Animal Farm

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Summary: The Animals Are Comming!
Review: This book wasn't that interesting to me. If you like books that deal with the political jumbo, this is the book for you. Personalily is it didn;t appeal to me. The book is mainly about a bunch of animals who decide to take over their farm. Eventually it becomes a dictatorship when its plan where originally to be free. This didn't appeal to me, but it may work for you. Good Luck!

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Summary: "Aminal Farm" old story saying true
Review: The book Animal Farm by George Orwell is about the life on a farm. The animals and the farm duties are neglected and the animal are fled up with Farmer Jones. lead by a prize pig Major the animals decide to revelt. The aminals take over the farm and run the farm for thenselves when doing this they change the name to Animal Farm and then they were completely in charge. later the story of the animals break the rule and make their own rules for life on the farm. This only leads to problems with the different operation of the farm.This story is told in a simple strahtfoward style. Also this story is fictitious story that is a fable. This means that is usually has a moral and animals act like humans. Orwell did a excellent job of making these animals look like humans. An example of this is how the dogs still bite and growl and the still support Napoleon's drive for political power. Another example is how the pigs eat mash and they also drink whiskey. Also how they walk on two legs by the end of the story. For me, the moral of this story was reveled in the last lines of the story. "Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creature outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again, but already it was imposible to say which was which"(p.p,139). Also this story has great description that kept the students or readers interested. This book was very the plot of the story very well. This happened when the last commandment was written "But some Animal are more equal than othes". This had been proven true when the pigs rebelled from all other farm commandments and owner. This book seemed to be very interesting and realist, for this reason I did liked. Even though these were animals, their actions were almost just like humans. This story makes you see that there isn't a perfect society anywhere. However, there is always someone who tries to prove themselves superior to others by breaking the rules. This is a excellent book, you should read it. EXCELLENT BOOK !

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Summary: Animal Farm
Review: Animal Farm, by George Orwell, is a novel that ridicules communism. Animalism, which represents communism, was a revolution that didn't work. Animalism was supposed to make life better for the animals but instead the quality of life only decreased. By the end of the story, the government had become corrupt, there was a dictator, and the animals had become slaves to the pigs.

The story begins with the animals going against Mr. Jones, the farmer, because of the way they were treated. The animals felt that the farmers received all the goods for the work they did. So they created a government named Animalism. In Animalism, there are no owners, no rich, but no poor, workers got a better life, and all animals are equal. The animals established the Seven Commandments, which were laws that intended to give basic rights to animals and protect them from oppression. The goals of the government

were also set up. The goals said that everyone was equal, there would be more food and sleep for all, there was to be respect for all animals, and they would build a windmill to make life better for all. All this didn't exist by the end of the book. The animals were getting less sleep, less food, and less respect. The windmill became a source of money for the leaders, not for all the animals. The seven commandments were gradually changed to suit the just the pigs until there was only one commandment left. This commandment said that some animals are more equal than others. This was the exact opposite of what they originally intended to achieve. Animalism no longer existed.

At the beginning of the story, there were two pigs that led the animals. Snowball was honest, inventive, and good with words. He stayed in touch with the animals, and truly wanted to make things better for them. Napoleon, however, was dishonest, bad with words, and was not inventive at all. He wanted to be above all the animals. He never wanted to make things better for them. In order for Napoleon knew that in order to be above all the animals he had to get rid of Snowball. He did so by getting his dogs to scare him away, making it so Snowball would never return. Napoleon was then in total control of the farm and the animals. Napoleon and the pigs started acting like humans, their enemies. They did everything that they had once said was wrong. Things were worse for the rest of animals than when Mr. Jones was running the farm. Once Napoleon takes over and forms the dictatorship, the animals are forced to work. Napoleon and the pigs owned the farm and the others became slaves to them. The animals "volunteered" or they got less food. The dogs used force; and Squealer, another pig, would lie to them to make them work. The pigs weren't fair to the other animals at all.

Orwell shows that revolutions are not always for the better, which was his intent. He wrote this to show his opposition to the communism in Russia. The outcome of the book shows what happened in Russia, as Stalin and Lenin turned into Napoleon, trying to dictate a country.

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Summary: This Little Piggy was a Fascist......
Review: George Orwell perfectly depicted the corruption and disintegration of a fascist and totalitarian society in his book ANIMAL FARM. The characters he depicted were a perfect resemblance to the lead players in the Russian Revolution.

With there being several ingrediants to a successful revolution, ANIMAL FARM embodies most of them. The first part of this was a state of crisis. The animals of the farm were overworked, treated poorly, and not fed enough. Such was the case in Russia under the Czar's rule. They needed a leader to guide them through the overthrow. For the animals, it was Snowball and Napoleon; and for Russia, it was Stalin and Trowsky. Orwell creates a genre of the situation that is easier for people to understand.

