Animal farm 2

As the Introduction of the UBSPD to the "Animal farm" observes,"Animal
farm" tells the story of a revolution that fails because it's leaders
have been corrupted by power". It further
informs us about how Orwell thought of publishing this novel
himself,as the manuscript was rejected by many British publishers.The
reason was obvious.The book targeted USSR,especially
JosefStalin.During the world war II,USSR was the principal ally of the
West in defeating Hitler.Publishers considered it 'unwise' to approve
the novel. The story reminds Lord Acton's thesis,"Power tends to
corrupt;absolute power corrupts absolutely".It's not a simple fairy
story,but a political allegory.It explains the consequences of a
dictatorship that is corrupted by power. I'll
say abt the characters in the novel wit their comparison in history of
Soviet Union in the next post:)