To understand
whywrote as an , it is useful to look at his explanation in the
Preface to the Ukrainian Edition in which he outlines two key
reasons.
Firstly, Orwell states that he felt compelled to tell the world
about the horrors being committed by Stalin in the USSR:
"It was of the utmost importance to me that people in western Europe should see
the Soviet regime for what it really was."
For
Orwell, Stalin's politics were so far removed from true Socialism that he wanted to tell the
world about it.
Secondly, he wanted to portray this story in a way which made
it easy for people to understand:
"I thought of
exposing the Soviet myth in a story that could be easily understood by almost anyone and which
could be easily translated into other languages."
The inspiration for a farmyard came a short time later when he saw a little boy, aged
around ten years old, driving a "huge cart-horse" and whipping it "whenever he
tried to turn." It suddenly occurred to Orwell that if this animal realised its strength,
it could easily overpower the boy and the rest of our society. From this, Animal
Farm was born.
To read the Preface in full,
please see the first reference link provided.
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