One of Orwell’s inspirations for Animal Farm is that he saw a boy whipping a horse.
Animal Farm's overarching theme is the ability of common people to maintain faith in a revolt that has been completely betrayed.
In the Animal Farm's preface, Orwell has described that he saw a ten year boy who was whipping a horse whenever he tries to look back and associated the boy's act of exploitation of an animal with the idea of rich exploiting the common people.
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