Animal Farm and Related Readings

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Summary: The book that finds humor in government
Review: George Orwell wrote Animal Farm in the early 1940's. The book pokes fun at the political situation of the time. Led by the pigs, the animals of Mr. Jones' farm rebel against all humans and form their own government of "Animalism". The pigs use their brains to take advantage of the other animals by making them do all the work. Over the course of time, their government falls apart and things get a little out of hand... Animal Farm is a very well written and enjoyable book if the right person is reading it. I was assigned to read this book for a senior English class and it seemed as though I was the only one in the class who was not interested in it. Personally, I have never enjoyed or even understood politics. I would much rather be reading a more realistic book that I can relate to better. However, if you are interested in politics and government, and think you'd enjoy reading about it in a humorous way, read George Orwell's Animal Farm.

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Summary: The opressed revolt and become opressors.
Review: Fantastic! If you like a great ending that is very, very satisfying this is your book. It's very, very short (less than 100 pages), I read it in a day. Characters are well crafted; Orwell did a fine job. One of the best books with a political/moral theme, ever.

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Summary: THE Book!!!!
Review: As a 10th grader, not many old books draw my interest. However, Orwell and his animals had me glued to the book. If anybody has doubts as too the error of communism, buy it from Amazon.com and read it today!

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Summary: Pretty awful, not interesting or powerful at all
Review: Some books that are labeled classics shouldn`t be. Such as the terrible "Lord of The Flies", and this book "Animal Farm". I thought the concept of this novel sounded very unique and original, but it ended up sounding like a children`s novel. The story of animals taking over the human race, talking, working and acting like humans crossed the line betweem ingenius and ridiculous. I see how Orwell tried to express his message across about how human civilization could be taken over, but he didn`t express it very well in this over-rate and downright silly book.

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Summary: An excellent depiction of communism
Review: Animal Farm is probably one of the most simplistic books I have ever read, but it made me understand the flaws of communism with its exploitation of the people. The rebellion of the animals against Farmer Jones was the start of a communist government. Everybody was equal at first until Napoleon(the bad pig) overthrew Snowball(the good pig) and became the dictator of the farm. Soon all the lower animals were exploited and living a life worse than the one where Jones owned them. The new laws were enforced by Napolean's dogs while the poor animals were too ignornant to understand. It is a parallel to the Russian Revolution and its aftermath. A great satire poking fun at the imperfections of communism.

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Summary: Outstanding political yarn
Review: This is, in my opinion, the best George Orwell book ever written. His use of animals and projecting them into a Russian Revolution setting is genius. Also he'll make you want to eat bacon and eat mutton.

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Summary: A Must for Any Steadman Fan
Review: The classic novel, as illustrated by Ralph Steadman's Pollackesque pen, takes on a more sinister tone. Steadman's disturbing explorations of the unconscious turn Orwell's almost gentle, tragic personifications into a frightening vision of Stalinesque horror.

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Summary: Humans are basically pigs.
Review: It has been some time since I read the book, but I do remember that it quite convincingly represents humans as pigs. I can add little else new to what others have already said, except that Animal Farm stands as the definitive, and to my knowledge the best, example of an allegory. By the way, "A reader from NJ, June 11, 1998," writes, "It was interesting to see how the pigs were the leaders, when in real life, they're not very smart." For the enlightenment of that reader and others who may not have had the opportunity to deal with pigs, allow me to note that they are in fact VERY smart.

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Summary: Radically shakiiiiiiiiiiiiing!
Review: I wonder what would have happened if "Animal Farm" had entered former Russia. People may have understood why they were oppressed. Orwell magically expresses in this beautiful story, the lies that governments often sell to hard-working people. By the end of the book, I understood what was a masterpiece. "All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others". This is Animal Farm all in a nutshell. Very thought-provoking book. Excelent read, forget about the Fairy Story bit! Boxer rules!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Summary: Great book, a real page turner
Review: I had to do an over the summer report on this book, i coulnt put it down. i read it 3 times, its a great book!