I can see why this is a classic book and I'm glad it was short, because the animals running the farm was starting to freak me out a little bit. It so brilliantly shows how governments can form and I appreciated the introduction that explained the time period when this book was published. I wish I could have seen people's reaction to this clear re-telling of certain government officials. It was amazing to see how a revolution turned into a dictatorship that is WORSE than the original situation the animals were in. It was especially interesting to see how the rules kept changing, former leaders were turned into evil enemies, and memories were questions if they clashed with the leaders. But of course according to the leaders, the farm is doing better! Something everyone should read.