Hannah Jane Alter
Animal Farm is a book that represents the Russian Revolution in a farm setting. Old Major, the wise one, says that a revolt will come in the future; the animals underestimated how soon it would be. The animals took over the farm from Mr. Jones. After the revolt the animals said they would live by equality. That didn't last very long because the moreso dictator Napoleon chases Snowball into exile and turns everyone on the farm against him. Napoleon starts giving himself and other pigs more freedom and he starts going against his own rules. He starts socializing with nearby farmers, but the farmers come and blow up the windmill that they just built and tried to take over. Boxer, a horse devouted to his work gets sent out to the slaughter house by Napoleon because he is far too old to work. Other animals fess up and are killed for "crimes" they have done. Napoleon becomes friends with the farmers and soon after the animals claim not to be able to tell the pigs and humans apart.
I would not highly reccomend this book because it is entirely fiction. "The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which" (124). This book is also entirely juvenile with the talking animals "Four legs good, two legs bad" (50). In order to read this book, it would be best to have some knowledge about the Russian Revolution.
Golding,William. Lord of the Flies. New York: The Penguin Putnam Inc., 1954. (207)
This book is about a plane that has landed on a tropical island and stranded a group of boys. They are the only survivors and are facing life with only each other. The island iteself represents the world. The beast represents all the evil that people have within themselves. Jack represents anarchy or communism.