The end is incredibly compelling where the animals would look at the pigs and humans sitting together at the table, and could no longer tell the difference between the two. Stalin had reformed to what he had led a rebellion against, such as the pigs took the likeness of the humans; which they claimed to hate.

This book is exceptionally written, and is recommended for everyone to read to get a better understanding of the Russian Revolution.

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Summary: Animals vs. Humans Rebellion
Review: The book Animal Farm is a fantastic illustration of communism in the world today. Fiurst, an old pig on an English farm has a dream about the animals rebelling against the humans. The old pig dies, but his dream still lives on with the animals. Then, the animals rebellion happens unexpectedly because the farmer has not fed them. The humans were run off the farm. Also, there is a rivalry on the farm between two pigs. One is named Napoleon, and one is named Snowball. The rivalry ends when Snowball gets forced off the farm by Napoleon's guards. Then Napoleon is in total control of the farm. He alters the commmandments that Snowball had written. Next, the pigs on the farm have broken all of their animal traits. The animals on the farm are unable to tell teh difference between the pigs and the humans. It's like the pigs are a reflection of the humans. Due to the reason above this book reflects how communism occurs in countries. I would definitely recommend people read Animal Farm. First, this book shows a reflection of human nature in a communist environment. It shows the pigs on the farm taking what they need to get a task done. Napoleon eleminates anybody that gets in his way of ruling the farm. Also, the book shows a great deal of teamwork between the animals. The animals on the farm built a windmill and a storm destroyed it, and they just worked harder and faster to build another windmill. Finally, it shows a good relationship amongst the animals on the farm. Boxer, a work horse, was a role model for everybody on the farm besides the pigs. He would never give up on anything. He always would work harder and faster to get things done. He would make certain sacrifices to help the farm. Overall, I think people should read Animal Farm.

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Summary: Great Reading!
Review: The story of Animal Farm is written by George Orwell. In the story Old Major calls a meeting of the animals to discuss his dreams. Old Major wants the animals to stop being slaves. Then Major teaches them the Beasts of England song. Sadly, Old Major died, but his dreams were still alive with the animals. Old Major's dream was called Animalism. Next, the humans are run off the farm. The animals are upset because the farmer was not feeding them. Then Napoleon, the leader of the farm, gets rid of Snowball by having "his dogs" attack and chase Snowball off the farm. Also, Napoleon takes away the last signs of the rebellion. He changes the name of the farm back to Manor Farm. Finally, Napoleon and the other pigs turn into humans. They walk on their hind legs, wear clothes, and talk. All in all, Animal Farm is a sad story. I would suggest that adults and teenagers read Animal Farm. One thing I liked about the book was that the animals demonstrated good team work. The animals carried in the harvest and they helped rebuild the windmill that a storm destroyed. Another thing I enjoyed was Old Major's character. All the animals really looked up to him. Finally, I liked the idea of all animals or humans being "comrades". We should all learn to be friends. I would definitely read this book again.

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Summary: Orwell Scores a Plus With Me!
Review: I think that George Orwell's book is a great book. It does have some seriouos topics like war,death,freedom, etc. But overall the book brings a lighthearted mood beacuse of its useage of animals as characters. This book can be read by many levels from young teen to adult. Mainly because of its use of animals as characters. That is the key in Orwells' book. So If you are looking for a good book that is not like any other you will read i would imagine that you should pick up Orwell's book at www.amazon.com!

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Summary: Swine
Review: A savage, telling satire on totalitarianism in general, the perversion of the communist ideal at the hands of flawed men in particular. If nothing else, 'All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others' will live forever. The later '1984' tackled a similar theme in a bleaker, more monotonous manner, and seems to lack the sense of disgust that permeates 'Animal Farm'.

Despite being a 'classic', with all that entails, it's actually quite short, to-the-point, blackly comic, and written in a clear, crisp style that makes you wish all political allegory was so easily-approachable. A generation of schoolchildren were probably put off this book by school (for a time it was a popular, slightly-controversial choice amongst English teachers), and traumatised by the sad fate of Boxer, the horse.

There was an aminated film, too - equally effective, it stuck faithfully to the novel, with the addition of a more optimistic ending, one which seemed to mirror the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union.

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Summary: Don't take this book literally!
Review: At first, this book seemed absurd-- we are reading it for my English 2 honors class and many people had questiond about the literal interpreataion of this book, ie, "Animals can't talk!' but the book's message amazed me more on every page, and I almost screamed at the end. Terrifying, and a must read.

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Summary: The political animal is a pig!
Review: This book shows how any ideology, however altruistic, eventually grows rotten as a political organization administers it.