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Summary: Great novel about the dangers of Communism.
Review: With its bizzare illustrations, this version of George Orwell's immortal classic is a true delight and a thought provoker. Animal Farm is one of the greatest George Orwell books, next to 1984, that I have read.
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Summary: It all depends on watch you're looking for.
Review: It's a good book, but not for a plot. If you're looking for an interesting illustration on the Rusian Revolution, it's pretty good. If you're looking for entertaining literature, I'd keep looking.
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Summary: G. Orwell's masterpiece accuratly portrays totilitarianism.
Review: Animal Farm, written by George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Blair) is the story of a group of over-worked, under-nourished farm animals who revolt against their drunkard farmer and set up what starts as a paradise of fairness, justice and, above all, equality - that is, until feuding pigs degrade it into a totalitarian dictatorship worse than the conditions the animals suffered before the revolt. Written in a simple manner, Orwell unfolds an amazingly realistic and well thought-out tale wrought with depth and vividness that makes this book very hard to put down. As the reader witnesses the evolution of the leaders of Animal Farm from seemingly well-meaning leaders to manipulative, malignant beasts, the truth and evident prophecies of the tale come forth. George Orwell's masterpiece accurately portrays the enslavement, morals, leaders, and lies which are a horrible part of totalitarianism.
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Summary: I'm in 7 grade
Review: the book is about a farm where the animals revolt and set up somthing called animalism which represents true comunism but soon goes wrong alot like the soviet union and the pigs resemble many soviet leaders such as stalin
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Summary: I READ IT AND WILL REMEMBER IT FOREVER!
Review: When I first read 'Animal Farm' I fell in love with the workhorse named Boxer. To me he was the main focas in the stro, but when he was sold to the glue factory, I was crushed. I cried and cried. When I saw the TNT version of the moive I still cried at the part were Boxer was loaded up into the van. Ever since then my life has changed at the way I look at work horses. If I were there I'd have saved Boxer, But it would never come true. Now I plan to do something about horses that are sent to the glue factory after the worked so hard, after all...they deserve better then a death so horrible.
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Summary: Underlying Message
Review: Although Orwell may have been making a mockery of the russian revolution, which in itself was a joke, the book conveys such a shocking, gravitational message it must be considered a piece of excellence. Abuse of power and corruption of authority are horrifying realities that exist in our society today. Orwell's message is universal. We must appreciate his genius and respect his ability as a writer. This is a great book, and is essential reading for anybody that appreciates true literature.
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Summary: READ IT, YOU WILL REMEMBER THIS BOOK FOR AS LONG AS YOU LIVE
Review: I read this book about two weeks ago. It took me a week to read it. I am in 7th grade and 13 years old. I have not learned one thing about the Russian Revolution, but it's not about that, so it doesnt matter. Animal Farm is about freedom, not about a certain revolution. It could have been about the French revolution, or the american revolution! It doesn't really matter which revolution he based it on, the message remains the same. I have read other reviews to this book and either call it a terrible book about the Russian Revolution or a wonderful story about it. But truly, I never thought about that revolution at all when I was reading it. The story is rather sad, especially the ending, but it was a rather appropriate ending. "When they looked from pig to man and man to pig, they realized they couldn't tell the difference between the two." Or whatever. That really affected me, and I hope it does you, too. If there's something good that people (or animals) want to happen, and they start it, there's always one person (or animal) that wants to manipulate the others into thinking that what he/she/it is doing is good, even though it's really bad. I loved this book, and I would gladly read it again. I don't know why the school's make you read it in high school, but I think that they should make it earlier, because this book was wonderful. PS- I haven't read 1984 by Orwell yet, and if you've read it and enjoyed it, or not, then e-mail me. I want to hear all about it!!!!
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Summary: Snitch for Brit. Intel. s diatribe on russian revolution
Review: This is george orwells take on the russian revolution that tells lies and myths after another. I would suggest that others read historical tracts to reveal Orwells obivious bias and work for the british ruling class. He maligns the great achievements of the working class in the soviet union to animalism, also how human can change and create a better society. Eventhough the SU had its imperections and finally in the 1950s returned to capitalism(which they called socialism).
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Summary: Communist Pigs!
Review: Major had a good idea,but like Karl Marx's,it was not executed the way he thought. Snowball wanted full power,and got it by making extravigant promises-but,like Trotsky,was exiled before he got too much power. Napolean wanted full power,and got it by training dogs secretly,then getting rid of Snowball-and then said he would lead the animals to freedom. Like Stalin,he established a dictatorship. Moses the Raven told wonderful stories of the hereafter-and the animals needed to hear those stories best when they felt downtrodden-for,like religon,Moses' Sugarcandy Mountain was their Opium. Squealer was devoted to reporting the news and like many newspeople,reported it only as he saw it and made it sound good,no matter what! Boxer was devoted to work and the leaders-and like the many workers in camps and factories,did his work mechanicaly until he couldn't any more. Benjamin accepted that life was the way it was,and saw the real truth behind the Rebellion-one ruler would only be replaced by another. For those disppointed in the epilouge in the TNT version-try to imagine it as a reference to the fall of Commuist Russia-which Orwell didn't live to see.
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Summary: Stinks is the only word...
Review: Listen guys... if you don't know a thing about russian revolution. if you've never beeen close to history class, if you've never heard a thing about communism, and you want to read this book for your english class... HALT. You wont understand a sinle theme, a single symbol, a single point... WHY NOT READ SOMETHING REASONABLE THEN???
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