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on April 26, 2016
I'm sure the book is fine, but cannot believe how tiny the print is! I may have to get another copy!
on July 19, 2015
First, let me say that this review is not about the story Animal Farm - which is a masterpiece and classic that I read years ago. I just purchased this version for my son, who must read the book this summer and was completely disappointed in this edition. It is very strange and not from a main publishing house - and it says inside the cover "for sale in countries which have copyright period of 63 years or less from the year of the authors death". They type face is minuscule and the tactile experience and joy one can get from a book is definitely not in this edition, which feels like a cheap printout that someone bound together. The chapters do not even begin on separate pages. I don't see how anyone would get excited about reading this version! I will end up purchasing another one at the local book store and keeping this as it will end up costing me about the same to return it. I wish some of the reviews had mentioned this!
on June 1, 2016
I didn't bother reading the reviews since I have already read this book and just needed a copy for my son's summer reading assignment. Huge mistake! The font is microscopic and there are no page numbers, making it unusable for him. I will be getting my money back.
on February 11, 2015
I bought this to revisit the classics which were required reading in high school. I appreciate them more today than I did then. However, my complaint is with this edition. Who edited and published this? When? I have no clue. There is no information on the printing of this book whatsoever. The back synopsis is almost impossible to read thanks to multiple misspellings and weird grammatical errors ("the Airstrip One is actually The Britain" and "centuary" instead of century? Really?!). Would love to know who published this edition, especially since there are absolutely no identifying marks on the book anywhere.
on January 25, 2017
Orwell's humorous short novel is a timeless allegory of power and corruption. It is as relevant today as when it was written and merits reading every few years lest we forget the risks we run from any kind of government. After reading you may not think it quite so amusing.
on December 4, 2016
Animal Farm Book Review
Animal Farm written by George Orwell is an allegorical and dystopian novel. George Orwell was born in Bengal, India in the year of 1903. He stayed in India where his father was stationed but shortly after his mother moved him and his sister to England. In England he attended a boarding school where he was treated different than other students based on his mother's income. After completing his schooling at the boarding school he did not have the money to attend a university so he joined the Police force in 1922. After leaving the Police force his writing struggled to take off, it wasn’t until 1933 that his first novel was published. Orwell is most well known for his books Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Many of his novels include strong opinions about politics. He includes strong parallelism to communism, imperialism, and fascism.
The animals at Mr. Jones’ Manor Farm assemble in the barn to hear old Major talk about a dream he had. He talked about how his dream was where all the animals lived free from masters. Soon after Major dies the rest of the animals wanted to live out his dream. So they plot to take over the farm and get rid of the humans. They proceed with their plans and their rebellion is a success. They make policies and a government for the farm. Later on Jones and his men return to the farm and attempt to retake it, but the tactics of Snowball, the animals defeat Jones in The Battle of the Cowshed. Later after the battle the animals go through some “government” issues on the farm and get a new ruler with is Napoleon. Napoleon uses Snowball as a scapegoat for who he blames all the hardships on. The animals proceed to build a windmill for the farm. Some animals start to leave the farm and some continue to stay. Napoleon ends up becoming a dictator and takes away food, and has the dogs kill innocent animal.
The main characters of the story include Napoleon (pig), Snowball (pig), Boxer (horse), Squealer (pig), and Old Major (pig). When the story starts, Napoleon is the leader of the other animals. He is smart, fierce-looking, quiet, and manipulative. Snowball is more vivacious of a pig than Napoleon, he’s a better talker, more intensive, and friendly. Squealer is a pig that talks a lot, but not with facts or truth and he has very few morals. Boxer is the muscle of the farm as well as the hardest worker. And lastly, Old Major starts all of the hassle because it was his idea to rebel.
I really enjoyed the Animal Farm because it is a light-hearted dramatization of the very heavy idea that absolute power is likely to corrupt absolutely. The feeling that the book invokes is one of joy as the tyrant humans are being overthrown. This is soon tempered by dismay as the pigs whom are the wisest of the farm animals rise to power and allow that power to corrupt them making them the worst of all tyrants.The feeling of dismay is amplified when you realize you could be like the pigs whom start out good, become great, and end really bad.
