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Although on the surface these seems like a nice simple story about farm animals that manage to win their freedom it quickly becomes a commentary about how easily communities can become dictatorships. We follow the animals of Manor Farm as they set out to obtain the dream of freedom and democracy but find themselves in the middle of a nightmare of tyranny and dictatorship. Orwell writes with a talent for making the guilty seem innocent, sucking the reader in to believe the best before hitting the
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Can you not understand that liberty is worth more than just ribbons?
Man, that Orwell sure knows how to write.
This is a fantastic book, and one that I think is well worth reading to and with kids to spark discussion, which is, I understand, a way in which it is often used. The metaphors in this book are simple but elegant, in a way that is all too often lost from dystopian/utopian fiction aimed at children and teenagers (I'm looking at you Lord of the Flies and The Giver). There's no language in ...more
Man, that Orwell sure knows how to write.
This is a fantastic book, and one that I think is well worth reading to and with kids to spark discussion, which is, I understand, a way in which it is often used. The metaphors in this book are simple but elegant, in a way that is all too often lost from dystopian/utopian fiction aimed at children and teenagers (I'm looking at you Lord of the Flies and The Giver). There's no language in ...more
So much symbolism. Such a boring topic.
I'm reading it for English class. I surprised that I have not been bored to death yet. This book is just weird and creepy.
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The basic principles of communism. Really educational and entertaining.
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Prima Aulia Gusta
marked it as to-read
