs, who are the most intelligent animals, take charge and things start out well with a fair democratic process. However, the scheming of the leader of the pigs, Napoleon, gradually allows him to become an outright dictator who uses the other animals for his own benefit. He is helped by a group of vicious dogs that he has trained and in particular by his propagandist, Squealer the pig, who justifies every action to the other animals convincing them that Napoleon is a great leader.
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In January I had the privilege of going to see an amazing production of Orwell’s classic, Animal Farm, by the Exeter University Theatre Company. Orwell wrote the book as an allegory of the 1917 Russian Revolution and in the story animals throw out their human masters and take over running a farm. The pigs, who are the most intelligent animals, take charge and things start out well with a fair democratic process. However, the scheming of the leader of the pigs, Napoleon, gradually allows him to become an outright dictator who uses the other animals for his own benefit. He is helped by a group of vicious dogs that he has trained and in particular by his propagandist, Squealer the pig, who justifies every action to the other animals convincing them that Napoleon is a great leader.