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賲夭乇毓丞 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳
賲夭乇毓丞 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳貙 丨賰丕賷丞 丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 賲賳 禺賱丕賱賴丕 賷賯丿賲 噩賵乇噩 兀賵乇賵賷賱 賴噩丕亍賸 爻丕禺乇丕賸 賵賳賯丿丕賸 賱賱兀賳馗賲丞 丕賱卮賲賵賱賷丞貙 賵賱廿賳爻丕賳 丕賱爻賱胤丞 賵廿賳丨乇丕賮丕鬲賴.
賯乇乇鬲 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 匕丕鬲 賷賵賲貙 亘毓丿 兀賳 丨乇賰鬲賴丕 丕賱賲購孬賱 丕賱毓賱賷丕 賱賱禺賳夭賷乇 丕賱毓噩賵夭 "賲賷噩乇" 兀賳 鬲孬賵乇 囟丿 爻賷丿賴丕貙 亘兀賲賱 兀賳 鬲毓賷卮 丨賷丕丞 賲爻鬲賯賱丞 鬲爻賵丿賴丕 丕賱毓丿丕賱丞 賵丕賱鬲毓丕賵賳 賵丕賱爻賱賲 亘賷賳 丕賱噩賲賷毓貙 毓賳丿賲丕 爻賯胤鬲 丕賱賲夭乇毓丞 賮賷 賷丿 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 爻丕丿 丕賱廿丨鬲乇丕賲 賱賱賵氐丕賷丕 丕賱爻亘毓 丕賱鬲賷 鬲亘噩賾賱 丕賱爻賱丕賲貙 賵鬲兀賰丿 丕賱鬲賳賵毓賻 丕賱賯丕卅賲 亘賷賳賴丕貙 兀賲丕 丕賱毓丿賵 賮賯丿 鬲賲 鬲丨丿賷丿賴 亘賵囟賵丨: 廿賳賴 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳貙 賵賯丿 兀噩賲毓鬲 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 毓賱賶 匕賱賰.
賱賰賳 丕賱禺賳丕夭賷乇 鬲賵氐賱鬲 亘爻乇毓丞 廿賱賶 丕賱廿爻鬲卅孬丕乇 亘丕賱爻賱胤丞貙 賮丕爻鬲毓亘丿鬲 亘丕賯賷 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 賵丕爻鬲睾賱鬲 匕賰丕亍賴丕 亘賴丿賮 丕賱鬲丨賰賲 賮賷 賲禺丕賵賮賴丕 賵賯丕賲鬲 亘鬲丨乇賷賮 丕賱賲丕囟賷 賱賲氐賱丨鬲賴丕貙 賵鬲賲 鬲卮賵賷賴 丕賱賲孬賱 丕賱毓賱賷丕 亘爻乇毓丞 賮丕卅賯丞貙 丕賱賲亘丕丿卅 丕賱毓丕賲丞 鬲賲 廿賮爻丕丿賴丕貙 賮馗賴乇 丕賱丿賰鬲丕鬲賵乇 "賳丕亘賵賱賷賵賳"貙 賵兀賯丕賲 鬲賯丿賷爻丕賸 賱賱匕丕鬲賷丞貙 賵賵囟毓 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 丕賱兀禺乇賶 賮賷 丨丕賱丞 賲賳 丕賱廿匕毓丕賳 賱賴貙 賵兀乇賴賯賴賲 賮賷 丕賱毓賲賱 丕賱賲賳賴賰.
乇睾賲 匕賱賰貙 鬲賲賰賳 賲賳 丕賱丨賮丕馗 毓賱賶 卮毓賱丞 丕賱兀賲賱 丿丕禺賱賴賲貙 賵賵囟毓 兀賲丕賲賴賲 賴丿賮丕賸 賲鬲毓匕乇丕賸貙 賵賵毓丿賴賲 亘丨賷丕丞 兀賮囟賱貙 賵鬲乇賰賴賲 丿丕禺賱 賴匕賴 丕賱賷賵鬲賵亘賷丕貙 賲乇鬲 丕賱爻賳賷賳貙 賵賱丕 卮賷亍 賲賷賾夭 丕賱禺賳丕夭賷乇 毓賳 兀爻賷丕丿賴丕 丕賱爻丕亘賯賷賳... 賱賲 賷亘賯 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賲賳 丕賱賵氐丕賷丕 丕賱爻亘毓 丕賱鬲賷 賰鬲亘鬲 賮賷 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 毓賱賶 丕賱噩丿丕乇貙 爻賵賶 賵氐賷丞 賵丕丨丿丞.
"噩賲賷毓 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 賲鬲爻丕賵賷丞"貙 賱賰賳 亘毓囟賴丕 兀賰孬乇 賲爻丕賵丕丞賸 賲賳 睾賷乇賴丕"貙 賴匕賴 丕賱廿爻鬲毓丕乇丞 丕賱賱丕賲毓丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲禺賷賱賴丕 噩賵乇噩 兀賵乇賵賷賱 鬲賵囟賾丨 廿賳丨乇丕賮丕鬲 丕賱爻賷丕爻丞 賵丕賱爻賱胤丞貙 賰賲丕 兀賳賴丕 兀賷囟丕賸 鬲乇爻賲貙 亘胤乇賷賯丞 賲匕賴賱丞貙 賰賷賮 兀賳 丕賱乇睾亘丞 賮賷 丕賱鬲睾賷賷乇 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 鬲賯賵丿 廿賱賶 丕賱丿賰鬲丕鬲賵乇賷丞貙 賵賰賷賮 兀賳賴 賲賳 丕賱爻賴賱 丕賱鬲丨賰賲 賮賷 毓賯賱 丕賱丌禺乇 亘賵丕爻胤丞 丕賱禺胤丕亘丕鬲 丕賱亘乇丕賯丞貙 賵賰賷賮 兀賳 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 丕賳鬲賴鬲 亘鬲氐丿賷賯 兀賷 卮賷亍貙 賲賲丕 賷丿賮毓 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 廿賱賶 丕賱鬲兀賲賱 賮賷 賯賵丞 丕賱亘乇賵亘丕睾賳丿丕.
