I was deeply touched after reading Orwell's "Animal Farm". When it comes to my opinions on this novel, I have to start with Orwell. In 1936, as a volunteer, Orwell and his wife went to the Spanish battlefield. On the Aragon front, a fascist bullet wounded his throat. While fighting side by side with Russian comrades, he witnessed the cruelty of the Soviet Communist Party in purging "Trotskyists" and implicating innocent people, and began to reflect on the red regime that had given him passion. "After I came back from Spain, I always wanted to expose the Soviet myth through a story... Until one day, I saw a boy whipping a cart horse... This reminded me that if these animals knew their own power, humans would I couldn't control them...I began to analyze the world and the problems it faced from the perspective of animals." (Preface to "Animal Farm") In fact, in this story, animals are people, but their images are different. It is precisely because of this role change that this seemingly allegorical but profound book is created. There is a farm in this story. On this farm, the animals work for the farmer every day, but they receive very little reward, which is just enough to satisfy their hunger. One day an old boar (Old Major) called them together and told them that you should stand up against the farmers and live a free life. After hearing the words of encouragement from the old major, the animals were all furious. They all geared up and sang the revolutionary song "The Creatures of England", imagining driving away the farmers and imagining the good days in the future. Subsequently, the revolution succeeded quickly and easily, and later a "Battle of the Cowshed" occurred, which laid the fruits of the revolution. Animal Farm was established, and the "Seven Commandments" were promulgated and became the law of the farm. The manor has two pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, as leaders. But soon Napoleon used his nine ferocious wolfhounds to drive away Snowball, and later put all the blame on him and promoted him as the enemy of the farm. In the end, the pigs became the leadership of the farm and became as cruel as the previous farmers. The previous seven commandments were secretly revised countless times, and finally only the last one remained: "All animals are equal, but some animals are equal." More equal than other animals”. Finally, the novel comes to an end with the faces of humans and pigs gradually switching and becoming confused. After reading this novel, the one who left the deepest impression on me was undoubtedly Napoleon. From the beginning, every move he made, such as secretly raising 9 "dog slaves" in the name of "education starts from childhood" and sending them to drive away Snowball. And in the future, all the blame was put on him, and he was promoted as the enemy of the farm. From all these aspects we can see that Napoleon was really a conspirator who benefited himself at the expense of others. Speaking of this, I couldn't help but think of China's "Gang of Four". These four people can also be said to be very powerful conspirators. Even under Chairman Mao's eyes, he dared to play conspiracies. During the Cultural Revolution, they persecuted intellectuals in various ways, forcing the thin-skinned ones to commit suicide, while the more tolerant ones were tortured to death by public opinion, and all of them lived miserable lives. What a turbulent and absurd time it must have been. Under their "making trouble", the people of China are in dire straits. China's young people ignorantly followed them and knocked down good people and leaders one after another. Fortunately, they did not succeed in the end, which allowed China to develop to its current level. Thanks to the party for its correct leadership. This made us once again firm that "we must adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party." Another thing that caught my attention was a stallion named Boxer. He was extremely powerful. He took the lead in battles and worked hard. He worked so hard and desperately all the time. What always encouraged him to work hard were his mottos "I will work harder" and "Napoleon's rule is always right." For Animal Farm, he has to say that his hard work has paid off. It is such a respectable member of the farm who ended up being sent to the slaughterhouse after becoming old, weak, and sick. This behavior really chills the readers. The fate of this character profoundly reveals the degeneration of the revolution: the rulers fool the lower class people and use them to serve their own interests, and when the rulers feel that they have no use value, they throw them away like rags. As a saying I once saw said, "Life was bad in the past, is bad now, and will not get much better in the future." This is the lifelong fate of the lower class people who have been fooled. I still remember what Old Mager said: "In the process of fighting against humans, we should not imitate them. Even if we conquer them, we will never follow their bad habits. Moreover, we must pay attention to that no animal can Bullying our own kind. No matter whether we are weak or strong, whether we are smart or slow, we are all brothers. No animal can harm other animals. "Look, this is what Old Mager wants. How wonderful. The reason why it is called a wish is that it was not successfully realized in the end. After the uprising first started, the animals and I were looking forward to the manor where all animals would be equal. Unexpectedly, after Napoleon came to power, he became more and more like Jones, and in the end, the animals could not tell whether he was a human or a pig. Seeing this, I can only say that there are too many temptations in reality, and there are very few people who can withstand the temptation. Just like the emperors of ancient China, there are always so many who are dissolute and corrupt the country. Animal Farm in the novel is like a utopia, beautiful but out of reach.
