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This was really good. Much better than I expected it to be. It actually held my son's attention too & led to many interesting discussions about the Russian Revolution, Communism, etc. I was afraid the book would be too old for him, or too boring, or too graphic, but it was none of those things. I was considering giving it 5 stars just for holding a not-real-bookish 11 year old's attention! But, as I can't really say it is one of my favorite books of all time, I will stick with 4 stars and this h
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It is said to be an allegory for Russian Revolution. But it actually fit -some part, here and there, if not all- to many other political situation.
It's an equation. You have oppressive leader, you have your revolutionary hero turn villain. You have military force and a lying media. You have political diversion. You have your working class and everything.
But oh... the working class. Boxer story wrenched my heart. And to think that animal represent us the people, how frustrating it is to see that ...more
It's an equation. You have oppressive leader, you have your revolutionary hero turn villain. You have military force and a lying media. You have political diversion. You have your working class and everything.
But oh... the working class. Boxer story wrenched my heart. And to think that animal represent us the people, how frustrating it is to see that ...more
I didn't enjoy reading this book in high school. Maybe I need to give it another chance now that I've matured and have become an adult!
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