賯乇乇鬲 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 匕丕鬲 賷賵賲貙 亘毓丿 兀賳 丨乇賰鬲賴丕 丕賱賲購孬賱 丕賱毓賱賷丕 賱賱禺賳夭賷乇 丕賱毓噩賵夭 "賲賷噩乇" 兀賳 鬲孬賵乇 囟丿 爻賷丿賴丕貙 亘兀賲賱 兀賳 鬲毓賷卮 丨賷丕丞 賲爻鬲賯賱丞 鬲爻賵丿賴丕 丕賱毓丿丕賱丞 賵丕賱鬲毓丕賵賳 賵丕賱爻賱賲 亘賷賳 丕賱噩賲賷毓貙 毓賳丿賲丕 爻賯胤鬲 丕賱賲夭乇毓丞 賮賷 賷丿 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 爻丕丿 丕賱廿丨鬲乇丕賲 賱賱賵氐丕賷丕 丕賱爻亘毓 丕賱鬲賷 鬲亘噩賾賱 丕賱爻賱丕賲貙 賵鬲兀賰丿 丕賱鬲賳賵毓賻 丕賱賯丕卅賲 亘賷賳賴丕貙 兀賲丕 丕賱毓丿賵 賮賯丿 鬲賲 鬲丨丿賷丿賴 亘賵囟賵丨: 廿賳賴 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳貙 賵賯丿 兀噩賲毓鬲 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 毓賱賶 匕賱賰.
賱賰賳 丕賱禺賳丕夭賷乇 鬲賵氐賱鬲 亘爻乇毓丞 廿賱賶 丕賱廿爻鬲卅孬丕乇 亘丕賱爻賱胤丞貙 賮丕爻鬲毓亘丿鬲 亘丕賯賷 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 賵丕爻鬲睾賱鬲 匕賰丕亍賴丕 亘賴丿賮 丕賱鬲丨賰賲 賮賷 賲禺丕賵賮賴丕 賵賯丕賲鬲 亘鬲丨乇賷賮 丕賱賲丕囟賷 賱賲氐賱丨鬲賴丕貙 賵鬲賲 鬲卮賵賷賴 丕賱賲孬賱 丕賱毓賱賷丕 亘爻乇毓丞 賮丕卅賯丞貙 丕賱賲亘丕丿卅 丕賱毓丕賲丞 鬲賲 廿賮爻丕丿賴丕貙 賮馗賴乇 丕賱丿賰鬲丕鬲賵乇 "賳丕亘賵賱賷賵賳"貙 賵兀賯丕賲 鬲賯丿賷爻丕賸 賱賱匕丕鬲賷丞貙 賵賵囟毓 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 丕賱兀禺乇賶 賮賷 丨丕賱丞 賲賳 丕賱廿匕毓丕賳 賱賴貙 賵兀乇賴賯賴賲 賮賷 丕賱毓賲賱 丕賱賲賳賴賰.
乇睾賲 匕賱賰貙 鬲賲賰賳 賲賳 丕賱丨賮丕馗 毓賱賶 卮毓賱丞 丕賱兀賲賱 丿丕禺賱賴賲貙 賵賵囟毓 兀賲丕賲賴賲 賴丿賮丕賸 賲鬲毓匕乇丕賸貙 賵賵毓丿賴賲 亘丨賷丕丞 兀賮囟賱貙 賵鬲乇賰賴賲 丿丕禺賱 賴匕賴 丕賱賷賵鬲賵亘賷丕貙 賲乇鬲 丕賱爻賳賷賳貙 賵賱丕 卮賷亍 賲賷賾夭 丕賱禺賳丕夭賷乇 毓賳 兀爻賷丕丿賴丕 丕賱爻丕亘賯賷賳... 賱賲 賷亘賯 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賲賳 丕賱賵氐丕賷丕 丕賱爻亘毓 丕賱鬲賷 賰鬲亘鬲 賮賷 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 毓賱賶 丕賱噩丿丕乇貙 爻賵賶 賵氐賷丞 賵丕丨丿丞.
"噩賲賷毓 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 賲鬲爻丕賵賷丞"貙 賱賰賳 亘毓囟賴丕 兀賰孬乇 賲爻丕賵丕丞賸 賲賳 睾賷乇賴丕"貙 賴匕賴 丕賱廿爻鬲毓丕乇丞 丕賱賱丕賲毓丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲禺賷賱賴丕 噩賵乇噩 兀賵乇賵賷賱 鬲賵囟賾丨 廿賳丨乇丕賮丕鬲 丕賱爻賷丕爻丞 賵丕賱爻賱胤丞貙 賰賲丕 兀賳賴丕 兀賷囟丕賸 鬲乇爻賲貙 亘胤乇賷賯丞 賲匕賴賱丞貙 賰賷賮 兀賳 丕賱乇睾亘丞 賮賷 丕賱鬲睾賷賷乇 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 鬲賯賵丿 廿賱賶 丕賱丿賰鬲丕鬲賵乇賷丞貙 賵賰賷賮 兀賳賴 賲賳 丕賱爻賴賱 丕賱鬲丨賰賲 賮賷 毓賯賱 丕賱丌禺乇 亘賵丕爻胤丞 丕賱禺胤丕亘丕鬲 丕賱亘乇丕賯丞貙 賵賰賷賮 兀賳 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 丕賳鬲賴鬲 亘鬲氐丿賷賯 兀賷 卮賷亍貙 賲賲丕 賷丿賮毓 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 廿賱賶 丕賱鬲兀賲賱 賮賷 賯賵丞 丕賱亘乇賵亘丕睾賳丿丕.
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First published August 17, 1945
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George Orwell
1,249听books47.9k听followersEric Arthur Blair was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to all totalitarianism (both authoritarian communism and fascism), and support of democratic socialism.
Orwell is best known for his allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), although his works also encompass literary criticism, poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. His non-fiction works, including The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), documenting his experience of working-class life in the industrial north of England, and Homage to Catalonia (1938), an account of his experiences soldiering for the Republican faction of the Spanish Civil War (1936鈥�1939), are as critically respected as his essays on politics, literature, language and culture.
Orwell's work remains influential in popular culture and in political culture, and the adjective "Orwellian"鈥攄escribing totalitarian and authoritarian social practices鈥攊s part of the English language, like many of his neologisms, such as "Big Brother", "Thought Police", "Room 101", "Newspeak", "memory hole", "doublethink", and "thoughtcrime". In 2008, The Times named Orwell the second-greatest British writer since 1945.
Orwell is best known for his allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), although his works also encompass literary criticism, poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. His non-fiction works, including The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), documenting his experience of working-class life in the industrial north of England, and Homage to Catalonia (1938), an account of his experiences soldiering for the Republican faction of the Spanish Civil War (1936鈥�1939), are as critically respected as his essays on politics, literature, language and culture.
Orwell's work remains influential in popular culture and in political culture, and the adjective "Orwellian"鈥攄escribing totalitarian and authoritarian social practices鈥攊s part of the English language, like many of his neologisms, such as "Big Brother", "Thought Police", "Room 101", "Newspeak", "memory hole", "doublethink", and "thoughtcrime". In 2008, The Times named Orwell the second-greatest British writer since 1945.
