Animal Farm is a novel written by George Orwell, a British author, and published in 1945.
The book is about farm animals running a farm and becoming self sufficient. In reality, it is a .
satirical allegory of the Russian Revolution. It is a story with great details and surprising events, .
which makes it a good book to read. On the other hand, the movie has far less details and events .
to make it as interesting as the book. Though the story is the same, the lack of details makes the .
movie dull.
One thing that makes a book great is character. The movie does not show as many animals as .
the book does. It only presents the main ones. Even though this is a small difference, it can be .
noticeable. For example, the book shows Mollie, one of the animal characters, betraying the .
animals by being with humans, which makes the reader think that there may be more traitors. .
Unlike the book, the movie did not have a Mollie character, taking away the feeling of suspense .
for what was going to happen later on.
There were many shocking surprises in the book. One of them was that Napoleon was indeed .
a mean pig, but this is not noticed until later on in the story. In the movie, Napoleon had a bad .
image from the beginning. He had a mean look and there was also gloomy music when they had .
scenes of him, making him seem meaner. .
Another detail that the movie missed was that, in the book, all the animals could talk. "Beast .
of England" was hummed, when in the book, the animals sung it. The novel describes the .
communication skills of the animals, and their words represented the hate they felt for the .
humans and the injustice done to them. This is very important because this greatly motivated the .
animals to rebel. When the movie shows the animals humming "Beasts of England", it takes .
away the mood of the story. Another reason speech is important is because in the book, animals .
sometimes questioned authority. Boxer, the hard working horse, once question Squealer's .
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