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Comparing Animal Farm and Gulliver's Travels
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Wide Reading Assignment In both Animal Farm and Gulliver's Travels, there are many parts which comment on human behaviour. However, neither book approaches this subject directly. Both stories are allegories - stories that have two meanings. The surface meaning is simple and is usually portrayed in the form of a simple story. This makes it easy for the reader to understand what is going on. Underneath the surface is a deeper meaning that is harder to understand. Animal Farm Animal farm is a story about a good idea going terribly wrong because of greed, jealousy and power. An idea is put forward for a world where animals rule themselves. At first this is a good idea. The farmer, Mr Jones, is thrown off the farm and Animalism comes into practice. Later on, however, certain animals become more and more like leaders, and after a while the farm is being ruled by a dictator. George...
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