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賵氐丕乇 丕賱孬丕賳賷 賴賵 丕賱丨丕賰賲 丕賱乇爻賲賷 賱賱亘賱丕丿..丕賱丨丕賰賲 丕賱卮乇毓賷..丕賱賵丨賷丿 ..丕賱噩賲賴賵乇賷 丕賱賲賳鬲禺亘..亘賲丕 賱丕 賷鬲毓丕乇囟 賲毓 爻賷丕爻鬲賴
氐丕乇 丕賱丕賵賱 禺丕卅賳...賵丕賷 賲賳 賷馗賴乇 毓賱賷賴 毓賱丕賲賴 鬲賲乇丿 賮廿賳賴 禺丕卅賳 賲孬賱賴 賵賷毓丿賲 賮賵乇丕..賱丕 賷鬲毓丕乇囟 賴匕丕 賲毓 丕賱賯丕賳賵賳..賮賯丿 睾胤賷 毓賱賷賴 亘爻賷丕爻鬲賴
毓丕丿 丕賱馗賱賲..毓丕丿 丕賱賯賴乇..毓丕丿 丕賱賮賯乇 賵賯賱賴 丕賱毓賷卮
毓丕丿 丕賱鬲賲賷賷夭 丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷
賵賰賷賮 賱賴 丕賱丕 賷毓賵丿 賵賴賳丕賰 賯胤賷毓 賲賳
賷乇丿丿賵賳 丕賱丕賮賰丕乇 丕賱賲丨乇賮賴..賷毓賱賵賳 亘賴丕 氐賵鬲賴賲 賮賵賯 丕賷 氐賵鬲 賱賱賲毓丕乇囟賴
爻鬲鬲兀孬乇 亘丨賯 亘賲卮賴丿 丕噩鬲賲丕毓 丕賱賳丕爻 亘毓丿 亘囟毓 卮賴賵乇..賷鬲匕賰乇賵賳 賲丕 賰丕賳 ..賵賷賯丕乇賵賳賴 亘丕賱丕賳
賰賷賮 囟丕毓鬲 孬賵乇鬲賴賲...賰賷賮 囟丕毓 丨賱賲賴賲..賵賰賷賮 禺賮鬲 氐賵鬲 賳卮賷丿賴賲
賷丨丕賵賱賵丕 丕賱鬲睾賳賷 亘賳卮賷丿賴賲 賲乇賴 丕禺乇賷 ...賱乇亘賲丕 亘毓孬 賱賴賲 丕賱丕賲賱 賲噩丿丿丕
賱賷賮丕噩兀賵丕 亘賲賳毓 丕賱禺賳丕夭賷乇 賱賱賳卮賷丿..賮丕賱孬賵乇賴 丕賳鬲賴鬲 亘丕賱賳爻亘賴 賱賱禺賳丕夭賷乇 亘丨賰賲賴賲..賵亘丕毓丿丕賲賴賲 丕禺賵丕賳賴賲..丕賱賲毓丕乇囟賵賳 丕賱禺賵賳賴
乇賰亘 丕賱禺賳丕夭賷乇 丕賱孬賵乇丞 賵丨賲賵丕 丨賰賲賴賲 亘丕賱賰賱丕亘 丕賱卮乇爻丞
賵睾胤賵丕 毓賱賷 丕禺賮丕賯丕鬲賴賲 賵爻乇賯丕鬲賴賲 亘禺賳夭賷乇賴賲 丕賱賲丨賳賰 丕毓賱丕賲賷丕 賷丨賷賱 丕賱丨賯 亘丕胤賱丕 賵丕賱亘丕胤賱 丨賯丕
鬲毓丕賵賳賵丕 賲毓 丕賱睾乇丕亘 丕賱匕賷 賷丿賮毓 亘睾胤丕亍
孬賲 鬲丨丕賱賮賵丕 賲毓 毓丿賵賴賲 丕賱丕氐賱賷 賱賷丨賰賲賵丕 賯亘囟鬲賴賲 毓賱賷 丕賱丨賰賲
賵囟毓賵丕 賷丿賴賲 賮賷 賷丿 丕賱丕毓丿丕亍...丨鬲賷 氐丕乇 賱丕賮乇賯 亘賷賳 禺賳夭賷乇丕 賵丕賳爻丕賳
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賱丕 丕毓鬲賯丿 丕賳 賴匕丕 乇賷賮賷賵 丕爻丕爻丕 賱乇賵丕賷賴 乇丕卅毓賴 氐丕睾賴丕 亘乇賲夭賷賴 賵亘乇丕毓賴 噩賵乇噩 丕賵乇賵賷賱
賴匕丕 賲噩乇丿 鬲賱禺賷氐 乇丿卅
賱賯丿 毓乇賮鬲 丕賱丕賳 賱賲丕匕丕 賱賲 鬲賰鬲亘 丕丨丿 丕氐丿賯丕卅賷 賴賳丕 賮賷 丕賱噩賵丿乇賷丿夭 乇賷賮賷賵 毓賳 匕賱賰 丕賱乇賵丕賷賴 -亘丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 睾夭丕乇賴 乇賷賮賷賵賴丕鬲賴丕-..丕賱乇賵丕賷賴 賱丕 鬲爻鬲丨賯 乇賷賮賷賵 丕爻丕爻丕
賴賷 鬲賯乇兀 賵鬲爻鬲賵毓亘 賮丨爻亘
賵賱賰賳 賱賳氐丕乇丨 兀賳賮爻賳丕 ... 兀賳賳丕 賱賲 賳鬲毓馗 賲賳 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 亘卮賰賱 賲亘丕卮乇...賮賰賷賮 丕賳 賳鬲毓馗 賲賳 氐賵乇丞 乇賲夭賷丞 賱賴 賵廿賳 賰丕賳鬲 亘賲賳鬲賴賷 丕賱兀鬲賯丕賳
賮賱賳丨丕賵賱
乇亘賲丕 賳賳噩丨 賷賵賲丕 賮賷 孬賵乇丞 賱丕 鬲賳鬲賴賷 亘
賲夭乇毓丞 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲
賲丨賲丿 丕賱毓乇亘賷
賮賯胤 賮賷 24 賷賵賳賷賵 2013
"賲賱丨賵馗赖"
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賯乇兀鬲 鬲賱賰 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賯亘賱 丕丨丿丕孬 30 賷賵賳賷賵 2013
賵丕賱睾乇賷亘 噩丿丕 丕賳 亘毓丿 兀毓丕丿丞 賯乇丕亍鬲賷 賱賱乇賷賮賷賵 兀噩丿 兀賳賴丕 鬲氐賱丨 賱賳賮爻 丕賱丨丕賱 亘毓丿 爻賳鬲賷賳..賳賮爻 丕賱乇賷賮賷賵 丕賱乇賲夭賷 賷氐賱丨 賱兀賷 賵賯鬲...亘丕賱囟亘胤 賰丕賱乇賵丕賷丞..賵爻毓丿鬲 兀賳賷 賰鬲亘鬲 丕賱乇賷賮賷賵 亘丕賱乇賲夭 賲孬賱賴丕
丕賱毓噩賷亘 賮毓賱丕 丕賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲氐賱丨 賱賰賱 丕賱毓賴賵丿 丕賱爻賷丕爻賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 兀鬲鬲 毓賱賷賳丕
