Animal Farm

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Summary: It was Great!
Review: Animal Farm, by David Orwell, is a spectacular book about a farm that is taken over by the animals that live there. The book tells how they work and manage on the farm It also tells the hardships they face. My favorite part was at the begining when they had to fight the humans off the farm.I also liked the other time they had to battle with the humans.I would have to say that my favorite charicter was Boxer the horse, I could really relate with him. I thought his charicter got better towards the end also. I would have to recommend this book to anyone. I think it would hold the interest of a variety of ages. It was excellent. You need to go pick this one up and read it.

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Summary: amazing book
Review: this book is absolutely great i loved it. the book is a satire explaining the russian revolution, but if you don't know anything about the revolution still read it because you could like it just as a animal book without any satire at all. i saw it as satire as must people do, but it is a great book anyway.

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Summary: Animal Farm
Review: I have recently read the book "Animal Farm" by George Orwell. This book is modeled after the Russian Revolution. It shows in a more humorous way using animals on a farm what happened during this time period. The story begins on Manor Farm which is run by a human. The animals on the farm were fed up with having to listen to a human and do his work. After a speech given by Old Major the oldest pig on the farm the animals build up the courge to revolt. The revolution is successful and they ran the human out. Once this occured the animals were free. This was untill the pigs took control. The pigs whose leader was Napolean (Stalin) and his friend Snowball (Trotsky) make up a set of rules to fallow. In the begining these rules were the ideal rules for a perfect nation evryone was equal. These rules were written on a wall for all animals to read and obey. This is all well and good until the pigs start to stretch the rules and even start to erase them from the wall. There perfect society goes down hill from thier. Read the book to find out what happens. I recomend this book to everyone. It is a short read and it is really fun. It teaches you many things and keeps your attention. Once I picked it up i couldn't set it down.

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Summary: Marvellous
Review: What a guy, Orwell wins the prize for the most depressing writer in living history. I love this book, just as I do "1984". If you feel down and want to know if you can sink any lower, then buy this and "1984" and spend an afternoon realising that your troubles are nothing.

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Summary: Too much power to one
Review: I just read the Animal Farm for a novel project. I think it is a very exciting book. After you have read if there are many higher ideas you can get from this book. It is easy to read and gives you a lot of information. I think that it really shows what can happen if to much power gets into one persons hands. It is also a really good example of the Russian Revolution. I think that using the animals is a great personification to the real life event of the Russian Revolution. Overall I think that this is a great book, easy to read, and is not a waste of your time.

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Summary: Similarities are evident in this satire
Review: The similarities represented in this satire are very evident, I did some reasearch on Trotsky and Stallin....wow! It's so evident it's almost scary. In most books there's underlined meanings, but in this one it's straightforward and to the point. I was reading the other recent review and I thought, "Alternative, what are they talking about, he's been dead for fifty years for one thing, and another thing, he's not Lewis Caroll. Imagine you're him; already hated by many, trying to convey your beliefs about Communism without labeling human characters Trotsky or Joseph. C'mon this is classic literature. It may not be the best written but there are still some good ideas set forth in this book."

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Summary: Animal Farm = 100 pages of fun!
Review: I could not put this book down and it sent chills down my spine. The story of a revolution gone wrong will have you looking at politics and government in a totally different way.

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Summary: Its a good Book
Review: This book was very good although i didnt really get into it until the first couple chapters

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Summary: Orwell-arific!
Review: The master of futuristic thinking once again seamlessly weaves the world of farm animals with Communism. If Napolean is really a dolphin, then machine politics is the hoop that he jumps through. I still think it should have been titled "Farm Animals."

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Summary: Timeless!
Review: I have read Animal Farm twice. Once as a student and once as a history teacher. Both times this book was great. I have not liked many of the books I had to read in High School, a seperate peace, Lord of the Flies, Shakespeare etc. and I am not a fan of the novel I am required to assign, All Quiet on the Western Front. However, Animal Farm is an exception. Well written, fun to read, short, and the best history of the Russian Revolution you can find. Anyone who wants to know about Communism and Stalin should read this book. It is brilliant. This book is required reading that actually deserves that status.