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Title: Animal Farm by George Orwell, C. M. Woodhouse, Russell Baker ISBN: 0-451-52634-1 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 06 January, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (859 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Timeless Classic :P
Comment: I HIGHLY recommend this book to absolutely everybody. I've read Orwell's Animal Farm thrice, and I enjoyed it more and more every time. There is just SO much to get out of this book. The third time I read Animal Farm, it was for sophomore World English, and our test was made of completely random quotes from the book. We had to explain the significance of the quote as it reflects the Russian Revolution. There is so much depth to this book! The first time I read it, I saw the superficial level- story about animals, good, bad, ugly. It was great. Then, as I read it twice and then a third time, I got more out of it than I ever imagined. This is the 2nd best book that came from the 1940's (behind Aldous Huxley's Brave New World).
Rating: 4
Summary: Animal Farm, a must read
Comment: The novel Animal Farm is set in England on a farm called Manor Farm, owned by a Mr. Jones. The Novel starts out with Mr. Jones, after a long night of excessive drinking, fails to lock up the farm properly. Old Major, a highly respected wise old pig, takes the chance to call a big meeting for all the animals. He points out that men take all the benefits while the animals, whom were the cause of such profit, are rewarded with just enough to keep from starving. Old Major suggests a rebellion against the human race, which if succeeded, would let animals live in peace and be free from the tyranny of men.
Three days later, Old Major dies and two pigs, Napoleon and Snowball, emerged as leaders of the animals, made sure that Old Major¡¦s revolutionary dream stayed alive. The revolution was successful as Snowball and Napoleon then introduce to the animals the seven commandments of ¡§animalism¡¨:
1.Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
2.Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.
3.No animal shall wear clothes.
4.No animal shall sleep in a bed.
5.No animal shall drink alcohol.
6.No animal shall kill another animal.
7.All animals are created equal.
For a while, all the animals could feel that life has improved. However, things take on a dramatic change when Napoleon starts to contradict the animalism constitutions set at the very beginning including killing one of his fellow farm animal for attempting to revolt against him, or so he claims. Before anyone could say anything, numbers 4-6 on the animalism constitutions were changed to:
4.) No animal shall sleep in bed with sheets
5.) No animal shall drink alcohol excessively
6.) No animal shall kill another animal without cause
As the years pass, the pigs have now all moved into the farmhouse where Mr. Jones once lived. The last constitution was soon changed to ¡§All animals are created equal, but some animals are more equal than others¡¨. The utopian government the animals were wishing for has turned into a totalitarian dictatorship rule.
This book, published in 1956, was a satire towards Stalinist Russia, but using animals as its characters. The book can be seen as a fable, wonderfully written mocking the communist regimes at the time period. The novel also hides the horrific scenes of communist regimes and illustrates what Russia went through without being too direct. Russia, from a revolution against tyranny to a dictatorship just as terrible, is what George Orwell is trying to convey to his readers. The meaning and message of Orwell in this novel is clear and is no doubt ¡§The most telling satiric fables ever penned¡¨ as New York Times states.
Rating: 2
Summary: Wasn't what I expected
Comment: This book was kind of boring. It really didn't get into it. I was hoping for a little bit better book. I would maybe recomend this book to someone younger, between the ages of 8 and 12. Maybe someone else can get into this book more but I didn't like it personally.
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Title: 1984 by George Orwell, Erich Fromm ISBN: 0451524934 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: May, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Lord of the Flies: A Novel by William Gerald Golding ISBN: 0399501487 Publisher: Perigee Pub. Date: July, 1959 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee ISBN: 0446310786 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 11 October, 1988 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley ISBN: 0060929871 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Catcher in the Rye Mass Market - Paperback by J.D. Salinger ISBN: 0316769487 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 01 May, 1991 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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