賲氐乇 賯亘賱 25 賷賳丕賷乇 賵亘毓丿賴丕
賲氐乇 賯亘賱 30 賷賵賳賷賵 賵亘毓丿賴丕
賵亘賲噩乇丿 丕賳 賯乇卅鬲賴丕..卮毓乇鬲 丕賳 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賷噩亘 丕賳 賷鬲賲 鬲丿乇賷爻賴丕 亘丕賱賲丿丕乇爻..賮賰賱 丕賱丕噩賷丕賱 鬲爻鬲丨賯 賴匕丕 丕賱賵毓賷 丕賱爻賷丕爻賷
丕賱丕 丕賳賷 乇丕賷鬲 爻亘亘丕 -賵丕賳 丕賰丕丿 丕賳 丕噩夭賲 丕賳賴 賱賷爻 丕賱爻亘亘 丕賱乇卅賷爻賷 賱賴匕丕- 丕賳 賳賴丕賷鬲賴丕 丕賱賲賯亘囟賴 賱丕 鬲鬲賳丕爻亘 賱氐睾丕乇 丕賱爻賳
賵賱賰賳 賴匕賴 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱賲賯亘囟丞 賱賱丕爻賮...賵丕賯毓賷丞
噩賵乇噩 丕賵乇賵賷賱 毓丕賲 1943 賷賯丿賲 賱賳丕 賳賲賵匕噩 賱孬賵乇丞
孬賵乇丞 丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 毓賱賷 "氐丕丨亘 丕賱毓夭亘丞"..毓卮丕賳 丨賯賵賯賴賲
孬賵乇丞 夭賷 丕賷 孬賵乇丞 賮賷 鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳賷丞..孬賵乇丞 夭賷 丕賱孬賵乇丞 丕賱乇賵爻賷丞 賵賱丕 丕賱乇賵賲丕賳賷丞 賵賱丕 ....兀賴賷 孬賵乇丞
丨賰丕賷丞 賲賰乇乇丞貙 鬲賯乇賷亘丕 亘賳賮爻 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞..賮廿賳賳丕 賱賲 賳鬲毓賱賲 賲賳 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺貙 賮賴賱 爻賳鬲毓賱賲 賲賳 丕賱乇賲夭責
丕賱丨賰丕賷丞 賴賳丕 丨賰丕賷丞 孬賵乇丞
孬賵乇丞 賲丕 賲賳 丕噩賱 毓賷卮 賷鬲賳丕爻亘 賲毓 丕賱毓賲賱..賲賳 丕噩賱 丨乇賷丞 丨賯賷賯賷丞
孬賵乇丞 賲丕 賲賳 丕噩賱 丕賱賰乇丕賲丞..孬賵乇丞 賲賳 丕噩賱 丕賱毓丿丕賱丞 丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞
孬賵乇丞 賳噩丨鬲 賮賷 丕夭丕賱丞 丕賱囟丕睾賷丞...孬賵乇丞 賳噩丨鬲 賮賷 噩毓賱 丕賱丕乇囟 賰賱賴丕 丨賯丕 賱賱孬賵丕乇
氐丕乇鬲 丕乇囟賴賲 賵賲賱賰賴賲..氐丕乇 禺賷乇賴丕 賰賱賴 賱賴賲..氐丕乇賵丕 賷賲賱賰賵賳 夭賲丕賲 丕賲賵乇賴賲
氐丕乇賵丕 賷鬲睾賳賵賳 賳卮賷丿 賳氐乇賴賲...賮乇丨賷賳 亘丨乇賷鬲賴賲..賷乇賵賳 賮賷 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 賮賯胤 乇禺丕卅賴賲
丌賱 丕賱鬲賳馗賷賲 丕賱賷 噩賲丕毓賴 賲賳 丕賱禺賳丕夭賷乇..賷賯賵丿賴丕 丕孬賳丕賳
丕賱丕賵賱 丕禺鬲丕乇 賲氐賱丨丞 亘丕賯賷 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 賵丕乇丕丿 鬲胤賵賷乇 丨賷丕鬲賴賲 亘賲丕 賷丨賯賯 丕賴丿丕賮 孬賵乇鬲賴賲
賵丕賱孬丕賳賷 丕禺鬲丕乇 丕賱賰爻賱..丕禺鬲丕乇 丕賱鬲乇丕禺賷
丕禺鬲丕乇 丕賳 賷胤賱賯 毓賱賷 丕賱丕賵賱 賰賱丕亘賴 賱賷鬲賱丕卮賷
賵丕禺鬲丕乇 丕賳 賷賳賮賷賴 賵賷毓賱賳賴 禺丕卅賳丕 賱賱亘賱丕丿..賱丕禺鬲賱丕賮 爻賷丕爻丞 丕賱丕氐賱丕丨 丕賱鬲賷 賷乇賷丿賴丕 丕賱丕賵賱 亘爻賷丕爻鬲賴
卮賵賴 爻賲毓鬲賴 賵賲丨丕 亘胤賵賱鬲賴..亘廿爻鬲禺丿丕賲 禺賳夭賷乇 丕毓賱丕賲賷 "賷賯賱亘 丕賱丨賯 亘丕胤賱丕" 丕賷囟丕 賷毓賲賱 鬲丨鬲 爻賷丕爻鬲賴
丕禺鬲丕乇 丕賳 賷睾賷乇
賵氐丕乇 丕賱孬丕賳賷 賴賵 丕賱丨丕賰賲 丕賱乇爻賲賷 賱賱亘賱丕丿..丕賱丨丕賰賲 丕賱卮乇毓賷..丕賱賵丨賷丿 ..丕賱噩賲賴賵乇賷 丕賱賲賳鬲禺亘..亘賲丕 賱丕 賷鬲毓丕乇囟 賲毓 爻賷丕爻鬲賴
氐丕乇 丕賱丕賵賱 禺丕卅賳...賵丕賷 賲賳 賷馗賴乇 毓賱賷賴 毓賱丕賲賴 鬲賲乇丿 賮廿賳賴 禺丕卅賳 賲孬賱賴 賵賷毓丿賲 賮賵乇丕..賱丕 賷鬲毓丕乇囟 賴匕丕 賲毓 丕賱賯丕賳賵賳..賮賯丿 睾胤賷 毓賱賷賴 亘爻賷丕爻鬲賴
毓丕丿 丕賱馗賱賲..毓丕丿 丕賱賯賴乇..毓丕丿 丕賱賮賯乇 賵賯賱賴 丕賱毓賷卮
毓丕丿 丕賱鬲賲賷賷夭 丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷
賵賰賷賮 賱賴 丕賱丕 賷毓賵丿 賵賴賳丕賰 賯胤賷毓 賲賳
賷乇丿丿賵賳 丕賱丕賮賰丕乇 丕賱賲丨乇賮賴..賷毓賱賵賳 亘賴丕 氐賵鬲賴賲 賮賵賯 丕賷 氐賵鬲 賱賱賲毓丕乇囟賴
爻鬲鬲兀孬乇 亘丨賯 亘賲卮賴丿 丕噩鬲賲丕毓 丕賱賳丕爻 亘毓丿 亘囟毓 卮賴賵乇..賷鬲匕賰乇賵賳 賲丕 賰丕賳 ..賵賷賯丕乇賵賳賴 亘丕賱丕賳
