I think I previously mentioned in another blog post that I have already read half of Animal Farm by George Orwell. I really enjoyed the book but because I borrowed it off someone I can't read the other half unless I buy the book.
Animal Farm is about a farm which is originally run by a farmer, but then overthrown by the animals living there and they are now in charge. The farm is then run in a communist manner, where all animals are treated equally and live by a set of rules written on one of the barn walls which follow the lines of just doing things differently to humans. However, over the course of the book the pigs begin to elevate themselves above the other animals and start living more like humans.
I think it is a really interesting book and I love the way Orwell has portrayed real events and depictions of society using the animals in the farm as a metaphor. I think this could be quite fun to try and illustrate.
I have also read a few chapters of 1984. I'm also really enjoying this book but I'm finding it harder to visualise than Animal Farm because its set in quite a surreal dystopian society, and I think I would have to read the entire book to understand it properly. I'm not sure I have time to do this, so I think the best idea would be to choose a different author to research further.
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