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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
medium-paced
I really liked it, I don't know why it took me so long to read it. The messaging hits home.
dark
informative
sad
Annoyingly still relevant. But lovely and short
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL. BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS
This was a great and still incredibly relevant read on control, oppression, and the cycle of power. Once your oppressors have been overthrown, a power vacuum is created, and those more cunning than the others will rise above to seize that power, exploit the un-educated, and rewrite reality in their favor.
Much like 1984, the "truth" and reality of your world are only as real as what you're lead to believe. This story could have been about any marginalized group, in any setting, but using farm animals to represent the different sects/castes within the story is easy to digest and visualize, will allowing the narrative to easily be compared and adapted to other larger real-world situations. When the "educated" or those in power are able to keep the complacent/weak/fearful/uneducated population down with lies and uniting under a common enemy, it's insane (but frankly not unsurprising) how people can feel empowered by doing more with less, if they are lead to believe it is within their best interest.
... he was right in saying that the lower animals on Animal Farm did more work and received less food than any animals in the county... Mr. Pilkington once again congratulated the pigs on the low rations long working hours, and general absence of pampering which he had observed on Animal Farm
This was a story of the systematic removal of rights, gaslighting of constituents to rewrite laws and reality in favor of those in power (to their own detriment), radicalizing a body under the ruse of demonizing a common "enemy" through nationalism, and the promise of a utopic tomorrow that will never come. While this allegory leans heavily into the mid-century soviet communistic "ideal", there are lessons and patterns from this that hit too close to home even today. This is Animal Farm.
dark
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Orwel was an optimist
Lyhyt, mutta hyvinkin puhutteleva teos eläinten oikeuksista sekä älykkäämpien ja korkeampiarvoisten juonittelusta ja vallanhalusta sekä -tavoittelusta. Eläimet vs. ihmiset-asetelmaa vaihtamallakin tämä kirjan tarina on kammottavan ajankohtainen ja elävä esimerkki ahneudesta.