賰賷賮 囟丕毓鬲 孬賵乇鬲賴賲...賰賷賮 囟丕毓 丨賱賲賴賲..賵賰賷賮 禺賮鬲 氐賵鬲 賳卮賷丿賴賲
賷丨丕賵賱賵丕 丕賱鬲睾賳賷 亘賳卮賷丿賴賲 賲乇賴 丕禺乇賷 ...賱乇亘賲丕 亘毓孬 賱賴賲 丕賱丕賲賱 賲噩丿丿丕
賱賷賮丕噩兀賵丕 亘賲賳毓 丕賱禺賳丕夭賷乇 賱賱賳卮賷丿..賮丕賱孬賵乇賴 丕賳鬲賴鬲 亘丕賱賳爻亘賴 賱賱禺賳丕夭賷乇 亘丨賰賲賴賲..賵亘丕毓丿丕賲賴賲 丕禺賵丕賳賴賲..丕賱賲毓丕乇囟賵賳 丕賱禺賵賳賴
乇賰亘 丕賱禺賳丕夭賷乇 丕賱孬賵乇丞 賵丨賲賵丕 丨賰賲賴賲 亘丕賱賰賱丕亘 丕賱卮乇爻丞
賵睾胤賵丕 毓賱賷 丕禺賮丕賯丕鬲賴賲 賵爻乇賯丕鬲賴賲 亘禺賳夭賷乇賴賲 丕賱賲丨賳賰 丕毓賱丕賲賷丕 賷丨賷賱 丕賱丨賯 亘丕胤賱丕 賵丕賱亘丕胤賱 丨賯丕
鬲毓丕賵賳賵丕 賲毓 丕賱睾乇丕亘 丕賱匕賷 賷丿賮毓 亘睾胤丕亍
孬賲 鬲丨丕賱賮賵丕 賲毓 毓丿賵賴賲 丕賱丕氐賱賷 賱賷丨賰賲賵丕 賯亘囟鬲賴賲 毓賱賷 丕賱丨賰賲
賵囟毓賵丕 賷丿賴賲 賮賷 賷丿 丕賱丕毓丿丕亍...丨鬲賷 氐丕乇 賱丕賮乇賯 亘賷賳 禺賳夭賷乇丕 賵丕賳爻丕賳
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賱丕 丕毓鬲賯丿 丕賳 賴匕丕 乇賷賮賷賵 丕爻丕爻丕 賱乇賵丕賷賴 乇丕卅毓賴 氐丕睾賴丕 亘乇賲夭賷賴 賵亘乇丕毓賴 噩賵乇噩 丕賵乇賵賷賱
賴匕丕 賲噩乇丿 鬲賱禺賷氐 乇丿卅
賱賯丿 毓乇賮鬲 丕賱丕賳 賱賲丕匕丕 賱賲 鬲賰鬲亘 丕丨丿 丕氐丿賯丕卅賷 賴賳丕 賮賷 丕賱噩賵丿乇賷丿夭 乇賷賮賷賵 毓賳 匕賱賰 丕賱乇賵丕賷賴 -亘丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 睾夭丕乇賴 乇賷賮賷賵賴丕鬲賴丕-..丕賱乇賵丕賷賴 賱丕 鬲爻鬲丨賯 乇賷賮賷賵 丕爻丕爻丕
賴賷 鬲賯乇兀 賵鬲爻鬲賵毓亘 賮丨爻亘
賵賱賰賳 賱賳氐丕乇丨 兀賳賮爻賳丕 ... 兀賳賳丕 賱賲 賳鬲毓馗 賲賳 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 亘卮賰賱 賲亘丕卮乇...賮賰賷賮 丕賳 賳鬲毓馗 賲賳 氐賵乇丞 乇賲夭賷丞 賱賴 賵廿賳 賰丕賳鬲 亘賲賳鬲賴賷 丕賱兀鬲賯丕賳
賮賱賳丨丕賵賱
乇亘賲丕 賳賳噩丨 賷賵賲丕 賮賷 孬賵乇丞 賱丕 鬲賳鬲賴賷 亘
賲夭乇毓丞 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲
賲丨賲丿 丕賱毓乇亘賷
賮賯胤 賮賷 24 賷賵賳賷賵 2013
"賲賱丨賵馗赖"
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賯乇兀鬲 鬲賱賰 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賯亘賱 丕丨丿丕孬 30 賷賵賳賷賵 2013
賵丕賱睾乇賷亘 噩丿丕 丕賳 亘毓丿 兀毓丕丿丞 賯乇丕亍鬲賷 賱賱乇賷賮賷賵 兀噩丿 兀賳賴丕 鬲氐賱丨 賱賳賮爻 丕賱丨丕賱 亘毓丿 爻賳鬲賷賳..賳賮爻 丕賱乇賷賮賷賵 丕賱乇賲夭賷 賷氐賱丨 賱兀賷 賵賯鬲...亘丕賱囟亘胤 賰丕賱乇賵丕賷丞..賵爻毓丿鬲 兀賳賷 賰鬲亘鬲 丕賱乇賷賮賷賵 亘丕賱乇賲夭 賲孬賱賴丕
丕賱毓噩賷亘 賮毓賱丕 丕賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲氐賱丨 賱賰賱 丕賱毓賴賵丿 丕賱爻賷丕爻賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 兀鬲鬲 毓賱賷賳丕
賲氐乇 賯亘賱 25 賷賳丕賷乇 賵亘毓丿賴丕
賲氐乇 賯亘賱 30 賷賵賳賷賵 賵亘毓丿賴丕
賵亘賲噩乇丿 丕賳 賯乇卅鬲賴丕..卮毓乇鬲 丕賳 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賷噩亘 丕賳 賷鬲賲 鬲丿乇賷爻賴丕 亘丕賱賲丿丕乇爻..賮賰賱 丕賱丕噩賷丕賱 鬲爻鬲丨賯 賴匕丕 丕賱賵毓賷 丕賱爻賷丕爻賷
丕賱丕 丕賳賷 乇丕賷鬲 爻亘亘丕 -賵丕賳 丕賰丕丿 丕賳 丕噩夭賲 丕賳賴 賱賷爻 丕賱爻亘亘 丕賱乇卅賷爻賷 賱賴匕丕- 丕賳 賳賴丕賷鬲賴丕 丕賱賲賯亘囟賴 賱丕 鬲鬲賳丕爻亘 賱氐睾丕乇 丕賱爻賳
賵賱賰賳 賴匕賴 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱賲賯亘囟丞 賱賱丕爻賮...賵丕賯毓賷丞
October 6, 2022
Amazon's very Orwellian involvement with this book at the end. If Amazon ever partnered Facebook they'd own us.
