false 7613 230 Since its publication in 1946, George Orwell's fable of a workers' revolution gone wrong has rivaled Hemingway's <I>The Old Man and the Sea</I> as the Shortest Serious Novel It's OK to Write a Book Report About. (The latter is three pages longer and less fun to read.) Fueled by Orwell's intense disillusionment with Soviet Communism, <I>Animal Farm</I> is a nearly perfect piece of writing, both an engaging story and an allegory that actually works. When the downtrodden beasts of Manor Farm oust their drunken human master and take over management of the land, all are awash in collectivist zeal. Everyone willingly works overtime, productivity soars, and for one brief, glorious season, every belly is full. The animals' Seven Commandment credo is painted in big white letters on the barn. All animals are equal. No animal shall drink alcohol, wear clothes, sleep in a bed, or kill a fellow four-footed creature. Those that go upon four legs or wings are friends and the two-legged are, by definition, the enemy. Too soon, however, the pigs, who have styled themselves leaders by virtue of their intelligence, succumb to the temptations of privilege and power. "We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organisation of the farm depend on us. Day and night, we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples." While this swinish brotherhood sells out the revolution, cynically editing the Seven Commandments to excuse their violence and greed, the common animals are once again left hungry and exhausted, no better off than in the days when humans ran the farm. Satire <I>Animal Farm</i> may be, but it's a stony reader who remains unmoved when the stalwart workhorse, Boxer, having given his all to his comrades, is sold to the glue factory to buy booze for the pigs. Orwell's view of Communism is bleak indeed, but given the history of the Russian people since 1917, his pessimism has an air of prophecy. <I>--Joyce Thompson</I> 2207778 book 1945 Animal Farm total:182384|5:48803|4:62410|3:47489|2:15490|1:6659| 182384 679959 219823 5044 5 27 false false Tue Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 08 07:49:01 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 14:10:21 -0800 2008 The Wave. As I found, out of the class of 24, about 20 of them had already read the book, and ...more...]]> 5 10 false false Sat Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 01 17:36:26 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 02:15:38 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 8 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 31 13:23:42 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 02 12:16:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 6 false false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Oct 28 11:55:12 -0700 2007 Mon Jan 05 00:38:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 5 false false Sun Aug 26 03:42:30 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 26 04:06:14 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 5 false true Mon Dec 31 22:09:08 -0800 2007 Thu Feb 07 10:11:27 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 6 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 10:01:22 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 23 14:38:28 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 4 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 27 06:50:11 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 16 16:48:00 -0700 2008 3 4 false false Mon Dec 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Aug 14 04:22:41 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 14 14:06:10 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 4 false false Sun Mar 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 24 21:04:26 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 09 20:56:33 -0700 2008 Untuk menikmati buku ini sepertinya anda harus memiliki ketertarikan mengenai politik atau minimal mengetahui sedikit tentang sejarah Uni Soviet dan komunisme.
Sebuah alegori, satir dan parodi yang ngeledek habis-habisan komunisme, Uni Soviet dan tentu saja Stalin.
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Just like every revolution begins with: ideal in principle and for the good of all. Everyone has same dream of equality and we...more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 18 07:28:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 18 07:57:15 -0700 2007
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