The style of writing and the pace of the story are masterful as they make the story captivating and succinct. You are given enough to enter into the drama unfolding but you will not be overwhelmed with trivial detail. My favorite part of the book is that there are some of the animals besides the pigs whom were smart enough to memorize the original seven commandments of Animal Farm and thus are able to unveil the progressive corruption of the pigs.
I have read this book multiple times and would read it again because upon each read I gain some new insight into human nature and the governance of civilizations. This book exceeds my expectations of allegories as it captures so well the effects of power that often lead to tyranny.
I would recommend this book to middle school and high school students learning about communism and the effects of it. This book includes strong parallelism to communism. Many of the main characters in this novel represent real life people.
Interesting Links:
Animal Farm (cartoon/movie)
[..]
Allegory in Animal Farm: Characters & Examples
http://study.com/academy/lesson/allegory-in-animal-farm-characters-examples.html
1984 George Orwell (Biography of the author of Animal Farm)
https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=mcafee&p=1984+george+orwell+movie+download+youtube#id=1&vid=dfdf16898a462be9075c91cdea0d6676&action=click
Animal Farm written by George Orwell is an allegorical and dystopian novel. George Orwell was born in Bengal, India in the year of 1903. He stayed in India where his father was stationed but shortly after his mother moved him and his sister to England. In England he attended a boarding school where he was treated different than other students based on his mother's income. After completing his schooling at the boarding school he did not have the money to attend a university so he joined the Police force in 1922. After leaving the Police force his writing struggled to take off, it wasn’t until 1933 that his first novel was published. Orwell is most well known for his books Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Many of his novels include strong opinions about politics. He includes strong parallelism to communism, imperialism, and fascism.
The animals at Mr. Jones’ Manor Farm assemble in the barn to hear old Major talk about a dream he had. He talked about how his dream was where all the animals lived free from masters. Soon after Major dies the rest of the animals wanted to live out his dream. So they plot to take over the farm and get rid of the humans. They proceed with their plans and their rebellion is a success. They make policies and a government for the farm. Later on Jones and his men return to the farm and attempt to retake it, but the tactics of Snowball, the animals defeat Jones in The Battle of the Cowshed. Later after the battle the animals go through some “government” issues on the farm and get a new ruler with is Napoleon. Napoleon uses Snowball as a scapegoat for who he blames all the hardships on. The animals proceed to build a windmill for the farm. Some animals start to leave the farm and some continue to stay. Napoleon ends up becoming a dictator and takes away food, and has the dogs kill innocent animal.
The main characters of the story include Napoleon (pig), Snowball (pig), Boxer (horse), Squealer (pig), and Old Major (pig). When the story starts, Napoleon is the leader of the other animals. He is smart, fierce-looking, quiet, and manipulative. Snowball is more vivacious of a pig than Napoleon, he’s a better talker, more intensive, and friendly. Squealer is a pig that talks a lot, but not with facts or truth and he has very few morals. Boxer is the muscle of the farm as well as the hardest worker. And lastly, Old Major starts all of the hassle because it was his idea to rebel.
I really enjoyed the Animal Farm because it is a light-hearted dramatization of the very heavy idea that absolute power is likely to corrupt absolutely. The feeling that the book invokes is one of joy as the tyrant humans are being overthrown. This is soon tempered by dismay as the pigs whom are the wisest of the farm animals rise to power and allow that power to corrupt them making them the worst of all tyrants.The feeling of dismay is amplified when you realize you could be like the pigs whom start out good, become great, and end really bad.
The style of writing and the pace of the story are masterful as they make the story captivating and succinct. You are given enough to enter into the drama unfolding but you will not be overwhelmed with trivial detail. My favorite part of the book is that there are some of the animals besides the pigs whom were smart enough to memorize the original seven commandments of Animal Farm and thus are able to unveil the progressive corruption of the pigs.
I have read this book multiple times and would read it again because upon each read I gain some new insight into human nature and the governance of civilizations. This book exceeds my expectations of allegories as it captures so well the effects of power that often lead to tyranny.
I would recommend this book to middle school and high school students learning about communism and the effects of it. This book includes strong parallelism to communism. Many of the main characters in this novel represent real life people.