This is not really a review, but one of those moments where everything that was clear to you suddenly becomes utterly muddied and you really can't say what lies beneath the murky waters although a moment before you were sure you could.
I'm reading Christopher Hitchen's astonishingly percipient and brilliant . I read Animal Farm too young to identify the individual animals with actual characters on the stage of communism (the old boar Major is Marx, Farmer Jones is the Tsar, the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, Stalin and Trotsky respectively) so this essay is giving me a lot to think about. So far, nothing more so than this quote (below).
(Background to the quote): A group of Ukrainian and Polish refugees in a displaced persons' camp had discovered sympathetic parallels with their own plight in Orwell's parable and had begged him for permission to translate his almost-totally unknown book. But...
The emotions of the American military authorities in Europe were not so easily touched. They rounded up all the copies of Animal Farm they could find and turned them over to the Red Army to be burned. The alliance between the farmers and the pigs so hauntingly described in the final pages of the novel were still in force.
The book is banned in Cuba, North Korea, Burma, Iran, Kenya and most Arab countries. It is banned in the UAE not because of it's content but because it has anthropomorphic talking pigs which are unIslamic (is this not Orwellian in itself?). It is still censored in Vietnam. These nations wouldn't want ordinary people reading the book and looking at their own ruling porcine elites and seeing any parallels now would they? Who knows what kind of thoughts and actions that might lead to?
Amazon and Animal Farm
On 17 July 2009, Amazon.com withdrew certain Amazon Kindle titles, including Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, from sale, refunded buyers, and remotely deleted items from purchasers' devices after discovering that the publisher lacked rights to publish the titles in question. Notes and annotations for the books made by users on their devices were also deleted. After the move prompted outcry and comparisons to Nineteen Eighty-Four itself, Amazon spokesman Drew Herdener stated that the company is "changing our systems so that in the future we will not remove books from customers' devices in these circumstances." However, Amazon does not seem to a guarantee in its ToS that they won't don't this again and I understand that authors have the ability to edit (read 'change') parts of their books. This is because you can't buy a Kindle book, only rent one and Amazon can update (read 'change') them. Wikipedia and other sources
Next step: . Get the firemen out to burn the books, only ebooks allowed where content can be controlled.
Original review 30 Oct 2011, updated several times.
This is not really a review, but one of those moments where everything that was clear to you suddenly becomes utterly muddied and you really can't say what lies beneath the murky waters although a moment before you were sure you could.
I'm reading Christopher Hitchen's astonishingly percipient and brilliant . I read Animal Farm too young to identify the individual animals with actual characters on the stage of communism (the old boar Major is Marx, Farmer Jones is the Tsar, the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, Stalin and Trotsky respectively) so this essay is giving me a lot to think about. So far, nothing more so than this quote (below).
(Background to the quote): A group of Ukrainian and Polish refugees in a displaced persons' camp had discovered sympathetic parallels with their own plight in Orwell's parable and had begged him for permission to translate his almost-totally unknown book. But...
The emotions of the American military authorities in Europe were not so easily touched. They rounded up all the copies of Animal Farm they could find and turned them over to the Red Army to be burned. The alliance between the farmers and the pigs so hauntingly described in the final pages of the novel were still in force.
The book is banned in Cuba, North Korea, Burma, Iran, Kenya and most Arab countries. It is banned in the UAE not because of it's content but because it has anthropomorphic talking pigs which are unIslamic (is this not Orwellian in itself?). It is still censored in Vietnam. These nations wouldn't want ordinary people reading the book and looking at their own ruling porcine elites and seeing any parallels now would they? Who knows what kind of thoughts and actions that might lead to?
Amazon and Animal Farm
On 17 July 2009, Amazon.com withdrew certain Amazon Kindle titles, including Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, from sale, refunded buyers, and remotely deleted items from purchasers' devices after discovering that the publisher lacked rights to publish the titles in question. Notes and annotations for the books made by users on their devices were also deleted. After the move prompted outcry and comparisons to Nineteen Eighty-Four itself, Amazon spokesman Drew Herdener stated that the company is "changing our systems so that in the future we will not remove books from customers' devices in these circumstances." However, Amazon does not seem to a guarantee in its ToS that they won't don't this again and I understand that authors have the ability to edit (read 'change') parts of their books. This is because you can't buy a Kindle book, only rent one and Amazon can update (read 'change') them. Wikipedia and other sources
Next step: . Get the firemen out to burn the books, only ebooks allowed where content can be controlled.
Original review 30 Oct 2011, updated several times.
November 16, 2008
This is a book I've been meaning to read for ages but never got around to - last week I not only read it but gave a lesson on the historical context for the grade 8 class, who will be reading this book and The Wave. As I found, out of the class of 24, about 20 of them had already read the book, and at least one kid knew it was an allegory of the Russian Revolution. Still, my lesson wasn't totally redundant :)
For anyone who isn't familiar with the story, Animal Farm is about the animals on a farm in England rising up against the incompetent, cruel farmer (Mr Jones, who represents the deposed Tsar, Nicholas II) and taking over the farm, renaming it Animal Farm (USSR) and - so the glorious vision intended - running it for themselves, so their lives would be better.
