Animal Farm by George Orwell
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
Tired of their servitude to man, a group of farm animals revolt and establish their own society, only to be betrayed into worse servitude by their leaders, the pigs, whose slogan becomes: "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." This 1945 satire addresses the socialist/ communist philosophy of Stalin in the Soviet Union. 5/ 5 |
I was inspired to read this book because Ariel Bisset was raving about it on booktube and I found a copy in my house :)
It's only 119 pages long but it contains a lot thoughtful material. I wasn't sure whether I would be able to read it as I have always struggled with classics and it seemed to have quite a serious theme. HOWEVER, it isn't thick with politics, it just makes you think.
What I found really interesting was the gradual changes that take place on the farm. It starts off wonderfully, it's everything the animals have ever dreamed of. Things start to evolve, small things at first and then rapidly the changes start increase until the animals are living in the very worse conditions (well some of them) but they don't realise. It's scary how similar this can be to real life. You don't understand what's happening until it's to late to do anything about it and you find yourself in the same position that you were striving to avoid.
After reading this I would be really interested in finding out more about the soviet union that the satire was based upon. I can't wait to get my hands on 1984 as I found George Orwell's writing thought-provoking and a nice change from the summer contemporaries.
~ Eleanor
It's only 119 pages long but it contains a lot thoughtful material. I wasn't sure whether I would be able to read it as I have always struggled with classics and it seemed to have quite a serious theme. HOWEVER, it isn't thick with politics, it just makes you think.
What I found really interesting was the gradual changes that take place on the farm. It starts off wonderfully, it's everything the animals have ever dreamed of. Things start to evolve, small things at first and then rapidly the changes start increase until the animals are living in the very worse conditions (well some of them) but they don't realise. It's scary how similar this can be to real life. You don't understand what's happening until it's to late to do anything about it and you find yourself in the same position that you were striving to avoid.
After reading this I would be really interested in finding out more about the soviet union that the satire was based upon. I can't wait to get my hands on 1984 as I found George Orwell's writing thought-provoking and a nice change from the summer contemporaries.
~ Eleanor