Animal Farm

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Summary: Animal Farm is a great and easy book to read.
Review: Cindy Hunt Book Review 9/29/98

Animal Farm by George Orwell is about a bunch of animals trying to outsmart a human race, and develop their own way of life. The animals create their own government based on the principles of "animalism." Animalism becomes their way of creating laws, laws that will eventually destroy their small animal community. Disaster results when a war between humans and animals breaks out, causing injury and death.

What lies ahead will be suicide and executions as a result of control. One powerful animal will take advantage of the whole farm. The animals live a fearful life, obey every command or die. The animals soon learn that their determination will be the only thing that will keep them alive.

This book is easy to read. Animal farm is a story of control, determination, and hardship. A story for all ages to enjoy, it also makes for great discussion. Animal Farm is absolutely enjoyable.

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Summary: My review is about how it relates to politics.
Review: ANIMAL FARM is a great book that shows the type of government that was going on in the 1940's. George Orwell used animals to represent different types of people from government officials to regular citizens. This book makes readers think of what is going on in politics, but George Orwell also makes fun of the politicians. Every animal represents someone in society. This book is a great representation of the communist age that was going on at this time. That is why I liked this book.

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Summary: Excellent book i hope you read it.
Review: This novel is an excellent quick read that pokes at socialism and dictatorship. After the rebellion against farmer Jones all the animals thought they would have a better life. "All animals are equal" was the slogan the animals believed in until Napoleon the evil pig took over and led a harsh dictatorship. By the finial chapter the slogan was "all animals are equal, but some are more equal then others,"

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Summary: Overall this was a good book, and every one should read it.
Review: Animal Farm is an amusing fable that is a great example of events in history where power has been abused. This story of rebellion, manipulation, and lies will cause you to never want to put this book down! George Orwell has definitely reflected how the quest for power can cause people, or in this case animals, to do horrible things. Overall this was a great book, and i recommend every one to read it!!!

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Summary: It is one of those books that you just can't put down.
Review: Animal Farm is one of those books that, once you pick it up, you can't put it down. I think it was very good book. I am one of those persons who really just doesn't like to read, but Animal Farm seemed to capture something within which made me want to read it. Animal Farm teaches you about the way humans act. It deals with how people can be taken advantage of if they don't understand what's going on around them. I feel you have to be at a certain maturity level to understand the content of the book. However, once you can grasp the meaning of the book, you will, I believe, like it a lot. I feel Animal Farm is a very good book, and I recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about the way humans act.

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Summary: The book that finds humor in government
Review: George Orwell wrote Animal Farm in the early 1940's. The book pokes fun at the political situation of the time. Led by the pigs, the animals of Mr. Jones' farm rebel against all humans and form their own government of "Animalism". The pigs use their brains to take advantage of the other animals by making them do all the work. Over the course of time, their government falls apart and things get a little out of hand... Animal Farm is a very well written and enjoyable book if the right person is reading it. I was assigned to read this book for a senior English class and it seemed as though I was the only one in the class who was not interested in it. Personally, I have never enjoyed or even understood politics. I would much rather be reading a more realistic book that I can relate to better. However, if you are interested in politics and government, and think you'd enjoy reading about it in a humorous way, read George Orwell's Animal Farm.

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Summary: The opressed revolt and become opressors.
Review: Fantastic! If you like a great ending that is very, very satisfying this is your book. It's very, very short (less than 100 pages), I read it in a day. Characters are well crafted; Orwell did a fine job. One of the best books with a political/moral theme, ever.

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Summary: THE Book!!!!
Review: As a 10th grader, not many old books draw my interest. However, Orwell and his animals had me glued to the book. If anybody has doubts as too the error of communism, buy it from Amazon.com and read it today!

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Summary: Pretty awful, not interesting or powerful at all
Review: Some books that are labeled classics shouldn`t be. Such as the terrible "Lord of The Flies", and this book "Animal Farm". I thought the concept of this novel sounded very unique and original, but it ended up sounding like a children`s novel. The story of animals taking over the human race, talking, working and acting like humans crossed the line betweem ingenius and ridiculous. I see how Orwell tried to express his message across about how human civilization could be taken over, but he didn`t express it very well in this over-rate and downright silly book.

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Summary: An excellent depiction of communism
Review: Animal Farm is probably one of the most simplistic books I have ever read, but it made me understand the flaws of communism with its exploitation of the people. The rebellion of the animals against Farmer Jones was the start of a communist government. Everybody was equal at first until Napoleon(the bad pig) overthrew Snowball(the good pig) and became the dictator of the farm. Soon all the lower animals were exploited and living a life worse than the one where Jones owned them. The new laws were enforced by Napolean's dogs while the poor animals were too ignornant to understand. It is a parallel to the Russian Revolution and its aftermath. A great satire poking fun at the imperfections of communism.