The vision is given to them by a pig, Old Major, who dies not long afterwards. Old Major probably represents Vladimir Lenin and Karl Marx, and it's not the socialist ideal put forward that is critiqued by this book but how that vision is corrupted by certain other characters, namely another pig called Napoleon, who represents Joseph Stalin. Napoleon chases a pig called Snowball (Leon Trotsky) off the farm with his personally trained dogs (while still just the General Secretary of the Party, Stalin recruited people who would follow him blindly, so that when Lenin died in 1924 he was able to defeat Trotsky for the leadership position and his "dogs" kept everyone else in line).
The pigs then take charge, and with their literacy skills keep changing the rules the animals established in order to suit themselves, using a pig called Squealer to convince the other animals that their memories are faulty. After all, as the drafthorse Boxer keeps saying, "Comrade Napoleon is always right".
Boxer is - for me - the most heartbreaking character in the novel. He represents the peasants, and is the most hardworking animal on the farm. He has utter faith in the leadership of Napoleon and works himself to the bone - literally. His reward is very telling, though I don't want to give it away. Most of the characters represent either a person, several people or groups of people, and for the complete list you can check it out on Wikipedia.
Orwell, while a socialist, was very cynical about Stalin's communist USSR - and for good reason! Animal Farm is a very well-written critique of how socialist ideals are corrupted by powerful people, how the uneducated masses are taken advantage of, and how the dictator or communist leaders turn into capitalists (just look at China). It's a wonderful example of how effective the allegorical style/format can be, and a well-deserved classic.
For anyone who isn't familiar with the story, Animal Farm is about the animals on a farm in England rising up against the incompetent, cruel farmer (Mr Jones, who represents the deposed Tsar, Nicholas II) and taking over the farm, renaming it Animal Farm (USSR) and - so the glorious vision intended - running it for themselves, so their lives would be better.
The vision is given to them by a pig, Old Major, who dies not long afterwards. Old Major probably represents Vladimir Lenin and Karl Marx, and it's not the socialist ideal put forward that is critiqued by this book but how that vision is corrupted by certain other characters, namely another pig called Napoleon, who represents Joseph Stalin. Napoleon chases a pig called Snowball (Leon Trotsky) off the farm with his personally trained dogs (while still just the General Secretary of the Party, Stalin recruited people who would follow him blindly, so that when Lenin died in 1924 he was able to defeat Trotsky for the leadership position and his "dogs" kept everyone else in line).
The pigs then take charge, and with their literacy skills keep changing the rules the animals established in order to suit themselves, using a pig called Squealer to convince the other animals that their memories are faulty. After all, as the drafthorse Boxer keeps saying, "Comrade Napoleon is always right".
Boxer is - for me - the most heartbreaking character in the novel. He represents the peasants, and is the most hardworking animal on the farm. He has utter faith in the leadership of Napoleon and works himself to the bone - literally. His reward is very telling, though I don't want to give it away. Most of the characters represent either a person, several people or groups of people, and for the complete list you can check it out on Wikipedia.
Orwell, while a socialist, was very cynical about Stalin's communist USSR - and for good reason! Animal Farm is a very well-written critique of how socialist ideals are corrupted by powerful people, how the uneducated masses are taken advantage of, and how the dictator or communist leaders turn into capitalists (just look at China). It's a wonderful example of how effective the allegorical style/format can be, and a well-deserved classic.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 25, 2025
The only good pig is a dead pig.
Yeah, yeah, everyone claims Orwell wrote this as about the Russian Revolution, Stalin, and the rise of Communism.
Pshttt. Whatever.
You know what I think he was really saying?
Beware the Other White Meat!
Ok, maybe not.
Look, I know what you're thinking, That pig looks adorable!, but the next thing you know, that piggy is all grown up and stealing your cookies!
And you'll let it steal your cookies because Mr. Pig has convinced you that giving up your cookies every day was a part of the original agreement! Besides, what do you know, you're just a stupid sheep...
Plus, it's just a cookie, where's the harm?
Not to mention, the last guy who complained about giving up his cookie ended up mauled by that dog. Probably just a coincidence, though.
Right?
But it's ok because pigs are smart. That's what everyone says, right? Smarter than you are, at any rate. And if the pig says it's ok, then it's ok.
I mean look at it! It couldn't possibly have anything but your best interests at heart!
Alright, I'm outta pig gifs.
So, I thought this was a pretty cool book. Sure, it's supposed to be about Russia, but it could just as easily be about the working class in my country.
Bottom line?
We need to stop listening to the spin doctors on the boob tube and start thinking for ourselves. Question everything, especially the things we think we know are true. It might be a good idea to teach our kids that it's ok to not blindly believe everything we tell them, too. Besides, if we're right, then our ideals can stand up to the scrutiny of children. Otherwise, we risk raising a generation of idiots.
Oh! I found one more pig gif!
Yeah, yeah, everyone claims Orwell wrote this as about the Russian Revolution, Stalin, and the rise of Communism.
Pshttt. Whatever.
You know what I think he was really saying?
Beware the Other White Meat!
Ok, maybe not.
Look, I know what you're thinking, That pig looks adorable!, but the next thing you know, that piggy is all grown up and stealing your cookies!
And you'll let it steal your cookies because Mr. Pig has convinced you that giving up your cookies every day was a part of the original agreement! Besides, what do you know, you're just a stupid sheep...
Plus, it's just a cookie, where's the harm?
Not to mention, the last guy who complained about giving up his cookie ended up mauled by that dog. Probably just a coincidence, though.
Right?
But it's ok because pigs are smart. That's what everyone says, right? Smarter than you are, at any rate. And if the pig says it's ok, then it's ok.
I mean look at it! It couldn't possibly have anything but your best interests at heart!
Alright, I'm outta pig gifs.
So, I thought this was a pretty cool book. Sure, it's supposed to be about Russia, but it could just as easily be about the working class in my country.
Bottom line?
We need to stop listening to the spin doctors on the boob tube and start thinking for ourselves. Question everything, especially the things we think we know are true. It might be a good idea to teach our kids that it's ok to not blindly believe everything we tell them, too. Besides, if we're right, then our ideals can stand up to the scrutiny of children. Otherwise, we risk raising a generation of idiots.
Oh! I found one more pig gif!
August 12, 2024
Animal Farm is the story of a set of animals who overthrow their human-owner. Will the animals have better lives now that the humans are gone?
Philip Pullman once said that, "A story will help us make sense of anything." In this case, George Orwell uses Animal Farm as an allegory of Russian history with certain characters representing famous figures who shaped Russian history such as Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, and Leon Trotsky.
This book was part of the monthly Readalongs that I am hosting, and what a wonderous book to begin 2022! The Readalong was simply spectacular and gave this reading such a particular depth. As the Readalong encompassed readers across the globe, we had the opportunity to discuss how the book related to our own government's history. Animal Farm provides a lot of ideas to noodle on, and I really enjoyed it.
