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Summary: George Orwell's Most Enduring Masterpiece
Review: George Orwell's ANIMAL FARM is in that rare class of books that can be read by a fifth-grade child who will enjoy it on a basic level, then by the same child as a teenager a few years later and be enjoyed on a more meaningful level, and finally, by the teenager as an adult several years afterwards and be understood for all of its profundity and wisdom. That is the mark of a true literary classic, and ANIMAL FARM is one of the greatest of them all.It is short enough to read cover-to-cover within two hours; yet, its symbolic meaningfulness can be pondered over for hours afterwards. Kids love to read about talking animals; however, it is the fact that these animals actually stand for PEOPLE that makes this novella truly the ageless work it is. This is one story that one can never outgrow. This is a story that shows us the dark side of human nature and, in so doing, shows us how easily we can fall prey to the natural hunger for power. Given the right conditions, it doesn't take very long for that to happen. At the time George Orwell wrote this in his native England in 1937, it was pretty obvious of the story's real setting and characters: Manor Farm was the Soviet Union, Old Major was Vladimir Lenin, Snowball was Leon Trotsky, and Napoleon was Josef Stalin. Now that that whole time period has long since passed, and there is no more Soviet Union, nor is there any more Communist domination of Eastern Europe, the question for us now is: What is the Manor Farm that exists today in our world? Who is our Snowball? Who is our Napoleon? And, has this Napoleon yet consolidated his power...???? MOST RECOMMENDED, ESPECIALLY FOR AGES 10 & UP
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Summary: Review?
Review: I don't know, maybe there are some books that are above review, especially given the reviews given by some of the ninth grade gits you can read below ("book was kind of boring, didn't get into it", "I'm sure the author was a nice person but it was a bummer book, read Harry Potter instead")
God help us!
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Summary: Excellent
Review: I love this book(But never finished 1984 for some reason). It isn't just about communism, but all systems of power. I will always remember the immortal "All animals are created equal, some more equal than others."
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Summary: It¿s not JUST about the Russian Revolution.
Review: I read ANIMAL FARM on my own in 8th grade, and was quite fascinated by it. Then I was assigned to read it in 9th grade and got a D on the final exam. (I can still remember my teacher reading my score out loud in front of the class and saying "Try studying friend.") The problem was that our teacher wanted to present it as an allegorical account of the Russian Revolution and I didn't want to see it that way. Okay, I probably deserved the D (and maybe the public humiliation) for deciding that my take on the book was more important than my teacher's agenda, and I'm forced to concede that Orwell DID use the Russian Revolution as the basis of the novel. But I STILL feel that ANIMAL FARM shouldn't be interpreted SOLELY in reference to the Russian Revolution. Yes, it's an allegory. It isn't just a story of a group of animals who take over a farm, then find that the pigs are worse masters than the humans were. But it's not just about one particular revolution that went awry. It's about ANY attempt to overthrow tyranny that goes wrong because its leaders really want to establish their own tyranny. At a more general level, it's about ANY idealistic movement that goes wrong because some group of people within the movement really want to achieve their own self-serving goals. And it's about how ANY ideal can be twisted and corrupted. The famous statement that "all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others," probably sounds a lot like some type of policy that a lot of you have had to live under at some time or another. But ANIMAL FARM is also about the Russian Revolution. So, if you find yourself studying it under a teacher who feels that all students are equal, but that students who see it her way are more equal than others, try and see it her way and don't get yourself a D.
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Summary: Animal Farm
Review: This is a book that changed my fathers life. He killed all his pigs to prevent a rebellion like the pigs did. Now he sits on a bench and says "No pig is gett'n me. NOW WAY." Some people took hom away in a funny white jacket.
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Summary: Cannot Find an Adjective
Review: This book had so many wonderful things about it- I'm not too sure where to begin. Well, for starters: Who rights about animals taking over the world, or atleast there farm??? This story was so incredibly random. Maybe if it was meant for kids it wouldn't be so random, but this was transformed into a piece of teenage/adult literature! It is based from World War II. Overall, this book was brilliant! Honestly, there is just no words. Not even one part bored me in the least. By far, it deserves this five.
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Summary: Become an informed citizen
Review: Animal Farm should be read by everyone, even if it is not on your "required reading" list. It's short, less than 150 pages, and it has 10 chapters. Inside, you can find a tale of farm animals and their toils and tribulations as they run their own farm. Sounds nice and cute, huh? Not in the least. First, there is Napoleon and Snowball (pigs), the leaders. However, Napoleon runs Snowball out of the farm using his personal body guard: 9 dogs he has trained to kill. There are mass slaughterings, betrayals, and enough chilling speeches to make you nervous. Napoleon succeeds in brain-washing nearly every animal into believing his every word and obeying his every command. Even if this seems outrageous, consider the fact that it is based on Stalinist Russia. Read this and learn about history, and learn to be informed.
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Summary: Odd and compelling
Review: What an odd little book! We had to read it for class, along with some others, and I loved it! Great food-for-thought, as they say. Here's our reading list for the year: Animal Farm
To Kill a Mockingbird
Bark of the Dogwood
Of Mice and Men
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
East of Eden Of all of these, Animal Farm, Of Mice and Men, and Bark of the Dogwood are my favorites! Enjoy!
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Summary: Chris Warren on-line review
Review: I thought this book was great. In hte story the animals of the Mason Farm rebel against their owner Mr. Mason. The animals make a set of rules so they are to not become like humans. Soon the pigs of the farm begin rising in power and the rules begin changing to the pigs benifit. Then one day the other animals see a pig standing on his hind legs. After that the animals spy on a party the pigs are having with the humans. They then realize that the pigs are taking over the farm and that they are turnig just like humans themselves.
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Summary: evils of man..
Review: well I think whom ever reads this short book will take from it what they want. I didnt take it very much a as Socialist town(the Farm, which I'm not saying that it wasnt) but inanycase I saw the book on the evils of man. The pigs slowly changed their ways of thinking to better themselves. Just as we do now, and sometimes we as people forget where we came from. In a sense the pigs, became this very being. They improved everything for their ways a living. The reader will think as I did, yes it one goverment over throwing the other with its false statements to polute the minds of the week. And slowly what the animals fought so hard to abloish has reared it ugly head and are they better off than what they started as? Well you tell me..
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