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"Animal Farm" is one of Orwell's outstanding works. It is a dystopian political allegory that penetrates the heart. A group of animals on the farm successfully carried out a "revolution", driving their exploitative human masters out of the farm and establishing an equal animal society. However, the animal leaders, those smart pigs, usurped the fruits of the revolution and became more dictatorial and totalitarian rulers than their human counterparts.

A pig in the farm of "Animal Farm" died after proposing the theory that "human beings exploit livestock, and livestock must rebel." A few days later, a rebellion led by pigs broke out in the farm. The original exploiters, the farmers, were driven away. The livestock realized their wish to be "the masters of the country" and tasted the joy of a successful rebellion. The farm was renamed "Animal Farm" and the constitution of the farm, the Seven Commandments, was formulated. But soon, the pigs leading the rebellion split, and one pig was declared an enemy; thereafter, the pigs that gained leadership had more and more power and more and more special treatment, gradually separated from other animals, and eventually transformed into livestock exploiters exactly like humans, and the name Animal Farm was also abandoned.

This "Collected Essays of Orwell" contains fifty-one articles by George Orwell, spanning nearly twenty years and covering almost his entire writing career. In these articles, Orwell expressed his disgust for totalitarian politics and his pity for the people at the bottom with his vivid and powerful writing style. In addition, his discussions on literature, language, writing, etc. Are also profound and thought-provoking. George Orwell (1903-1950), formerly known as Eric Arthur Blair, was a British left-wing writer and journalist. He was born in British India and later entered Eton College through his own efforts. After graduating from Eton in 1921, he joined the British colonial police in Burma. In 1927, he left his job and returned to England, where he began a four-year wandering, reaching deep into the bottom of society. He began his writing career the following year, leaving behind many outstanding works for future generations, including famous anti-totalitarian and dystopian novels such as "1984" and "Animal Farm." In addition to these two novels, he is also quite successful in his prose writing.

"The Road to Wigan Pier" is a work by Orwell. Orwell's on-the-spot investigation into the impoverished lives of miners in northern England revealed class suffering, combining documentary depth with reflection on social justice.

"Shooting the Elephant" is based on Orwell's experience as a policeman in the colony. Through the decision of being forced to shoot an elephant, it reveals the individual plight under the alienation of power. The cold writing hides a profound reflection on human nature and the colonial system.

"Nineteen Eighty-Four" is Orwell's masterpiece and can be called the most famous anti-utopian and anti-totalitarian political allegory novel in the world's literary world. In his novels, words such as "Big Brother", "Doublethink" and "Newspeak" have been included in authoritative English dictionaries. Common words such as "Orwellian" and "Orwellism" have even been derived from his surname, which continue to appear in the writings of journalists reporting on international news, which shows the profound influence of his works in English-speaking countries.