The book's close, with the pigs and men in a kind of rapprochement, reflected Orwell's view of the 1943 Tehran Conference that seemed to display the establishment of "the best possible relations between the USSR and the West" – but in reality were destined, as Orwell presciently predicted, to continue to unravel.
ðə bˈʊks klˈoʊs, wɪððə pˈɪɡz ænd mˈɛn ɪn ɐ kˈaɪnd ʌv ɹˌæpɹoʊʃmˈɑ̃, ɹᵻflˈɛktᵻd ˈɔːɹwɛlz vjˈuː ʌvðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi θɹˈiː tɛɹˈɑːn kˈɑːnfɹəns ðæt sˈiːmd tə dɪsplˈeɪ ðɪ ɪstˈæblɪʃmənt ʌv "ðə bˈɛst pˈɑːsᵻbəl ɹᵻlˈeɪʃənz bᵻtwˌiːn ðə jˌuːˌɛsˌɛsˈɑːɹ ænd ðə wˈɛst" bˌʌt ɪn ɹɪˈælᵻɾi wɜː dˈɛstɪnd, æz ˈɔːɹwɛl pɹˈiːsiəntli pɹɪdˈɪktᵻd, tə kəntˈɪnjuː tʊ ʌnɹˈævəl.