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Aug 10, 2019
Hailee
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This is one of those books that you should have read in high school, but never did. Well I finally got around to reading it and I am glad that I did. I picked up the 50th anniversary edition at the library and I found the illustrations to add to the intensity of the book. The ideas that Orwell writes about are very real and I thought it was extremely clever of him to present them in this way.
The animals on Manor Farm are unhappy with Farmer Jones and conspire to force him from the farmhouse, so ...more
The animals on Manor Farm are unhappy with Farmer Jones and conspire to force him from the farmhouse, so ...more
This book terrifies me. Watching The Manor Farm turn into Animal Farm with its warped politics mirroring Stalin's Soviet Union is so, so disturbing. Using animals to tell the story is brilliant, and the final scene just stays with you. Everyone has read this, so I'm just going to leave it at that.
George Orwell wrote two of the most powerful books in the 20th century, in my opinion, and this is a book not to be missed. It's a shame that many high school English classes teach this book, because I ...more
George Orwell wrote two of the most powerful books in the 20th century, in my opinion, and this is a book not to be missed. It's a shame that many high school English classes teach this book, because I ...more
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Much better story as an adult, rather than in high school.
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