The year 1984 has come and gone, yet George Orwell's prophetic nightmare vision in 1949 of the world we were becoming is timelier than every. 1984 is still the great modern classic of negative Utopia, an original and powerful novel that creates a startling world. Animal Farm In this satire of the Russian Revolution, Manor Farm is transformed into Animal Farm, a democracy proclaiming, "All Animals Are Created Equal." After totalitarian rule is re-established, the reality becomes, "But Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others."