Animal Farm

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Summary: life: it all comes back to the animal farm
Review: "all animals are equal, some are just more equal than others." Never did words ring so eerie, never did words ring so true. The philosophy underlying The Animal Farm and 1984 are so scary because they are so very close to reality. We don't have to imagine "what if the animal farm came to be . . . ?" or "what if 1984 came to be . . . ?" Because the animal farm and 1984, subtly, silently, with a viselike grip, already do exist. It is their proximity to reality that makes them terrifying.

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Summary: Don't read this right after reading Nineteen-Eighty-Four
Review: I tried to read this after reading 1984 (which I really enjoyed), and found Animal Farm to be really irritating. I guess it's because Orwell is trying to say similar things re:totalitarianism etc., and once you've figured out what he's saying, it's boring trying to get through the actual story. The illustrations in my particular book was annoying too. I think I should try to re-read it next year.

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Summary: Weakness dominated by strenght fear and trickery
Review: This really has been one of the most excellent books I've ever read, it really shows us how politicians fool and tell lies to other people taking advantange on their ignorance and economic situation, it shows how governments manipulates the law and constitution to their own benefits, breaking their own rules. Defenitly what Orwell intends to show us, is to be concerned about all people, and be aware of our leaders, but most of all it shows us no to be cowards, like most of the animals when they wouldn't dare to say the mistakes the pigs had made. SO JUST TO FINISH I TELL YOU THAT YOU SHOULD ALWAYS STAND UP FOR YOUR BELIEFS, DON'T LET ANYONE TAKE ADVANTAGE ON YOU BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH SOME ARE POORER SOME RICHER, WE ARE INDEED ALL EQUAL¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

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Summary: Interesting and Well Written
Review: Even if you know nothing about Communism, read this book, because it relates to life in general. I know its pessimistic and wrong but some people will always be "more equal than others." I also enjoyed Orwell's articulate and precise writing style. I can only say it went by too fast.

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Summary: WOW!!!
Review: We Read this book in 9th Grade (just last year) and I thought it was really good!!!! Its a book that can be read at different levels with different meanings. I was very impressed with it, it was scary, suspenseful, and sad. Deserves all 5 of the stars. You will never look at a pig the same way again!!!!

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Summary: Satire that taps the human condition, but lacks development
Review: Few authors have been capable of holding as individual a style as Orwell, for whether it is Nineteen Eighty-Four or Animal Farm, Orwell makes sure he stamps his beliefs onto the reader. Here in what Orwell describes as a 'fairy story' we see the bitter irony of socialist politics and collectivism corrupted by those very elements they initially overthrew - elitism. Animal Farm is a short read, and because of this, it has to be intense, which it is. The moral engagement of the reader is exceptional - for Boxer, Old Benjamin, and the ruling pigs (Napoleon/Squealer) are all styled to draw from us a unique response. Yet Animal Farm, with its great potential and success, fails to develop as much as an innovative idea such as that it uses could offer. The novel, it seems, tends to stop developing by about the fiftieth page, the 'political' structure of the farm in place. After that Orwell only gives extensions off the back of what happens earlier in the novel. That is not to say the novel does not have impact - it does, but by the concluding pages I, at least, was yearning for more. More injustice, or a happy resolution via a new Rebellion, or a development of the social structure of the farm along the lines it had started to take, would all have performed a great encore. A wonderful skeleton of a novel exists, but in a sense, it lacks 'meat on the bones'. It is well worth a quick read, don't doubt it. And the numerous strands of themes running through the pages are not to be missed. Yet, something about Orwell's style here - apart from his trademark 'depression' - is not fully exercised. But there is something there

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Summary: The best (and only) books I've read so far this year :)
Review: When I first started reading this (at age 25) I was ridiculed by a friend for reading a "kid's book". I think Animal Farm trancends age groups in that there's something to be learned by people of all ages. I particularly liked the way the revolution is shown as a full cycle, to the point where the animals are not only back where they started from, but in a worse situation. I also liked the way Orwell simplifies not only communism, but capitalism (and maybe dictatorship?) also (being a system full of holes and ripe for the evils of greed and power).

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Summary: Simply, the best book I've ever read
Review: I've read Animal Farm 3 times and each time I read it I get something more out of it. My 7th grade teacher made my class read it to illustrate communism. It worked great and showed us how tempting communism is and how easily it can spread. No matter how old you are, I suggest you pick up a copy of this book and read it.

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Summary: Educational, not interesting!
Review: Although the book teaches you many educational facts about Communism, I felt that it was not worth my time. Every time I sat down to read it, I found myself drifting asleep. It may be good for one thing, but definitely not worth the time of reading.

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Summary: This book was very interesting and enjoyable
Review: My name is Nicole. I read the book Animal Farm by George Orwell. I thought that it was a very good book. It taught me a lot about Communism and the way people are treated under Communism. I liked how the author turned the idea of Communism into a book about animals on a farm. That gave me a better idea of what Communism is all about. My favorite part was when the animals started to realize what was going on. They started to see that they weren't equal at all. In conclusion, I thought that this was a very good book.