Animal Farm by George Orwell

Image generated using Adobe Firefly AI I picked up Animal Farm right after 1984 . I expected something smaller and easier. It is smaller. It is not easier. The plot is almost too neat. Animals kick out the farmer, promise a better world, and end up under a new set of tyrants. Orwell keeps it plain, which is exactly why it works. Nothing feels dressed up. You watch the hope drain out of the farm…