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Summary: A great story describing the history of the revolution
Review: Although short, Owell provides a good description of the Russian Revolution. Using the pigs as a metaphor, Orwell uses the pigs as a metaphor to describe the totalitarian power the Russians had. A great book, and a classic by Orwell.
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Summary: It is a SATIRE for the love of God!!
Review: Some of you reveiwers expressed a deep resentment at Animal Farm. Some I can understand, because you are socialists and feel that the book misrepresents you. (little known fact. George Orwell was an ardent Socialist himself. It really wasn't socialism he was condemning but the follies of Human ambitions and wants, shown in the form of totalitarianism.) I want to assure you he didn't.Want annoys me is that most you didn't like the book because it was assigned to you for English or Social Science. So immediatley, you don't understand it, don't think it's worth your time, or don't care. Some of you question the use of animals as characters ("it doesn't sense"). The same reason why any fable or satire would use animals. TO MAKE A POINT! And if you don't get the point from the entire book one sentence from the book should be enough: "All Animals Are Equal, But Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others." 'Nuff said.
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Summary: Pork from the Swine that eat the Ideas of Free Minds
Review: Animal Farm, a direct translation of the Marxism and Socialism of late Russia, presents a story of animals whose ultimate quest, to create unity under one organized race, fails to be reached. Orwell, A Democratic-Socialist with liberal objectives, organizes this story in perfect proportion, providing unique symbolism and abstract ideas. Perhaps his purpose for the use of animals more easily represents itself by forcing the human readers to look at another group of beings and recognize the wrongs of a popular political force.
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Summary: FANTASTIC!
Review: I absolutely LOVED this booklet! The descriptions of the characters were complete yet concise. By the end of the book, I felt as if I actually knew the animals involved!
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Summary: The first book in my life that i can give rating "5".
Review: Lets say that right now you are in school, and "Animal Farm" you have to read it for your english class i recomend reading it only in SCHOOL and not at home, couse if you are going to spend 5 hours to read it at home you'll hate the book and your teacher couse she took five hours of life out of you. But if you read it in school you most probobly will give it your "5" rating for trhe following reason's.... "time passed by very quickly while you were reading it" and "you actually got a good grade on your report". Overall this book is NOT BORING and/or LAME. Like most of them are...and your school-day will fly by in munutes... enjoy. P.S. i read it too late... teacher gave us a test when everyone was about on thair 10th page.. (i failed) and when i started reading it...and knew the book now very well .. she only gave us a quiz (so my average grade between the TEST & QUIZ is really low. Enough typing , got to go to school in the morning. Good luck. :)
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Summary: Orwell tells us: "Worker, beware!"
Review: When I was in school, I became very interested in the "negative utopia" stories, like "1984" and "Brave New World". Like "1984", "Animal Farm" contains many of the same cynical and merciless attacks on social order and rank established by decree. Strangely enough, when I think of this story today, I think of my workplace, where "managers" are accorded special privilege, coddled, and treated with honor (for having to do the all-important "brain work"), while the legions of laboring "workers" simply go home every day saying "I will work harder". This, of course, is the precise cynicism that has propelled the comic strip "Dilbert" to such fame, since it can be so true. "Animal Farm", therefore, was one of my better preparations in school for the reality of the working world, for it told me never to trust the self-proclaimed "leaders" much farther than I could throw them.
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Summary: Political parody very interesting
Review: I was forced to read this book by my English teacher. She handed it to me with a smile and said, "You'll love it Jonathan, it's based on the Russian Revolution". My heart leaped for joy at this, as you can imagine(heh-heh-heh, just look at the title. Yay). That night I sat down and started it. I didn't set it down until around 2:00 the next morning. It wasn't exactly an action book or interesting, it just seemed to pull me in. I have no idea why, but it captured my complete attention for six straight hours. It is an excellent book, possibly one of the best I've ever read. I suggest this to all readers, there's no basic reading area that would love it more than others, but I suggest having an IQ of greater than 50. :) Actually, the only thing that could really use improving is the title. Please read this book.
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Summary: The pigs screwed it all up
Review: We had to write a report on a book, and the teacher passed out the list. When I went to the library they were all out of "The Red Pony," so I had to read this one, which had the second smallest number of pages. This one seems to got pictures, but the one I got sure didn't. I read Shaq's book and it was a lot bigger than this but this book took a lot longer to read, for sure. My teacher said I did an OK report, but she thought I missed the point about the socialism society and all. But to me it was just about some pigs. Like those Narnia books by CS Lewis, except CS Lewis had that cool monkey in the last book. I skipped to the end, cause I got bored, (it's ok to say that now, cause I already got the B minus,) and plus I had to go to practice. But I liked the donkey and I was sort of cheesed when the horse bought it. Anyhow, the long and short of it is if you get the choice of this book or the red pony, maybe you should pick the red pony because this one is too damn hard.
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Summary: Outstanding!
Review: This book is amazing. When I first heard about it, I thought it would be a nice little fable for small children. But if you read it on a political and social level, you will see how Orwell wants to show how the ideas of a Utopian ideal society can eventually be transformed by manipulation into a totalitarianist government. It starts off as equality to all animals, but it ends up with the pigs having all control and receiving everything the farm produces. The best characters are the totalitarianist, supreme leader, Napoleon. And the other one is his head broker of ideas, Squealer. I highly advise that everyone reads this book and at the end, I am certain you will be more informed about how government can change, and how each system functions.
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Summary: Great book and easy reading
Review: A book that reflects the russian revolution, it is ingenious writing and I reccomend it to anyone for pleasure reading or just for some sentimental literature.
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