Interesting Links:
Animal Farm (cartoon/movie)
[..]
Allegory in Animal Farm: Characters & Examples
http://study.com/academy/lesson/allegory-in-animal-farm-characters-examples.html
1984 George Orwell (Biography of the author of Animal Farm)
https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=mcafee&p=1984+george+orwell+movie+download+youtube#id=1&vid=dfdf16898a462be9075c91cdea0d6676&action=click
on July 6, 2016
Great and insightful.
on January 17, 2017
Animal Farm is a prescient reflection on politics - and the perennial gap between well-meaning aspirations, and the reality of their pursuit.
Any authoritarian regime in the world, viewed under the light of the events following the rebellion in this Animal Farm, shows the tyranny of their ideals unravel in the same mendacious manipulation, brutal administration and kin subjugation.
Written in the winter of 1943, this short novel still reflects deep patterns and truths about authoritarian regimes. The resilience of elites, with their omnipresent paranoia, imaginary enemies, violent enforcement of their arbitrary whims, vulgar bureaucracy and secretive hedonism; the constant editing and re visioning of history; the abuse of statistical rhetoric; the single-minded pursuit of meaningless goals; the hatred of commerce, and the irony of its unavoidable necessity; the populace's ignorance that helps elites skew the rules to their benefit, aided by their almost childish obsession with symbols; the opportunism of religious elites, and their uncanny ability to retain some power - regardless of who holds more of it.
This fascinating fable still manages to mirror some of the failed revolutionary experiments that unfold around the world.
Any authoritarian regime in the world, viewed under the light of the events following the rebellion in this Animal Farm, shows the tyranny of their ideals unravel in the same mendacious manipulation, brutal administration and kin subjugation.
Written in the winter of 1943, this short novel still reflects deep patterns and truths about authoritarian regimes. The resilience of elites, with their omnipresent paranoia, imaginary enemies, violent enforcement of their arbitrary whims, vulgar bureaucracy and secretive hedonism; the constant editing and re visioning of history; the abuse of statistical rhetoric; the single-minded pursuit of meaningless goals; the hatred of commerce, and the irony of its unavoidable necessity; the populace's ignorance that helps elites skew the rules to their benefit, aided by their almost childish obsession with symbols; the opportunism of religious elites, and their uncanny ability to retain some power - regardless of who holds more of it.
This fascinating fable still manages to mirror some of the failed revolutionary experiments that unfold around the world.
on January 14, 2014
And I can't help but relate Animal Farm and 1984 to current times. I mean we're all constantly being spied on, and we still are; so now we're blatantly being spied on, it's been all over the news but no one has said anything about the program being suspended for the time being. It's still happening! But our people seemed to have brushed it aside and our politicians don't even seem to care, they only care about shutting the "traitor" up. I'll end it with comparisons to our America.
Ministry of Truth - Mainstream Media
Ministry of Peace - Department of Defense
Ministry of Love - Department of Justice
Ministry of Plenty - Congress, Senate, and President
Big Brother - Essentially Uncle Sam or our current President
Newspeak - The dribble that is excreted out of the mainstream medias' mouths on a constant basis
Doublethink - How mainstream media tries to make you feel, you know something is true, but they convince you of the exact opposite
WAR IS PEACE - Our people are convinced that fighting overseas preserves our peace and freedom
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY - We can be free, but we still owe our government money
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH - Come on, we live in a world with MTV, VH1, BET, and DISNEY. Pop culture channels for short.
Ministry of Truth - Mainstream Media
Ministry of Peace - Department of Defense
Ministry of Love - Department of Justice
Ministry of Plenty - Congress, Senate, and President
Big Brother - Essentially Uncle Sam or our current President
Newspeak - The dribble that is excreted out of the mainstream medias' mouths on a constant basis
Doublethink - How mainstream media tries to make you feel, you know something is true, but they convince you of the exact opposite
WAR IS PEACE - Our people are convinced that fighting overseas preserves our peace and freedom
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY - We can be free, but we still owe our government money
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH - Come on, we live in a world with MTV, VH1, BET, and DISNEY. Pop culture channels for short.
