Animal Farm and Related Readings

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Summary: Very nice.
Review: This was a very well thought-up book, everything in fit together well & made the story very fluid & easy to read. The substantial amount of symbolism & personication really surprised me. I had to pay a good deal of attention to the plot, Orwell's thinly veiled message regarding Communism, etc. since the point of my reading this book was so I'd pass my Speech class, which is required.

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Summary: interesting but challenging
Review: Animal Farm was a interesting book, but i believe you must take interest in Orwell's works in order to be able to truly follow the book. It takes place on a farm ran by animals and is based on the Russian Revolution. You must hold an interest in history and historical fiction to enjoy the book. History is an interesting topic to me but i found Orwell's Animal Farm to be somewhat hard to follow. Over all i wold give this book three stars.

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Summary: Wonderful satire and allegory on the Bolshevic Revolution
Review: Orwell does a wonderful job of writing a simple allegory on the Bolshevic Revolution of the early 1900's. It was very simple to understand and the idea of making the setting at a farm was great. However, I felt it was a bit unchallenging for my high school freshman honors english class.

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Summary: Surprising and full of adventure.
Review: George Orwell's Animal Farm goes beyond being a great story. Orwell is able to tie his book in with important historical events. The story which takes place on a farm, is about the leadership of animals without human interference. They eventually are able to reach their goal. However, upon doing so some of the animals become un-loyal and dishonest to the animal code or amendments. I found this book to be very interesting and fun to read. Through the eyes of the reader the story may seem odd or unreal. The actions of the animals can easily be related to the actions of important historical figures.

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Summary: Communist pigs are cool
Review: this is one of the only books at school that i like because it has communist pigs.

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Summary: Best book in a long time
Review: Orwell, the new generation's Johnothan Swift, outdid himself in this stirring book. After reading the last sentence I just looked up in awe.

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Summary: Excellent book, imaginative plot
Review: The book was excellent. It showed how Orwell used his imagination in writing this children and adult book.

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Summary: it was a great book. very different. exciting and funny.
Review: i thought that book was very interesting. it was different from other books that i have read. instead of having people as the main characters, they have animals. it is full of backstabbing and lying. i would reccomend this book to others because it is full of conflict, and it makes you want to keep reading on. you will keep turning the pages one after one. this book was also very good because it gets you into the book. the author creates a perfect picture of everything that is going on, and you will not have to re-read. it makes you feel as if you are there. i was very mad at one point in the book. i highly reccomend this to anyone who is searching for a good, imaginative, work of art.

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Summary: so many truths
Review: I first read this book when I was in grade 7 and have since read it several times thereafter. This book was so informative and moving. The endings was so good I was almost physically sick from disgust of what people can become. I was quite possibly the only 13 year-old who loved this book. This book contained so much irony and intelligence in it's small quantity of pages. I do not however recomend this book for all. In fact I am quite sure that many of you will intensly hate it. Some people find the views of this book to be rather pessimispic but personallly I find these views to be those of a realist. I loved this book and periodically read over again. And if that makes me a dork than I suppose I am a dork.

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Summary: This book portryad Communisum in a negative light.
Review: This book was a well writen story of Communisum during the Rusian revolution. I enjoyed reading it. I feel that it is a teriffic explaination of Communisum and how Communist Dictators operate a society. It gives the reader a better way to understand what happened and all the flaws in the Rusian government. Animal Farm wasn't an adventerous or action packed book, so I would not recommend this book to that type of readers. Eventhough the book wasn't action packed, it was not boring either. This book is even a good story for children to read with no understanding at all of the political message. Overall, I think that it is a well writen book that everyone should read.