Post #3274934
2026-05-08 08:29 UTC
It's was a critique of authoritarianism, using example of communist ideologies, in my opinion.
I didn't like the style, like in history textbooks, how they gloss over minute details? That's what I felt about animal farm. Like, it felt like most of the animal farm was written by a distant observer, not someone who lives on the farm. Most notably the book lacked first person dialogues. It was almost entirely written in indirect speech, except for a few moments.
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@lifeinlarkhall@lemmy.world 2026-05-08 09:24
I think that's kinda the point of allegories - they are timeless and open to interpretation. People read animal farm and can apply it to various parts of society, politics, philosophy. If it was too detailed and specific it would be MORE like a history book and just about the Russian Revolution. Which would likely not have had such a wide reach as it continues to have.
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@HubertManne@piefed.social 2026-05-09 17:16
I feel it is more about the human tendendcy toward authoritarianism. Like initially after throwing off the humans there are many improvements but they get slowly degraded. Actually maybe kinda about nationalism and such. Some see the issues and others blindly following the movement.