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ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS.
This was a re-read for me. My daughter's 9th grade English class will be reading it, and since it's been about 35 years since I last read it, a refresher seemed a good idea. I had forgotten how many themes here were later repeated in Nineteen Eighty-Four. Somehow, strangely, this book strikes me as more realistic and therefore more ominous than Orwell's other classic.
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I find myself rather bummed out by how relevent this story continues to be.
Somehow I never had to read this book for school. I feel more culturally literate for finally having done so. It is an interesting portrayal of the Stalinist era and a relevant depiction of the methodology of totalitarianism.
Not sure about the centennial edition, but this was a good book. I liked Orwell's take with Animals to convey his philosophies.
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Jan 08, 2011
Cortney
marked it as to-read
