Additionally, I loved the character of Boxer the work horse. Orwell does a fantastic job commenting on power corruption using the pigs to illustrate.

In particular, I liked how the pigs ascend the throne, with Old Major inciting the riot and Napoleon battling Snowball for overall leadership of the farm. In particular, I love how each animal performs a unique function and everything kind of 'carries on' despite upheaval and power struggle. Animal Farm was a quick listen that really captured my attention with its detail and fun parallels between animal and human.

A wonderful parody of human society where the animals revolt against their owners in hopes of creating a collective farm 'for us by us'. Loved how original and imaginative this title is, and how prescient it still is today. The audio book is very low cost, and well-worth every penny it cost. For me, it brought the characters to life, as I went through the story. It included some pretty nice voice-acting of the different characters. I felt that the narration was well done (except a few mistakes here and there). Though the characters seemed somewhat comical (that being the case with animals that is human-level intelligent, and trying to do human things) the creeping diabolical rise of tyranny was very well felt as I went through the story. I must say that George Orwell is brilliant in drawing out the horrors of a slow decent into a totalitarian authority, through such magnificent storytelling. This is my first own read and exposure to a book that talks about the same horrors in which Dr. Peterson) would frequently discuss the horrors of communism. Peterson for quite a while now, where he (Dr.

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