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Re: Animal Farm

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Animal Farm was so entertaining and educational!!! I read it in school while I was learning about the Soviet Union and Stalin. It actually taps into the realities of government officials. I love how in the ending, the other animals couldn't tell the difference between teh humans and the pigs because by then, the pigs had become as corrupt as the humans. There are so many messages that the book tries to get across to the reader and I would definitely read the book again
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This book is still valid today. As a matter of fact, if you look through the book through the lens of different periods in history, you'll see it applies. This book is timeless and worth a read!
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scriptbunny wrote:Cute parable for kids warning against the rise of populist-supported dictatorial regimes.
Well, I do not know if kids are able to understand the political implications of the book. More adults should definitevely read it. It is an eye opener. :D
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When I read it, I was sort of scared to see connection between the past and present but it really made me see things in a different way.
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Post by DavidLupin7 »

Such a great book, very political and smart.

-- 02 Jul 2016, 14:07 --

Such a great book, very political and smart.
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A smart book, but I must say I preferred 1984. Perhaps it was because it amazed me so, that I expected more from the Farm
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Well this book is one of my favourites. I adored every word and I read it twice. Once when I was in high school and I was thinking that I can do somethig to change our society and eight years later when I laught of myself. But the most important thing is that this book helped me realise that I love my live and that without all "the animals" it would be so boring.
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Orwell is a phenomenal author and Animal Farm is a wonderful illustration of his skill. He takes the classic, didactic fable and turns into a story for adults. He depicts a political system that articulates that power, no matter who eventually maintains it, pollutes the soul and mind. Essential, the idiom that someone else already stated, that absolute power corrupts absolutely. Orwell perfected the art form that modern novels like The Hunger Games attempt to emulate. Animal Farm is probably one of the most powerful pieces of literature to date.
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Animal Farm holds a very special place in my reading history. Below is a link to my experience reading Animal Farm for the first time which I posted long ago.

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I would recommend reading this book. If you want to read it, I would suggest prior knowledge of Stalin, Hitler, politics, etc., although I think it's a good read even if you don't know much about it. The use of animals to depict history makes the book more interesting to a wider audience and more enjoyable to the readers.

-- 11 Sep 2016, 13:13 --

I would recommend reading this book. If you want to read it, I would suggest prior knowledge of Stalin, Hitler, politics, etc., although I think it's a good read even if you don't know much about it. The use of animals to depict history makes the book more interesting to a wider audience and more enjoyable to the readers.
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I did think that it was one of those really happy animal books but well.. no. I guess it does have a political meaning behind it, and it still was quite an enjoyable read for me.
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This was required reading my sophomore year and, while enjoyable, I think a lot of it totally went over my head. I understood it well enough and while it was rather off putting, I think if I read it again now, I might have a better and more complete understanding of it...
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great book. I don't think this is his best though.
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Post by Wasif Ahmed »

I have to say that this is prehab's my favorite classic. It teaches us how power is often misused and how other people cannot do anything about it.

-- 09 Nov 2016, 13:58 --
DATo wrote:Animal Farm holds a very special place in my reading history. Below is a link to my experience reading Animal Farm for the first time which I posted long ago.

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I read your post and it was good. :)
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Post by AMagnificentAmberson »

I read Animal Farm in my high school years and read it again a couple of years ago. I enjoyed it the first time, but the second time I was riveted and it had a profound effect on me. The scariest part to me is the way the animals let it happen. So many of them wouldn't learn to read and were completely happy to let others make decisions for them. Then the laws kept changing and they could see something was different but they couldn't be sure what it was. Terrifying, and all too timeless.
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