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The animals were not being treated well by their ruler, the human Farmer Jones, and they, led by an elderly pig, initiated a revolution and became independent. Rules were established:
Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.
No animal shall wear clothes.
No animal shall sleep in a bed.
No animal shall drink alcohol.
No animal shall kill any other animal.
All animals are equal.
Things gradually began to change. The two pig leaders, Snowball and N ...more
Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.
No animal shall wear clothes.
No animal shall sleep in a bed.
No animal shall drink alcohol.
No animal shall kill any other animal.
All animals are equal.
Things gradually began to change. The two pig leaders, Snowball and N ...more
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A pig called Old Major has a dream and speaks to the other animals. The world-famous cautionary fable read by Bill Nighy.
A pig called Old Major has a dream and speaks to the other animals. The world-famous cautionary fable read by Bill Nighy.
George Orwell has a way of writing, and a way of imagining things that causes him to create stories so far ahead of his time, and so terrifying for anyone who cares at all about the state of the world and dystopian societies. He extrapolates certain small events in such a way as to make his story so believable.
"Animal Farm" was a fantastic, intelligent story, and I would recommend it to anyone who has any interest in political or dystopian tales, as well as to every single other person who likes ...more
"Animal Farm" was a fantastic, intelligent story, and I would recommend it to anyone who has any interest in political or dystopian tales, as well as to every single other person who likes ...more
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