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What is the major theme of this novel? Why is this theme important to a teenager living in 2007?

The major theme in this novella, in my opinion, is that knowledge brings equality and control over the ignorance. Throughout the novella, only the pigs, who are the most intelligent have control over everyone else. Among the pigs, Napoleon exemplifies greatly a smart and witty leader manipulating all the other animals with the help of Squealer. Napoleon shows this manipulation by consistently changing the seven commandments to his own benefits. For example, when he starts sleeping in a bed, he changed the commandment to "All animals shall not sleep in beds with sheets." The other animals, not being able to understand any of the strange behaviors of the pigs, simply agrees to Squealer, who justifies every action Napoleon makes. Therefore, knowledge bringing power to oneself is one of the major themes in the novella, Animal Farm.This theme is extraordinarily important and relevant to a teenager living in 2007 because this theme shows that people must aquire knowledge to gain social status and control over others. It is relevant because this shows that having knowledge and understanding situations is the key to success, as success is known as the ultimate "goal" of every human being's life. Consequently, the theme I have explained is crucial to a teenager living in 2007.