Animal Farm

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Summary: Animal Farm is a very good book on Communism, using pigs.
Review: Hi, my name is Brooke. In my Language Arts class, at Shenandoah Middle School, we read George Orwell's book, Animal Farm. I think this book was very interesting. The animals on the farm are rebelling against their farmer, Mr. Jones. He is always drunk and never feeds the animals, so they are always hungry. They wound up kicking him off the farm and rebelling all of mankind because of their type of government-communism/dictatorship. If you want to find out what happens, read Animal Farm!

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Summary: This is a very good political book.
Review: I think Animal Farm is a very good book. I like how this book shows the good intentions and poor results of communism. Communism is described very well in this book. Mick, Grade 8

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Summary: I thought that the book Animal Farm by George Orwell was bad
Review: The book Animal Farm by George Orwell was very childish and there was not a good plot to it at all. I would definately recomend that you do not read this book.

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Summary: I really enjoyed this book.
Review: Hello, my name is Megan. For an 8th grade English class, I had to read the book Animal Farm. I really enjoyed this book because of the background of Communism in it. I also enjoyed the whole story. This book represents all of the important people of Communism in it such as, in this book Marx is represented by a pig named Major, Lenin by a pig named Snowball, and Stalin by a pig called Napoleon. If you want to see who or what other animals are, go read this book!

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Summary: A Great Book
Review: An overall spectacular book about a group of rebellious animals who take over their farm from the humans. The book brilliantly satirizes the Russian revolution and is highly entertaining, while at the same time very educational. A must have for any book lover.

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Summary: Over all a fairly good book.
Review: Hello,my name is Adam Stettler and I read the book Animal Farm by George Orwell. Over all I thought this was a fairly good book. It describes what Communism was meant to be like, and what it ended up as. The book begins with an old boar named Major who inspires the rest of the farm animals to rebel against the farmer. Then Major dies and and the animals rebel. They take over the farm and start a Communist government, where everyone is supposedly equal. Then a pig named Napoleon, starts a Communist dictatorship. If you want to learn about Communism this is a good book to read.

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Summary: This book is a good one that relates to life in many ways!
Review: I thought that the book Animal Farm, by George Orwell, was a VERY good book! It relates to Communism and life if you think and analyze what you read. My favorite part was when the animals rebelled for their first time against the humans and actually won. Then the farm was only for animals and was run by animals. I would recommend this book to anyone who is analytical and wants a book that you can relate to real-life situations. So get out there and read it!!

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Summary: Nice investigation into why communism doesn't work
Review: Because it is against the nature of man (animals in the book) and because it is based on force and compulsion by a new ruling class - legislators.

This book can be read by children and adults alike, and can be read on many levels. I read it when young 'kinda' understanding the point of it, and later seeing the point more clearly.

This book, predictably, was banned by communists because they knew the truth of it.

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Summary: not if you're too young.
Review: I read this when I was 10, because it looked like a children't book, and because of this expectation I was very disappointed, and I just found it very sad, not noticing the sarcasm. All through secondary school, I held this opinion, till I was in 6th year and I decided to read it again, to see if it was wrong. I loved it this time, and ended up using it for my Leaving Cert.

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Summary: Ralph Steadman
Review: Of all these reviews, not a one mentions the Ralph Steadman edition. I bought this book for my girlfriend because Animal Farm is one of her favorite books and because Ralph Steadman is an artist all serious-minded people should be familiar with. Best known for his illustrations of the works of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, Steadman has a penchant for drawing grotesque characterizations of (in)famous celebrities and people in power. He has gotten himself in more trouble over his drawings than just about anyone else in the last few decades. This edition of "Animal Farm" is the perfect companion to anyones Steadman collection. Not only does it brilliantly demonstrate hie prowess with a pen but it perfectly captures the deranged and frightening world George Orwell's characters inhabited. Brilliant!