Animal Farm
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Animal Farm
by Authors:
George Orwell
Released: 06 January, 2004
ISBN: 0451526341
Paperback
Sales Rank: 1,205
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$7.95
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Customer Review #1:
 Pure Socialism, Pure Fiction!
This book should open the eyes of many who are caught up with the ideas of utopianism, absolute egalitarianism, and other "heaven-on-earth" ideas. Orwell does a masterful job in this short, easy, and fun to read book showing how a "utopian-oriented" revolution can go wrong. Though the book is humorous, it has a serious and solemn message for any generation. Though Orwell was a socialist himself, he had the guts to prove that "socialist" transformation or revolution of society can go wrong if the leaders of the revolution adopt "rightist" attitudes and behaviours along the process. This book shows the similarities between Animal Farm and the Soviet Union during the Stalin era. The pigs in the book represent the Soviet vanguard leaders of the revolution; the dogs the ruthless secret police; and the rest of the animals the various bodies within the USSR during the Stalin era. This book is a good reminder that no matter what words and rhetorics are spoken in the past, leaders can succumb to the influence of power and elitism and throw out their past socialist beliefs in actual behaviour. Pure forms of socialism cannot happen on this side of life. People are still inherently selfish and proud. Positivism is a dead social theory (individual genes, personalities, and brain processess do matter on how society is formed and structured). What is society? It is the product of human personalities. This should awaken the ideological slumbering of many liberals, socialists, and leftists. Orwell does a good job showing that no matter what (poor or plenty) people only seek their own self-interest when the opportunity arises.
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Customer Review #2:
 "Pig"-headed Beasts
Animal Farm, a book full of "pig"-headed beasts! When reading this book my emotions ranged from being sympathetic with the animals in the beginning to pitying the animals for their stupidity. I felt bad when Mr. Jones would work the animals hard and only feed them enough to get by. But my sympathy turned to pity when the animals fell for Napoleons propaganda (squealers speeches). After finishing the book I realized how bad totalitarianism is and despised Napoleon for becoming such a power hungry "pig".
My favorite character was probably Clover. She was my favorite because she was pretty smart and didnt always agree with Napoleon right away. She questioned his and the other pigs behavior. She was the only animal that would realize every time Napoleon changed a commandment. She was also very nurturing and mother like towards the other animals.
I really liked how everything in the book paralleled something in Russian history. It was really interesting to try and figure out what everything meant. I also really liked the book because it was an easy read and I had no trouble trying to figure out what happened.
George Orwell did a wonderful job showing how totalitarianism is bad and eventually will not work in favor of the people or animals in this case. I really enjoyed how he used a story about animals to explain the effects of totalitarianism. It turned something that otherwise could be a boring subject into a story about a farm.
I learned a lot about totalitarianism in this book. I knew that it was bad prior to reading the book but I had no idea how it affected the people the so badly. I always used to wonder why the people never fought against a dictator but after reading this book I realize that sometimes the people dont even now how bad they have it.
I thought that the end of the book was sort of disappointing. I wanted the ending to include a big downfall of Napoleon since he was such a horrible leader to the animals. But instead the book ended with Napoleon being happy and still in control.
There are a few things I still dont understand. I dont know what the windmill in the book represents in Russian history. I also didnt understand the ending. Why couldnt you tell the difference between the pigs and the humans? and What does that represent in history?
I would definitely recommend this book. It is a very interesting book to read in either an English class or a history class. I wouldnt recommend this book to someone to read outside of school because the book is much more interesting when you can compare it to the Russian history.
I dont know if I would read another book by this author. This particular book was interesting because it was so accurately representing an actual countrys government. I might read another book by this author if there was another book that included this quality.
Overall Animal Farm is an "oink"-ing good time to read!
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Customer Review #3:
funniest ive ever read
omg
after reading charlottes web!!!! READ IT AFTER CHARLOTTES WEB!!
its bloody hilarious
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