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The whole story is kind of creepy--with animals talking and writing and such. It gets pretty crazy in the end (but I won't give it away). I find Squealer amusing. The way he talks is actually funny to me. There were some quotes I liked. These are some of them:
"If a window was broken or a drain was blocked up, someone was certain to say that Snowball had come in the night and done it, and when the key of the store-shed was lost, the whole farm was convinced that Snowball had thrown it down the we ...more
"If a window was broken or a drain was blocked up, someone was certain to say that Snowball had come in the night and done it, and when the key of the store-shed was lost, the whole farm was convinced that Snowball had thrown it down the we ...more
This was a very good book. I do recommend it.
The underlying theme of socialism does not detract from this troubling, well-developed novel that shows an unfeeling group of animals who take over...and how they deal with each other.
Aug 27, 2008
Alexandria
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