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Animal Farm
by George Orwell
After struggling to read this book after more than a month I have finally finished it. And I must say, it was very...interesting. Animal Farm is meant to have some kind of political symbolism. So the first couple of chapters while reading this book I was trying to figure out what each character and event was suppose to symbolize. This is what took me so long to read this book and eventually I gave up trying to do anything but simply reading this book. So let me put it to you simply what this book is about: There's this farm where these animals live and one day the old pig named Major(I think) tells the animals basically that as animals they are being mistreated and that there will be a rebellion against their oppressors: humans. Then Major dies and then the animals decide to run their human master off the manor farm, led by three pigs, Napoleon, Snowball and Squealer. And then, well, I can't really tell you that because you wouldn't be compelled to read this book would you? No.
Overall I think this book had a good basis but I don't think I will ever understand all the symbolism in this book and even if I did I don't think I'd like this book very much because I would feel like I'm reading a textbook or something. Anyway, pretty good fable but that's about it.
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In retrospect, after further researching Communism, Stalin and World War I and II (the overthrow of the Czar and the rise of Stalin and Lenin), I have come to have greater respect for this novel.
I won't go into the symbolic details of this story, because I suspect that there are about a hundred reviews down here that will do that for me.
But what I will say is that this book, should be read (IMO) in any serious history class (particularly World history or American history when studying the world wars). Orwell managed (although a bit biased) to portray the feelings of the Soviet civilians after the overthrow of its notorious monarchy; followed by the mixed sentiments of the citizens when they realized that what they wanted (communism) was not at ALL what they thought it would be (mostly because Stalin became a dictator and created his own form of government).
Okay, well anyway, I was just thinking about this book and how symbolic it is. When I read it about three years ago, I didn't like it all that much (mostly because I didn't understand much of it). But now, I find that this book just as iconic as people (including my father) say it is. My rating still stands, though. I won't change it until I re-read it in the future.
Overall I think this book had a good basis but I don't think I will ever understand all the symbolism in this book and even if I did I don't think I'd like this book very much because I would feel like I'm reading a textbook or something. Anyway, pretty good fable but that's about it.
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In retrospect, after further researching Communism, Stalin and World War I and II (the overthrow of the Czar and the rise of Stalin and Lenin), I have come to have greater respect for this novel.
I won't go into the symbolic details of this story, because I suspect that there are about a hundred reviews down here that will do that for me.
But what I will say is that this book, should be read (IMO) in any serious history class (particularly World history or American history when studying the world wars). Orwell managed (although a bit biased) to portray the feelings of the Soviet civilians after the overthrow of its notorious monarchy; followed by the mixed sentiments of the citizens when they realized that what they wanted (communism) was not at ALL what they thought it would be (mostly because Stalin became a dictator and created his own form of government).
Okay, well anyway, I was just thinking about this book and how symbolic it is. When I read it about three years ago, I didn't like it all that much (mostly because I didn't understand much of it). But now, I find that this book just as iconic as people (including my father) say it is. My rating still stands, though. I won't change it until I re-read it in the future.