After watching "Animal Farm", the people who have the deepest experience are the ordinary animals who have been fooled. They are good people, very good people. They work hard and work hard all their lives, but they still go hungry and toil all their lives. Under Squealer's various rhetoric, they actually deceived themselves into believing that their lives had become better, at least they had freedom. As everyone knows, when Jones left, Napoleon came and became more serious. They were enslaved their entire lives. What a sad and pitiful group of animals. To use Mr. Lu Xun's words, "Sorrow for his misfortune, anger for his inability to fight". Let's look at the historical significance of "Animal Farm" again. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Soviet Union was like Animal Farm, beset with internal and external difficulties. So they worked desperately to build up their economic strength. First, they were always ready to repel the insidious attempts of the imperialist countries that planned to strangle the socialist country in the cradle. Second, they showed the ordinary people that only the Communist Party of the Soviet Union could save them. Russia, only communism can develop Russia. Construction cannot be inefficient, so all power and financial resources are transferred to the Party and the Central Committee, with economic construction as the center. Anyone who opposes is counter-revolutionary, and anyone who opposes will be killed. It was precisely due to the economic backwardness and excessive concentration of power in the early days of the founding of the Soviet Union that autocratic dictatorship and totalitarian politics developed. Stalin was just like Napoleon in "Animal Farm". He was also a revolutionary-blooded young man back then. This young man from Georgia stood unswervingly by Lenin's side even when he was exiled to Siberia, and he unswervingly maintained his communist beliefs. But when he ascended to the throne of power, due to the lack of effective restrictions on power and the supervision of the masses, he gradually lost contact with the people, abandoned the interests of the people, and became an outright dictator. In the 1930s, the brutal "Great Purge" campaign was carried out, killing tens of millions of innocent party members. But I think this is not a problem of Stalin's personal morality, but the corruption of the human soul by the system. Anyone in Stalin's position can only have a sad ending - becoming another Stalin.
Suddenly I remembered a sentence I read once, "Human nature itself is extremely weak. As long as you can live, it really doesn't matter whether you live like a human or like a dog." These words profoundly reveal the state of mind of the animals living on the farm. That is how they are, and no matter who rules them, their lives remain unchanged. Living is the greatest happiness. Their thoughts came from the environment in Animal Farm where Napoleon kept emphasizing that once Mr. Jones came back, the animals would not escape bad luck. The emperors of ancient China were even more familiar with this move. Once they overthrew the previous dynasty, they would vilify the previous dynasty in an unsightly manner. Let the masses tremble with fear when they think of the evil old society. Then praise yourself, sing red songs, write hymns, and everyone will be like the Korean people who cried bitterly and knelt down to pay tribute to the general. Who else can What about not being grateful?
As a socialist country, our country is undergoing modernization construction. I firmly believe that success can only be achieved under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. As the vanguard of the working class and the Chinese nation, the Communist Party of China represents the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the Chinese people. However, we have followed the former Soviet Union in struggle and construction for a long time, and many of the ills of the former Soviet Union have also been left in our country. On the body. When facing the achievements of reform and opening up, we should not be too optimistic, but should calmly face our shortcomings and deficiencies, earnestly promote the comprehensive development of politics, economy, and culture, practice the scientific outlook on development, and build a harmonious society. Under such a request, I think every party member and official should read this book "Animal Farm" carefully. I believe it will be of great benefit to the future of our party and country.