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Summary: Animal Farm
Review: Animal farm The book I read was called Animal Farm. It was about a group of animals who rebelled against there owner and formed there own farm. It was very exciting and I would recommend it to any one who would read it. In the story a pig named Snowball takes charge and becomes there leader. The animals teach each other to speak English and the pigs even learned to write. The pigs become the rulers while the other animals work. Many animals did not think this was fair, I know I wouldn't. Eventually napoleon "a large fat pig" takes over the farm and Snowball was never to be seen again. There were many things in the book and the animals even learned to build a windmill to generate power. got so advanced they started trading with humans and dealing with money. Personally I think it's cool that They so smart and teaching them selves all these things. I really liked this book and would advise you to read it. It was a really out of this world book but it was still good. It Was one of the best books I had reading all year. I hope to read some other good books I could tell you about. I think you should go and read this book right know.
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Summary: Simply Amazing
Review: This book might not be that long, but it is truly amazing. It will make you think and realize how the world can change. If you have not read it, please do.
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Summary: De te fabula Narratur, Mr.Stalin
Review: Or, in English, "the story is about you" Mr.Stalin. What George Orwell had in mind when he sketched this book, was to portray the big difference there is in the political world in what regards political intentions and political deeds.
The story is in fact a very original political fable, where the animal characters are in a disguised way impersonating key political figures of the late USSR.
The optimism of the beginning of the Russian revolution, with a lot of colorfull overtones inherited from the works of Marks, Engels and even Lenin, subsides later into sheer persecution of the characters not fit for the revolutionary task, in a shadowy remembrance of the blatant persecution Stalin engaged himself against people suspected of being dangerous to him.
This book along with 1984 immortalized Orwell as a creative and preocupied man of his time against the danger of totalitarianism.
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Summary: Changing rules are bad
Review: Animal Farm is a short, yet powerful book. My least favorite part was when they took Boxer away to have him chopped up for horse meat. Although he somewhat deserved it for his blind and unquestioning obedience, it was disheartening nonetheless. The despotic and dictatorial rule of Napoleon is not only depressing, it is even more oppressive than that of the humans. When Napoleon's rules start to change, watch out. One should always question rules and the authority of others. Room for improvement always exists. It is o.k. to work together altruistically in order to achieve a common cause - if there is room for individual advancement in the spirit of objectivism. The bottom line is this - autocratic totalitarianism, and alcoholic maniacal pigs for that matter, are deleterious to your health - and should be avoided at all costs.
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Summary: A GREAT BOOK
Review: This was one of the greatest books i have ever read. As long as you have studied a few revolutions of the 1800 and 1900's you will fall in love with this book. I highly recomend this book to everyone.
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Summary: Russian Revolution
Review: Some reviewers have missed the point completely. Animal Farm is a re-telling of the Russian revolution (around 1917). Napolean the pig is Stalin, Snowball is probably Trotsky, Boxer probably represents the working class, the farmer represents the Czar system, the greedy outsiders represent capitalism, so on and so forth. If you are interested in history, this is a clever read. The rise of socialism, and the corruption that followed. An interesting way to make a political point, read it.
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Summary: Brilliant work of chilling fiction based on human society
Review: George Orwell is a compelling author who write work that tells us much about the human condition. For his novel '1984,' Orwell envisioned a future where a government structure has almost complete control over the saturation and consumption of it's people, causing them to belive all manner of nonsense. In 'Animal Farm,' he takes his concept of human beings and government and turns it into a somewhat chilling satire on society. On Mr Jone's farm, a dying pig expresses her feelings about the thought that animals should unite for the common good, and go against the slavery of their human oppressors and develop a collective for equality among animals. AFter staging a rebellion against their owner, the animals take over Manor Farm, and rename it Animal Farm. Under the leadership of Snowball and Napoleon, two pigs who took the old sows words to heart, a chain of commandments and other ideas are put forth. However, this newfound style of government soon gives way to corruption and deceit, which is soon mirrored in sudden changes to policy, conspiracy theories, and more. Orwell has done such a great job of crafting a simple yet short story, that you find yourself double-checking what the policy for Animal Farm truly is a story that shows what happens when a government becomes corrupt and forces in power can take over the citizenry, preying on those of weaker intelligence and making a mockery of the very ideals they strove for. But then again, ORwell is bringing up a reasonable point: Man cannot hold to his ideals. Not to his own, and not to his Creators.
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Summary: Not too good
Review: the book 'animal farm' was not very good. we read it in english, and the book is so boring i almost fell asleep reading it. george orwell must be old. i do not recommend this book to anyone.. try watching tv instead. but dont watch the movie, its worse than the book.
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Summary: Anaimal Farm
Review: There is a farm owner who treats his farm animals really bad. So the animals decide to have a rebellion. They chase the farmer, his wife, and his worker man off the farm. Then two pigs (snowball and nepolean) take charge of the farm to keep it civilized and running right. they do everything the farmers did but not in such a harsh way. Later on the animals have a plan to build a windmill to have electricity on the farm.Then the farmer and his man attack te farm and kill many of the animals but the animals manage to defeat them.So nepolean wants absolute control over everything so he had trained some puppies to be his guards. He sends the dogs after snowball and they chase him off the farm. Nepolean then breaks all the rules and make sure everything goes good for him and the other pigs. He works the other animals really hard so that they can make the windmill that snowball came up with but nepolean took the credit.Later that year the animals r attacked again but this time the humans bring guns and kill alot of the animals but the animal ran them off still. Later on the farm falls apart and the aniamals slowly die and offspring come. The farm stays poor looking and trashy.
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Summary: A classic fable
Review: The great thing about Animal Farm is that it can be read at a number of different levels. I suspect that the majority of readers these days are not particularly interested in matching up the characters of the various pigs with Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin etc., or the events of the tale with their corresponding historical moments, though it can certainly be done. It can, and has, also been read and enjoyed by children as an amusing and cautionary tale without any political significance. But I suspect that most readers these days will appreciate the book as a thought provoking rumination on the corrupting effects of power. Orwell, the man who gave us the phrase 'the Cold War' as well as 'Big Brother is Watching' wrote this fairly late in his career, just before his magnum opus 'Nineteen Eighty-Four', when he was at the hight of his creative powers Animal Farm remains an entertaining, if brief, read, and every literate person should read it at least once as a child and once again as an adult.
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