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Summary: two legs really is better in chilling allegory
Review: Animal farm is a horrific allegory in which Orwell successfully warns the reader of the social devastation caused by totalitariansim. The story centre's around several animals living in a farm yard, each of whom represents a certain socio-political aspect of society. For example, Napoleon the pig (ironic use of his name!) represents despot dictatorship, Boxer and Clover, the horses, represent the manual, unthinking "mass" needed by the dictator to physicalise the desired tyranical society, and so on. Orwell effectively structures his social microcosm in such a way that the danger of the dictated government are released in their full desperate and miserable potential, which in turn expands the political awareness of the reader. His decision to use anthropomorphism grounds the story, not relating it to any specific human codes of time or structure. In all, a completely chilling, yet absolutley necessary allegory we must not ignore.
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Summary: 1 STAR OR 5 STARS?
Review: i can't decide weather i love or hate this book. it's a brillant, insightful retelling of the russian revolution, but it is very sad. mabye i'm a wimp but i don't enjoy sad, disappionting endings. this book makes you think, rather depressing thoughts. in that way it reminds me a lot of "the lord of the flies" which also came to the depressing conclution that the human race was hopeless, which i don't think is true. i would recomend reading this book but don't take the message so seriously.
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Summary: A Moving book
Review: This book had a clear message that everyone should listen to.Orwell gives a no lies veiw on the communisim prespective. I hope that when someone reads this book, They dig deeper than the basic plot. :-)
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Summary: This little piggy went to the market.......
Review: .....this little piggy went home, this little piggy formed a totalitarian state. Good book. I loved it, and read it all the way through social studies class. Great satire, and who cares if I got a D in social studies for reading this instead of learning who the president in 1795 was? I forgive Orwell. I want to write funny satire like this. I intend to read 1984 soon. But this is about Animal Farm, not 1984. But I hated Napoleon. That stupid pig idiot killed Bozer! And for what reason? To get a few bucks for his whiskey. Here's a little somthing for Napoleon:<i>May the unholy spirits of Reb and VoDKa raise themselves from the banished land of wind and ghosts, and may they come up and ruin your life, right down to it's very center core. And may the tiniest, but strongest plagues of Satan himself crawl upon your skin and eat themselves to their fill, and then eat more. And may the populace of the globe feel rage against you, and may they carry torches and broomsticks and may they slaughter you, for no apparent reason. The curse of doom is upon you, Napoleon. Beware.</i> Hope ya liked that, Napolack. Anyway, I feel that Animal Farm was an exellent play on the Bolshivek Revolution. George Orwell has done good writing this stuff. This guy writes cool books
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Summary: Animal farm was awsome!
Review: I thought the book was very interesting. I recomend this book to everyone. It was one of the best books I have ever read.
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Summary: This is a very good book.
Review: I think this book was very good. i could not put the book down. well i had to because we read it in class, but if i had it i would not put it down.i think all the dogs should have stayed with there mom, but it was intresting to read.
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Summary: Bre's
Review: This book was recommended by my history teacher, and I am glad to say that it was well worth the read. It is the story of dictatorship gone wrong. Written with a definite touch of cynism, it is in many ways easier to understand than a history book. It's characterisations and representations are clear. It leaves you with a slightly amused yet contemplative feeling. If you want to understand communist Russia, this is the book to read.
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Summary: Four legs good, TWO legs BAD!
Review: This was a very powerful book.... It is able to be connected with real life so well that it was kinda scary. An important thing to realize about this book is that when Orwell calls it a "Fairy Tale," it is just that. I read this book for a summer reading project and I am having trouble catching the symbolism and other devices in the story. Beside that flaw I really enjoyed it. It is fun to go from an in-depth novel to a quick fairy tale. A real good summer read!
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Summary: Revolution and uprising
Review: "Animal Farm" is a atory based upon the Russian revolution, using animals as the major characters. It shows, through this clever manner, how a perfect dream can go horribly wrong, and the empty morality behind Communism. The idea and genius behind this book is truly tremendous. If I had my way, I would move it instantly to the "Classics" section of the bookstore, as this is what I consider it to be.
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Summary: a brilliant and sharp parody of communism
Review: Animal Farm is one of my favourite books. It's a political fable about the betrayal of idealism and its subsequent collapse: The animals of Manor Farm decide to rid themselves of their cruel human master. Once they succeed in this task they start living in a regime the call Animalism (in fact it's communism). Unfortunately after a while the pigs, which are the most clever animals among them, start to take control and exploit the other animals which find themselves hopelessly ensnared in the old ways. The pigs manage to cheat them and re-create an élitarian regime, even if they pretend to be acting for a good cause! I think the last 4 pages are the most beautiful ones... read them attentively!
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