Which of this information is common knowledge and which is not:

1-women and minorities make up 52.7 percent of the workers in american businesses.
2- mohandas gandhi was a pioneer in the concept of mass civil disobedience.
3- the cheetah is the fastest-moving land animal.
4- smoking kills more tan 400,000 people every year in the united states.
5- abraham lincoln was the sixteenth president of the united states.

animal farm, written by george orwell, is a representation of russia after the revolution that led stalin to take over power.

in this excerpt, the central idea seems to be that the animals (a representation of society), when they believe to be working for a greater good and equality, are obedient and productive. they were convinced that, after expelling the owner (jones) from the farm, they would live in harmony and be fairly treated.

as we know, the pigs become the leaders and grow more selfish and dictatorial with time. in the end, they look and act in a way so similar to humans that it is impossible to tell the difference. the ideals of equality are shattered, and the farm turns out to be worse than it was before. the animals are manipulated with false propaganda and forced to work in order to enrich the pigs.