Rating: Summary: A moderately well written book, but needs more action. Review: I thought Animal Farm was good as books went, but not as good as you hear when asking about it. The characters and plot were well thought out, and were defined mostly by the communist take over of Russia. The representation of major players from the revolution was good for the most part, but was missing some major players. There were however some very memorable moments in this book. One particular one is when the windmill is destroyed. Overall the end result is that it is worth the price to buy this book.
Rating: Summary: Different ways of looking at people, and problems. Review: It was good because The animals showed real life situations, and different ways of dealing with it. I liked the book because, the animals had the own views, opinions and beliefs. The only reason I didn't like the book is we had to read it for school, and it really isn't going to help me grow in my education, the only history behond it is the Russian Revolution, so why don't we get to the pt. and read a book about the Russian Revolution? Instead of reading the book about animals. Otherwise, it thought it was ok.
Rating: Summary: Animal farm is a great book, I highly recommend it. Review: Animal farm is about a bunch of animals who take over a farm. In this book pigs are the smartest of the animals so they are the leaders. All the animals work together working the land and harvesting the crops. The leaders of all the animals are two pigs one named Napoleon and the other named Snowball they are leaders because they are the smartest of the pigs. Napoleon which is the more negative of the two starts to disagree with snowball's ideas. Eventually Napoleon trains some dogs to be very mean and they end up chasing Snowball of the farm for good. Now that snowball is gone Napoleon gets power crazy and end's up killing many of his fellow animals. Atthe end of the book Napolean walk's upright and dresses like a human. At the begining of the book they were totally agianst this.I highly recommend this book because it's easy to read and very interesting.
Rating: Summary: A very good satire. Review: This book is an excellent interpretation of ditatorship and how easily a person in power can allow that power to go to his/her head and eventually bring the downfall of that society.
Rating: Summary: great book Review: there is nothing much more to say than great book, and go out and read it
Rating: Summary: One of the best books this century Review: In Animal Farm, Orwell illustrates that the "classless" "utopian" society that marxist communism attempts to setup is unacheivable. It demonstrates human natures want and need of power. Using pigs as the leaders of the communist government that was setup was a nice touch of symbolism. I highly recommend this book.
Rating: Summary: This Book was a wonderful story about Talking animals. Review: this book was an exellent example of how I think that animals would run the world if they were in control. Although this book seems strange to many people, talking animals have intrigued many childeren and adults. I think that George Orwell expresses many of his political veiws through the animals. I suggest that you read this book to see the excellent writting style used my Orwell.
Rating: Summary: I find this book very interesting and great to read! Review: I loved this book!!!!!!!! It is on a level higher than the normal reader can thoroughly comprehend. I do believe it is a wonderful book for secondary education and I would encourage all political enthusiast's to read and re-read this wonderful book. I believe that it should be a book that should be encouraged to be read. So I reccommend reading this excellent literary masterpiece!!!!!
Rating: Summary: Emotionally powerful Review: What most people don't seem have said in their reviews of this book is just how strongly Orwell makes you feel about the animal's situation. At many points, such as when Boxer is taken away, you feel yourself wishing the animals would realize what is being done to them. Like in Orwell's non-fiction books its through his objective, journalistic approach that you emphasis with the characters. Its this emotional power that makes the book great and not because it is a satire about the Russian Revolution. I would strongly recommend that anyone who did enjoy Animal Farm, try to read some of Orwell's earlier books, like "Coming Up For Air" and "Down and Out In Paris and London". AND I think its very unfair to start burdening Socialism with some of Communism's flaws.
Rating: Summary: An excellent satire. Review: I loved this book. The characters were interesting. The story was compelling. This book was overall great.
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