So, it’s Saturday, August 17th, and I’m just sitting here trying to avoid reality and not think about what’s happening out there in the real world. Sadly, it wasn’t until I was in my late 30’s when I finally decided to start paying attention to the news and what was happening in the “real world”, courtesy of my late husband who insisted that I “care” about what the FU€KENING of it all is happening to this planet. Likewise, it was then that I started working backwards through some of the educational opportunities I totally took for granted and developed a love of history, learning, and reading. So, when I finally decided to give Orwell’s Animal Farm another whirl, it wasn’t just alarming, it was “what the FU€KENING”! In fact, it was on this day in 1945 that it was published. Meanwhile, I could wax poetic about this book and break it all down for you with my own words and perspective, but instead imma just share someone else’s even better and more PERFECT breakdown:
Through the narrative of Animal Farm, Orwell explores the bitter truth that even in the best of times we must remain vigilant, for there are always those who would willingly take control for their own corrupt purposes. The overthrow of a fraudulent government does not prevent the rising of an even worse establishment in its place. This is a truth that we may all take to heart and put into action within our own lives. The systemic injustices and abuses we see in the world around us are not something we should take lying down, lest the next day it is not our neighbor who is feeling the boot on his neck, but rather we ourselves that now suffer. While Animal Farm does not have a happy ending, this does not mean that we cannot do our part to make our world a happier, more just place for all who live in it. Read Animal Farm. I hope that it will have the same effect on you as it has had on me, and that by the end we each emerge more resilient, empathetic and with the willingness to speak against the wrongs we see in our world each and every day.
(CultureHoney.com)
With all that being said, I say THIS: WAKE UP AND SMELL THE TYRANNY, ANIMALS! Oh, and have a really nice day. Also? Maybe think about reading this literal Dystopian CLASSIC. Who knows? Maybe it’ll make you smarter!
The Diary Of My Perfection 