Animal Farm by George Orwell

Animal Farmby Anonymous

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October 15, 2008: Have you ever been treated cruelly by someone you think highly of? Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be in control? Well the people or should I say animals in this book did. They wanted freedom. They were tired of not ever being fed enough food; and they were tired of being over worked. This book is an example of the way things work in real life. We are just like them. When we are given too much power we abuse it. Also when things are not going the way we want, we would do anything to change it. Just like the animals in this book did. Snowball was given all the power and he of course abused it. For example he got drunk, he slept on beds with blankets, and he changed the rules of the farm; knowing that no one could read or write very well other then him. Also when everything was falling apart and not working out the way he had planned, he left the farm to join the humans in helping them destroy animal farm. So as you can see the author was trying to make a very clear point. We are all the same. But there has to be someone who is not afraid to step forward and take action. There has to be someone courageous enough to say and do the right thing knowing that the outcome may be horrible. Just like Squealer in this book did. He took charge and drove the humans and animals that had turned against him out. In addition to that he also created a windmill and more then once, because snowball and the humans kept on destroying it. So each time they did he had made the next one even bigger, thicker, and stronger. He would have never accomplished this if he had never set his mind to it and kept on believing in himself. Further more he encouraged the others to join him; and in the end he brought peace between the humans and the animals. So yes I believe that the author had made his point and did a very good job in doing so. This book was amazing and I think that everyone should read it. It definitely gives you a better understanding for the real world.

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Animal Farmby Anonymous

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September 22, 2008: Animal Farm is the best written allegory of Stalinism ever made. The book begins one night as Old Major tells a story of an 'Animal Revolution' then, with the animals stirred up Napoleon takes control over Animal Farm falsely promising good things. He successfully rids the farm of the humans with the help of the animals and sets up rules, called the 7 Commandments for them to live by, but the more they live on their own the discover corruption and evil on the farm that confuses them all.