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A review by seastheday
Animal Farm by George Orwell
4.5
I didn’t get to read this in high school. I read a million books but this one just slipped through my curriculums cracks, I guess. Nearly ten years later I am dying for my AP English Lanuage / AP English Literature teachers to dissect it with me right now.
Napoleon making everyone “equal” at first is the first step to his misinformed regime. He “tried” to make sure all the animals were literate. But barely any of them were. So he was about to re-write history and laws throughout the years. He fear-mongered all the animals with the past human owners (Jones) when the animals were resentful of new rules/laws imposed. He gas-lighted them on events that they personally witnessed. They got rid of the ever-faithful Boxer for disagreeing with them in the end. Again, taking advantage of the fact that most animals couldn’t read. Then N used Snowball as first an adversary yet, it was N’s plans S wanted to enact. Then N used Snowball as a continual scapegoat.
This story is something that is similar, repeatable & reflective of society as a whole. It is based off of the Russian Revolution but the tactics used are littered throughout history and other dictatorships.
I see why this book keeps getting put on banned lists
Napoleon making everyone “equal” at first is the first step to his misinformed regime. He “tried” to make sure all the animals were literate. But barely any of them were. So he was about to re-write history and laws throughout the years. He fear-mongered all the animals with the past human owners (Jones) when the animals were resentful of new rules/laws imposed. He gas-lighted them on events that they personally witnessed. They got rid of the ever-faithful Boxer for disagreeing with them in the end. Again, taking advantage of the fact that most animals couldn’t read. Then N used Snowball as first an adversary yet, it was N’s plans S wanted to enact. Then N used Snowball as a continual scapegoat.
This story is something that is similar, repeatable & reflective of society as a whole. It is based off of the Russian Revolution but the tactics used are littered throughout history and other dictatorships.
I see why this book keeps getting put on banned lists
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gaslighting, and Classism
Moderate: Bullying, Death, and Alcohol
Minor: Gun violence