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Summary: Orwell tells us: "Worker, beware!"
Review: When I was in school, I became very interested in the "negative utopia" stories, like "1984" and "Brave New World". Like "1984", "Animal Farm" contains many of the same cynical and merciless attacks on social order and rank established by decree. Strangely enough, when I think of this story today, I think of my workplace, where "managers" are accorded special privilege, coddled, and treated with honor (for having to do the all-important "brain work"), while the legions of laboring "workers" simply go home every day saying "I will work harder". This, of course, is the precise cynicism that has propelled the comic strip "Dilbert" to such fame, since it can be so true. "Animal Farm", therefore, was one of my better preparations in school for the reality of the working world, for it told me never to trust the self-proclaimed "leaders" much farther than I could throw them.
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Summary: Political parody very interesting
Review: I was forced to read this book by my English teacher. She handed it to me with a smile and said, "You'll love it Jonathan, it's based on the Russian Revolution". My heart leaped for joy at this, as you can imagine(heh-heh-heh, just look at the title. Yay). That night I sat down and started it. I didn't set it down until around 2:00 the next morning. It wasn't exactly an action book or interesting, it just seemed to pull me in. I have no idea why, but it captured my complete attention for six straight hours. It is an excellent book, possibly one of the best I've ever read. I suggest this to all readers, there's no basic reading area that would love it more than others, but I suggest having an IQ of greater than 50. :) Actually, the only thing that could really use improving is the title. Please read this book.
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Summary: The pigs screwed it all up
Review: We had to write a report on a book, and the teacher passed out the list. When I went to the library they were all out of "The Red Pony," so I had to read this one, which had the second smallest number of pages. This one seems to got pictures, but the one I got sure didn't. I read Shaq's book and it was a lot bigger than this but this book took a lot longer to read, for sure. My teacher said I did an OK report, but she thought I missed the point about the socialism society and all. But to me it was just about some pigs. Like those Narnia books by CS Lewis, except CS Lewis had that cool monkey in the last book. I skipped to the end, cause I got bored, (it's ok to say that now, cause I already got the B minus,) and plus I had to go to practice. But I liked the donkey and I was sort of cheesed when the horse bought it. Anyhow, the long and short of it is if you get the choice of this book or the red pony, maybe you should pick the red pony because this one is too damn hard.
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Summary: Outstanding!
Review: This book is amazing. When I first heard about it, I thought it would be a nice little fable for small children. But if you read it on a political and social level, you will see how Orwell wants to show how the ideas of a Utopian ideal society can eventually be transformed by manipulation into a totalitarianist government. It starts off as equality to all animals, but it ends up with the pigs having all control and receiving everything the farm produces. The best characters are the totalitarianist, supreme leader, Napoleon. And the other one is his head broker of ideas, Squealer. I highly advise that everyone reads this book and at the end, I am certain you will be more informed about how government can change, and how each system functions.
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Summary: Great book and easy reading
Review: A book that reflects the russian revolution, it is ingenious writing and I reccomend it to anyone for pleasure reading or just for some sentimental literature.
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Summary: A Genius Translation of a Flawed History
Review: Mistreated farm animals conform together after suffering the wrath of their drunkard master and decide to finally do something about the situation. After not receiving food one afternoon, the animals rush the farmer's house and take the food they need along with the entire farm. Reorganizing as a race of animals, the higher-class pigs rank the other animals into classes and give them duties to perform. The fate the swine decide for the animal society gradually turns bad when they socialize the others into low-class laborers and forget their original needs to be equally independent. This proves devastating for the pigs as the other animals revolt in the end. Widely known as an interpretation of the Russian Revolution, this tale indirectly attacks the Stalinism of the late Soviet Union.
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Summary: This book is good. Read it!
Review: Animal Farm is a very interesting book about how a group of animals rebel against their owner. The animals of Manor Farm believe they are being mistreated and would be better off if they ran the farm themselves. They successfully chase the humans off the farm. Over time the pigs become the leaders and grow obsessed with power and control. From that point in the story, the government of Animal Farm goes downhill. In the end, the animals are no better off than they were when the humans ran the farm.Animal Farm is an excellent book. It is sort of strange but there is always something going on which keeps the reader interested. I highly recommend this book for school reading, because there are so many different events and character personalities. It is easy to form opinions and come up with ideas for writing topics.
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Summary: Animal Farm was a good book .
Review: Animal Farm is written by George Orwell. The book is based on animals acting like humans. The animals rebel and end up taking control of Manor Farm, getting rid of Jones. The animals on Animal Farm each had positions in relation to a government. The pigs were the leaders and all the other animals were the followers. I found the book intriguing because to picture animals in the position they were in and the power they had allowed me to read on. The example Orwell sets is to show how humans also can be manipulated and, how it happens everyday, in different situations. The meaning of the book changed in the ending. The animals began acting like humans. This was a disappointment because it lost the whole meaning of the book. They used to say "four-legs good two-legs bad" the meaning changed to four-legs good two-legs better."
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Summary: Read this book.
Review: Animal Farm is a book that is well worth reading. The plot of this book seemed simple at first, but it actually showed a great point. It showed that power can corrupt anybody, even an animal. The book began with animals overthrowing the humans that took poor care of them. The animals decided amongst themselves that they were all equal, but that was not how it turned out. I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a well written story.
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Summary: The book was very good and interesting.
Review: Tracy Audet Animal Farm by George Orwell is a great book to read. Orwell uses animals instead of humans for a more interesting approach to the book. This book delivers a few important messages that only the reader can determine. The reason why I like the book is because I think it's funny picturing all these farm animals talking to each other and kicking Jones out of the farm. The book is easy reading and it stays with the same theme till the last two chapters. The main theme of the book is "four-legs good, two-legs bad". The animals get so mixed up in working around the farm that they end up acting like humans which destroys the theme of the book. In the last few chapters, the pigs are drinking and playing cards with the humans and saying " four-legs good, two-legs better". I still think the book is great to read however, the last few chapters show you that animalism never really existed, and the pigs are just like some humans, they think they are better than everyone else.
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