A literary work that has greatly influenced my life would be the work of George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Orwell once classified the book as a “fairy story” but it is to many other things to be simply classified so casually. It has been described as a fable, a political analysis, an allegorical lesson, but more importantly a satire on humane folly. Derived from his actual experiences with Soviet communism, Animal Farm delivers a strong …showed first 75 words of 412 total…

…showed last 75 words of 412 total…is when the superiority complex initiates. Often it begins with neglect of consideration for other people. Someone stated an intellectual is a person whose mind watches itself. From this statement one could conclude that when you have the discipline to check your own actions, the neglect of people, the lack of compassion, the abuse of power would never even become a complication. Often a good “fairy story” can serve as a subtle reminder of this.