Animal Farm by George Orwell, core ideas/themes

 Animal Farm by George Orwell 👍

Here are the core ideas/themes, 

• Corruption of ideals
  The novel shows how a revolution meant to create equality can be twisted when leaders gain power and become corrupt.

• Abuse of power
  Those in authority (the pigs) gradually exploit others, proving that power without accountability leads to tyranny.

• Class inequality
  Even though the animals overthrow humans to end oppression, a new ruling class emerges, and inequality returns in a different form.

• Manipulation and propaganda
  Language, fear, and misinformation are used to control the masses (especially through Squealer’s speeches).

• Betrayal of the working class
  The hardworking animals (like Boxer) are loyal and self-sacrificing but are ultimately exploited and discarded.

• Loss of individual freedom
  As the pigs tighten control, rules are changed, dissent is crushed, and freedom disappears.

• Cycle of oppression
  The ending shows that the new rulers become indistinguishable from the old ones—oppression repeats itself.

• Critique of totalitarianism
  Orwell uses the farm as an allegory to criticize dictatorships, especially the Soviet Union under Stalin.