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Summary: An outstanding book that loudly states the hardships faced!
Review: A well written story about a farm taken over by animals. On the previously farm, Manor Farm, the animals felt that they are overworked, underfed, and treated unfairly. When the animals take over the farm and rename it Animal farm idealism takes over. A dream of a paradise of progress, justice, and equality for all was answered when animals acheive their dream. A well written fairy-tale story that deals with totalitarianism that is embraced on the newly developed Animal Farm. When the communism farm makes a drastic change to dictatorship the animals are forced to face with reality. This is an excellent written book, and is great for anyone interested in a book based on history. Today the book still clearly states that wherever and whenever freedom is attacked, George Orwell's Animal Farm will have a meaning and message still fresh in our minds as to the outcome of such actions.
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Summary: A Great Book-Simply a Classic
Review: This book portrays George Orwell's views on the communist regime. Portrayed in a farm, where the animals govern themselves. A great Book this is a MUST read.
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Summary: If you enjoy Orwellian satire. . .
Review: I am delighted to have come across another "Orwellian" novel, THE LAST DAY, by Glenn Kleier. In THE LAST DAY, Kleier tackles the subject of authority in organized religion with startling "Orwellian" satire and outrageous wit and irreverence. LAST DAY is a classic, watershed novel in the manner of 1984. I found it a riveting read, and one that I greatly encourage all Orwell fans fans to experience.
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Summary: One of the greatest stories I've ever read.
Review: So far, this was the first story I've ever had to read for an assignment in school that I actually enjoyed. And not many other stories have made me laugh out loud, and feel sorry for the characters. This was truly powerful, and actually better to read if you don't think of it as an allegory, even though that's what it's basically known for. It's just a great story.
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Summary: Refreshing
Review: "Animal Farm," by Goerge Orwell, is a modern adult fable about a farm that is taken over by the animals on the farm. The animals then set up a system where some animals gather food, others build equipment that will help on the farm, others help plant the food in the spring, and others, mainly the pigs, run the farm. At first, all the animals have equal say in what happens on the farm, but as the years go by, the pigs gain more and more control over the farm. The farm evolves from a communistic setting, to a place where there is a dictator that runs everything. At the beginning of the book, the pigs decide on seven commandments that the farm will go by, and by the end there is only a single commandment. Orwell uses satire in order to make his point known: that communism will never work, nor will a complete dictatorship. He explains that in order for anything to work, everyone must be able to have a say in what goes on in their "country". People will have to find a medium between communism and dictatorship. Orwell does this subtly by using animals and showing how they interact with each other. For example Orwell shows the owners of businesses or leaders of counries by Napolean and how he controls everything, and over works the other animals.
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Summary: A brilliant fable of satire.
Review: "Animal Farm" by George Orwell is an adult fable. In a unique way Orwell describes Soviet Communism using farm animals in place of humans. The animals take over a farm with their motto, all animals are equal. The new Animal Farm seems to be running beautifully; all the animals respect one another and life has never been better. Overtime, the pigs create a new motto that some animals are more equal than others. The dream of once being equal and for all animals to live in luxury is soon forgotten. Using satire, George Orwell portrays barn yard animals in a political fairy tale. With humor and wit, he discuses Communistic views in attempt to state his somewhat bleak yet historic tale. The overworked animals set out to create their own paradise. All goes well for the animals, better than ever until the pigs decide to form a dictatorship saying they are the intelligence of the farm. The pigs end up changing the rules previously set and become more uncaring and more controlling than the former human master. Orwell's unique way of reiterating a historical event is brilliant indeed.
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Summary: The best book on Soviet Union I've ever seen
Review: Though 'Animal Farm' allegedly is a story about dictatorships in general, the resemblance to the Soviet Union is remarkable. That is probably the reason why I appreciate it much more than '1984'. It's incredible that a person living in a free world could possess such understanding of what Soviet Union was really about and was also able to express it in an animal tale with tens of ingenious and funny details that matched so exactly with actual events in the USSR's history. I don't know if the book's of any value for the people who have never lived in a Socialist society. But for me, it'll always be THE ultimate political satire.
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Summary: Great book, but you should be careful.
Review: Hi. My name is Lee. I am a Korean. It seems that many reviews show that this book gives us the reason that communism does not works well and doomed to fail. I think that the word "communism" should be replaced by the word "totalitarianism". Of course, social system under the dictators like Stalin, Hitler or any other leaders who ignore personal right should be hated and destroyed. But this book does not deny the needs of progress and reforms to our society. This book does not justify this real world full of unjustice done by the "fat pigs". That was not the purpose of the author.
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Summary: awesome book about the government
Review: This book showed a mature view about how communism does not work
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Summary: This book opened my eyes tothe world of political literature
Review: Read this book with the knowledge of the communist revolution in Russia, this greatly inhanses the political roots of the book and lets you better understand the true meaning of the book, when you read it you inmerse yourself in the worl of animal farm but can only watch as the animals are fooled, read this book for one of the greatest endings in a book that will change your life forever
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