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Animal Farm
by George Orwell
After reading 1984, I was very curious to read more from Orwell. This book got recommended to me by friends, and I also found a cheap copy at the thrift store, all signs that I was meant to read this one.
With the almost innocent setup of this story, farm animals talking to each other and fighting for their freedom, it was quite gut-wrenching to realize how the narrative quickly changed. Through time, narratives got erased, and the animals who were not capable of reading or, crudely put, capable of critical thought, were used to push a narrative.
This book was like watching a car wreck, not being able to look away or do something about it. Almost like when watching a horror movie in a theater, you want to yell at the character not to walk down the dark basement steps. But would I walk down those dark basement steps? Would I watch and let my fellow people (get off ur high horse lmao) walk down paths that are unsafe and will lead to bigger problems.
It also made me think about whether I would notice if my community was letting important information pass them by, have I read rewritten narratives and accepted them as truth, whether I knew it was or not?
I would recommend this book to anyone who is disinterested in politics because it seems too complicated, or you don’t feel like your opinion would make a difference.
With the almost innocent setup of this story, farm animals talking to each other and fighting for their freedom, it was quite gut-wrenching to realize how the narrative quickly changed. Through time, narratives got erased, and the animals who were not capable of reading or, crudely put, capable of critical thought, were used to push a narrative.
This book was like watching a car wreck, not being able to look away or do something about it. Almost like when watching a horror movie in a theater, you want to yell at the character not to walk down the dark basement steps. But would I walk down those dark basement steps? Would I watch and let my fellow people (get off ur high horse lmao) walk down paths that are unsafe and will lead to bigger problems.
It also made me think about whether I would notice if my community was letting important information pass them by, have I read rewritten narratives and accepted them as truth, whether I knew it was or not?
I would recommend this book to anyone who is disinterested in politics because it seems too complicated, or you don’t feel like your opinion would make a difference.