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No, I didn't have to read this book in high school. No, I'm not privy to why not. I read it now, and I'm glad I read it as an adult and not as a teenager. I'm glad I didn't have to dissect it to pieces and could just enjoy and glean what I could out of it.
I'm sure you all know the plot. The leaders are pigs. They're guarded by dogs. The rest are just animals.
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1. No human likes to be illustrated as being an animal, yet that is how they behave. This is particularly applicabl ...more
I'm sure you all know the plot. The leaders are pigs. They're guarded by dogs. The rest are just animals.
What I was reminded of:
1. No human likes to be illustrated as being an animal, yet that is how they behave. This is particularly applicabl ...more
Animal Farm is a great book : Orwell was a genius with Dystopia.
I'm glad I read it now and not when I was younger, because I would have not understand everything.
This book is timeless. It was originally written as an allegory of the Russian Revolution/Stalin era, but I like (or should I say hate) to think it can also apply to a lot of other events, especially recent episodes. The quote that sums it up for me is probably "All animals are equal but some are more equal than others." ...more
I'm glad I read it now and not when I was younger, because I would have not understand everything.
This book is timeless. It was originally written as an allegory of the Russian Revolution/Stalin era, but I like (or should I say hate) to think it can also apply to a lot of other events, especially recent episodes. The quote that sums it up for me is probably "All animals are equal but some are more equal than others." ...more
A really well crafted satire portraying how a revolution which once started with the idea of an equal rights society , ends up in another totalitarian establishment. How the greed for power transforms Napoleon to a tyrant and how his bureaucrats manipulate the truth and make everyone stupefied.
The history of revolution may manifest the fact that almost all revolutionaries transform into a totalitarian dictator. No one wants to give up power, while everyone wants to take power, but still let ther ...more
The history of revolution may manifest the fact that almost all revolutionaries transform into a totalitarian dictator. No one wants to give up power, while everyone wants to take power, but still let ther ...more
A delight to read with strong insights and warnings to governments with out checks and balances.
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