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Title: Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by George Orwell, Ann Patchett, Russell Baker ISBN: 0-452-28424-4 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.41 (891 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT
Comment: I had to read this book for my English class and I enjoyed it pretty much. Yes there are animals that talk. Don't go and think this is for kids only. It's also for adults but anyone will enjoy it.
WHAT THE ANIMALS AND PEOPLE REPRESENT IN STORY:
Manor Farm represents Russia.
Mr.Jones represents Czar Nicholas II.
The livestock represent the Russian People.
The Pigs represent the Communist Party.
Animalism represents Communism.
Napolean represents Stalin.
Snowball represents Trotsky.
Boxer represents the loyal Worker.
The sheep represent the the masses of citizens.
Foxwood represents England.
Pilkington represents Churchill.
Frederick represents Hitler.
Pinchfield represents Germany.
Of corse you'll have to read the book to see what kind of animals and people Boxer, Snowball, Old Major and everyone else are in the story
Rating: 5
Summary: Failed Utopia
Comment: George Orwell writes about a society that parallels the Soviet Union in his satirical novel, Animal Farm, where the animals revolt against their cruel master and form a new society based on the same principles as communism.
After the animals' revolt and the formation of Animal Farm, the animals' name for their society, things start to look up. But as with the real Soviet Union, the leadership begins to become corrupt, conditions deteriorate, and freedoms slowly slip away. By the time anyone outside the leadership realizes what is happening, it may be too late.
This interesting and easy to read book provides fascinating political commentary on Orwell's time-period and the failures of communism (specifically the USSR). The reader's ability to see where things are going and the ability to spot the parallels of the characters from the novel in history only enhances the book and George Orwell gets his point across without mentioning the Soviet Union, its leaders, or communism even once. His warnings on the dangers of any form of totalitarianism show through in his writing, and this book almost reads like 1984 (another Orwell classic) in parts.
Those who read this looking for a happy fairy tale where a bunch of talking animals live in an utopia of their making will probably not be satisfied, nor will the story be rewarding if the reader ignores the historical context of the novel. But if you're looking for an interesting novel and don't mind the constant reminder that this was meant as a political commentary, you will probably enjoy this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Animals Take Over, Communism/Amanalism begins
Comment: Animalsfarm is an allegory. George Orwell hid the persionalities of importatnt people from the Russian Revolution into animals. The animals at first experience a problem when the farmer of their farm isnt giving themenough food. After they notice this they realize that they need to rebel. In the end they rebel and get the farm to them selves. Soon they make rules on how to live and everyone must follow them. SNOWBALL (a pig) who in real life was Trotskiy takes charge and starts designing a lot of good things until NEPOLIAN, Stalin, and takes his trained DOGS, the kgb, and makes them chase SNOWBALL out of the farm. Then NEPOLIAN becomes more and more like a human and treats the animals even more harsh then the farmer himself
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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 by William Gerald Golding ISBN: 0399501487 Publisher: Perigee Pub. Date: July, 1959 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger ISBN: 0316769487 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 01 May, 1991 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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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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