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Summary: Exremely well-done demonstration of what social reality is
Review: Exremely well done demonstration of reality It's always been known that's much easier to see faults when it doesn't concern yourself, that's the trick of fairy tales and also in the story of the Animal Farm. Of course you're always on "the goods" (the animals without the pigs) side while reading, even if you're pretty sure that you never would be as blind as them. In fact, I think we all are in a way, right now. And I think we're all like the pigs to in a way. Who really thinks himself equal to all others, you take what you can, and if you don't then only because it gives you an advantage in another way! Reading this book doesn't mean just understanding the actions, no you have to read between the lines and I promise a deeply analysis of human beings and human systems.
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Summary: HONG KONG student's bk report (F.4)
Review: At first, I thought that ¡§Animal Farm¡¨ was a fairy tale because it used simple words and animal characters. However, when I reached the middle part of this book, the plot was similar to the Russian Revolution (taught in F.3 history lessons).This book was amazing good, because the words were understandable. The book was easy to read but hard to put it down. I can really understand the meaning of communism, capitalism and I found that History was not boring anymore, but it was too late, as I did not take History in F.4. Orwell made me think, that the story was parallel with the Russian Revolution. He showed me the negatives side of politics and the mirror to the real humanity. The Seven Commandments were laid down, and then the animals were forced into slave labour. Soon, the revolution began with ¡§four legs good, two legs bad¡¨ but ends with ¡§four legs good, two legs better.¡¨ It was ironic and proved that ¡§Power Corrupts¡¨. Selfishness was exposed in Napoleon¡¦s character. Napoleon claimed that he was in charge for the benefit of everyone but actually helping himself. I think that equality is an easy theory but sometimes difficult to maintain in reality. At last, I recommend this book to everyone who is interested in historical story, as this book is short and it will not take you much time.
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Summary: Not Quite a "Fairy Story"
Review: This lovely and compelling novel is, by far, one of my favorites. It is a view of the Stalin reign cleverly disguised as a fairy tale; concisely written, and yet poetic. The symbolic use of animals works wonderfully with the abstract 'moral'. The funniest thing, in my opinion, is that Orwell, with his wry sense of humor, dipicts the communist dictators as pigs. How true! A lot of the kids in my class read this book for their book reports, but they have no idea of what they're getting into! Why don't you give it a try?
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Summary: Animal Farm
Review: For being a short novel, it contained a great abundance of symbolism, and theme. When I read it, I just couldn't stop flipping the pages. Orwell makes these seemingly simple farm animals come to life, and their story is almost believeable. Also, he makes the reader think, and compare the situation in teh book to reality's situation. It's an incredible book.
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Summary: Fascinating
Review: We found the content of this book very fascinating. It 's a political allegory of the Communism. The little farm symbolises the Russian country. All characters of the Communism are represented by animals. The two pigs per example Napoleon and Snowball are Stalin and Trotzki. We were thrilled by reading this novel and we will recommend it to all the other students in our age. We were a bit disappointed by the end of the story, we expected a happy ending.
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Summary: A Book about Reality
Review: "Animal Farm" is a book which is based on a historical background. The themes are: "The Russian Revolution" and "Power Corrupts". The story itself contains a believable mixture of human and animal characters. All animals of this book symbolize persons they lived in reality. For example: The pig Napoleon stands for Stalin, the pig Snowball represents Trotzky etc. The end of the novel is particularly bleak. No solution is held out - the bloody and cruel way in which the animals hopes of a happy and free future are destroyed. The events are told in a chronological order. Orwell's style is straightforward and direct and we tend to take what he says at face value. We do not question his interpretation of the characters and feel that he is telling the truth. I think when you want to read this story, you have to know the history, because otherwise it would be very difficult to understand the diffrent contexts. It's a book which is surely very interesting for history fans
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Summary: all animals are equal , but ......
Review: some animals are more equal than others. The animals at Manor Farm decide to take matters in their own hands. The revolution begins with the inspiring speech by old Major. Old Major dies soon thereafter and the rebellion is led by the boars snowball and napoleon.The animals take over the farm. They are supervised by the pigs. the seven commandments are laid down.The revolution starts to stutter when Snowball is driven out forcibly by napoleon and his guard dogs.The pigs and dogs take over the farm and each commandment undergoes a change to suit their excesses. The animals are forced into slave labour. Boxer the most commited and the hardest worker in the farm is worked to death. The pigs start dealing with the humans and finally ape them. The revolution which began with "Four legs good , two legs bad" ends with "Four legs good, two legs better" with the pigs walking on two legs. Only the cynicism of Benjamin the donkey remains remains constant. Animal Farm is a work of Genius. period.
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Summary: School serves us well..
Review: I just read this book in my English One class at my local Highschool. I thought it was one of the best books I have ever read, and it had great issues on totalitariansism, and republics. It helped us learn a great deal about both of those while still give us the humor of a normal book. I would recomend this to every kid and hope they enjoyed it as much as I did.
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Summary: Understanding human nature.
Review: This book has been around a long time and I know different people get different things out of it. It was required reading in my high school English Lit class and I happened to read it in conjunction with Marx's "Communist Manifesto" because I was writing a term paper on Communism and Socialism for History. For me, Animal Farm really helped me understand why equality is an easy concept to embrace in theory but a sometimes difficult one to maintain in reality. It taught me a lot about human nature.
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Summary: Let's just say . . . WONDERFUL . . . GREAT . . . THE BEST
Review: This was an amazingly good book. the writing is great and understandable, and the story is really good, but the ending is the best. I also like the fact that it was so short. I was so interested after the first 10 pages that I couldn't put it down and I read the whole thing in just one night. I really don't suggest you miss this classic, because it is one of the best books I've read (among Steinbeck, Dumas, and more) READ READ READ!!!
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