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Summary: Realistic and imaginative
Review: The book itself is imaginative and suspenseful, containing violence and hatred with a hopeful feeling. It is also amazingly realistic. Using animals does not dampen this effect at all. It may well strengthen it by indicating this situation could happen anywhere... The slightly unrealistic feeling in this use of animals also shows how humans can ignore such horrific behavoir simply because they cannot believe anyone or anything is capable of such crimes. (Referring to the person who disproved the idea that life under Snowball would have been better) Saying that anyone with the power given to Napoleon would lead to disaster is an over generalization (WAY over). For example, China was ruled under a very select few for long periods of its history and not all of its emperors were tyrannical monsters. The book is cute story about animals at one level and a splendid satire at another. Both levels are amusing ways to read the book.
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Summary: An interesting commentary on people
Review: Animal Farm, by Orwell, shows the reading public, in my opinion, something much deeper than an open critique of communism, or the such. I feel Orwell wanted to tell us basically that we are fools for sweet talk, and that our friends, or in this case, the pigs, are "always right", just like Boxer was continually repeating. Orwell showed us how weak we are, and let governments, whatever it might be, trample over us until we realize it and we can't do anything about it. Though, we might think it critiques communism, in my direct opinion, it critiques a totalitarian state, a military state, a state by which we live under, like the reprocussions of our very own country, also. Animal Farm is well written book, a book which teaches even children what life is really like, through the use of this adult fiction.
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Summary: the book shows that power does corrupt
Review: the first time i read the book, it was for fun, i didn't think about how it could have related to a real event. the second time i read it, it was for my 8th grade teacher this year, and i finally realized that the story wasn't made up with a really good plot line, i knew that the events had really occoured and that Orwell had used farm anaimals to represent real people. this, i thought, was very clever and a good way to teach young people russan history, let them read the story and when they have finnished it, tell them that it had really happened. They should try and point out who the animals represent and why they were needed for the story to take place. Snowball, the clean innosent one was a good name for someone who really wanted to help. Napolian was a name for the strong milatary type. and the name boxer conveyed sheer strength to the readers.
all and all, i think a lot of this book and if you have a chance, try and read it, then look up what really happened. it's facinating
Julie S. age 14
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Summary: cool book
Review: my mom took me to buy this book cause i saw tom reading it and i wanted it real bad.it had funny animals inside,but i didnt understand a lot of parts in this book.mom said "you are to young to read it"i said no!!!i can read it if tom can.anyways,i read it and i liked all the smart pigs and the animals.i didnt like the mean farmer,he reminded me of my grandpa,hes mean too.he makes scarey faces to try to make me laugh!but i dont like them faces at all!!!dad took me to a cool movie inbetween the time i read a lot,so it took me a long time to finish this really neat book.so i guess i just said what i think!its a real neat book!tom finished it all before me and told me i read very slow but thats not true!hes too smart,he gets all a's and i only get all a's and b's.ill try to get all a's sometimes cause everyone says i have to,but i dont think i can cause its hard to do that.anyway go buy this book just like i did and read all of it.remeber! read it SOON!!!!!
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Summary: Best book ever
Review: not only does this book portray the growing power of politicians and national leaders but it also a symbol of the darkness of the greed that is part of mankind.
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Summary: A Utopian Society - America Take Note
Review: I loved this book! This book describes the lost art of dictatorship, and the nature of giving workers an inch, and they'll take a mile! This is how America should deal with unions. The pigs gave the animals freedom, why shouldn't they get a little extra? Listen to the truth, people, respect your betters! God bless the Kennedy clan.
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Summary: an interesting study of human behavior
Review: the common perception is that orwell uses farm animals to illustrate the inherent failings of communism/socialism. while that was certainly his aim, he was really describing frailties common in every human society, should they go unchecked. it is an excellent, sad story. he was obligated to use an untraditional ending - anything else would allow people to forget the story all too soon. an excellent warning about the evils of communism, this work reminds the reader of stalin's purges, kruschev sending his political enemies to obscure siberian cement plants, and mao enslaving hundreds of young subjects in his concubine service. the true face of dictatorships "for the people" -ok
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Summary: It's happening all over again
Review: This book is a timeless classic. If you look around you, there are many countries with similar situations to the Animal Farm. The book also serves as a warning for our generation not to make the same mistake again.
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Summary: Best!
Review: I love this book! Heck, I've read it 3 times and enjoyed every minute of it! This book confronted very serious issues in a very unique way. First, there was the "slavery" of the animals under Jones. With Major's glorious speech and the singings of the Beasts of England it was truly heart touching. Then, the rebellion and battles. Sometimes I really felt like strangling Napoleon like when he expelled Snowball from the farm and changed and ruined everything the animals had worked for. I cried when Boxer died too. If I could write a sequel to this book I would definetly have Napoleon killed. I would entitle it "The Second Rebellion". Poor, poor clover. Good-bye.
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Summary: Rebellion is A Part of Nature
Review: George Orwell had full intensions of talking backwards as i call it. He tried to talk about something an implied another. Animal Farm is a very simple book to understand, but the full understanding was in the realization of his intentsions. The Russian Revolution, and the Holocaust are what he was trying to tell us. Someday you'll realize that not everything is handed down to you, or said right to your face in understanding. The point is that Mr. Orwell wanted you to learn while enjoying yourself and not even realizing it until the end. Great Job George!
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