This is one of the books on the 100 Books to Read According to the BBC List:
2025 Reading Schedule
Jan A Town Like Alice
Feb Birdsong
Mar Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Berniere
Apr War and Peace
May The Woman in White
Jun Atonement
Jul The Shadow of the Wind
Aug Jude the Obscure
Sep Ulysses
Oct Vanity Fair
Nov A Fine Balance
Dec Germinal
Connect With Me!
Philip Pullman once said that, "A story will help us make sense of anything." In this case, George Orwell uses Animal Farm as an allegory of Russian history with certain characters representing famous figures who shaped Russian history such as Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, and Leon Trotsky.
This book was part of the monthly Readalongs that I am hosting, and what a wonderous book to begin 2022! The Readalong was simply spectacular and gave this reading such a particular depth. As the Readalong encompassed readers across the globe, we had the opportunity to discuss how the book related to our own government's history. Animal Farm provides a lot of ideas to noodle on, and I really enjoyed it.
This is one of the books on the 100 Books to Read According to the BBC List:
2025 Reading Schedule
Jan A Town Like Alice
Feb Birdsong
Mar Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Berniere
Apr War and Peace
May The Woman in White
Jun Atonement
Jul The Shadow of the Wind
Aug Jude the Obscure
Sep Ulysses
Oct Vanity Fair
Nov A Fine Balance
Dec Germinal
Connect With Me!
November 10, 2018
ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS !
In the start, I thought this book would be from the view point of animals; about how they are treated, how they expect to be treated and how man is cruel towards them.
But but but;
I am amazed at how Orwell criticizes the political maneuvers and totalitarian rule, using animals to explain what humans do. The author beautifully portrays the way a revolution is started to stop what is happening and going full circle comes to the same point it started from. Just the face of power is changed.
This book tells how the ruling class makes fool of the working class, uses their energies and resources for their own pleasure. What happens behind the closed doors of power.
How the working class is being brain washed that they are happy and satisfied and free despite of the obvious slavery they have been undergoing.
My favorite character was Benjamin (yes, a donkey) , who remains a neutral throughout and says nothing despite understanding everything.
A huge applause to Orwell for being able to explain human psyche, political and social dilemma wrapped in the form of this story.
In the start, I thought this book would be from the view point of animals; about how they are treated, how they expect to be treated and how man is cruel towards them.
But but but;
I am amazed at how Orwell criticizes the political maneuvers and totalitarian rule, using animals to explain what humans do. The author beautifully portrays the way a revolution is started to stop what is happening and going full circle comes to the same point it started from. Just the face of power is changed.
This book tells how the ruling class makes fool of the working class, uses their energies and resources for their own pleasure. What happens behind the closed doors of power.
How the working class is being brain washed that they are happy and satisfied and free despite of the obvious slavery they have been undergoing.
My favorite character was Benjamin (yes, a donkey) , who remains a neutral throughout and says nothing despite understanding everything.
A huge applause to Orwell for being able to explain human psyche, political and social dilemma wrapped in the form of this story.
November 20, 2008
A perfect book. People will still be reading this in a thousand years time, when communism is just a footnote.
December 27, 2016
鈥淎ll animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.鈥�
Those damn PIGS.
I can't even.
Those damn PIGS.
I can't even.
September 28, 2023
Equality.
In the old Manor Farm, each animal puts their small effort to carry the farm forward; but when one day Mr. Jones farmer continuous abuse and neglect becomes unbearable, all the animals hold a special meeting to set a change. A revolutionary idea is born: Animals will govern themselves. Together they will bring a new age, where all animals are equal. But self-sufficiency and self-government carries heavy burdens, with small and big responsibilities for each animal; and soon small frictions begin to arise in the new haven.
Another all time-classic by the legendary Orwell. No half stars deducted this time. This was a flawless 5-star masterpiece, if not six; because achieving SO much in SO few pages, is beyond reckoning. A timeless allegorical novella so powerful that it鈥檚 certain to give you pause, and most likely remember it for the rest of your life. So crucial for the time it was written, and still more than relevant today, and for the future yet to come.
I remember being so wowed at the time I read this, my messed up country bearing so much resemblance to the events depicted in this book. It鈥檚 similarity still strong today, and not likely to change anytime soon. It鈥檚 a sad truth that some third world countries never managed to grow beyond their petty differences and troubled beginnings.
I SO wanted to know more regarding the future of the farm; but I understand why and how it ended the way it did. Such an unforgettable thought provoking story, with lovable and hateful characters , and so heartbreaking. A must read in life. Extremely Recommendable.
*** Animal Farm (1954) is the best adaptation I鈥檝e seen so far, kinda old school by today standards but still an excellent cartoonish representation. Acceptable atmosphere, adequate pacing, and more than reasonably faithful to the book, if not completely. Yet, for some reason I couldn鈥檛 nearly enjoy it as much as the book, but can鈥檛 exactly pinpoint why; maybe the surprise was lost. A good film, just not great, for me.
*** Animal Farm (1999) is a somewhat controversial adaptation. Acceptable as a whole but far less faithful to the book, especially regarding the ending. A stellar voice casting including stars like Stewart, Louis-Dreyfus and Grammer, among others. The anthropomorphic representation with live animals giving it a certain unique touch the animated film didn鈥檛 have.
I think either of the two films is worth watching, the first one for its grim fidelity and the second one for its more upbeat tone. Still, if I had to choose the 1954 version overall seemed better to me, and more memorable.
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PERSONAL NOTE :
[1945] [128p] [Classics] [Extremely Recommendable] [鈥淎ll animals are equal.鈥漖 ["Four legs good, two legs bad."]
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鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽� Animal Farm
鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽� 1984
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Igualdad.
En la vieja Granja Manor, cada animal pone su peque帽o esfuerzo para que la granja salga adelante; pero cuando un d铆a los continuos abusos y descuidos del Sr. Jones se vuelven insoportables, todos los animales arman una reuni贸n especial para crear un cambio. Nace una idea revolucionaria: Los Animales se gobernar谩n a s铆 mismos. Juntos dar谩n inicio a una nueva era, donde todos los animales sean iguales. Pero la autosuficiencia y el autogobierno plantea dif铆ciles tareas, con peque帽as y grandes responsabilidades para cada animal; y pronto algunas fisuras empiezan a aparecer en el nuevo reino.
Otro cl谩sico de todos los tiempos por el legendario Orwell. Ninguna media estrella deducida esta vez. Esta fue una impecable obra maestra de 5-estrellas, sino de seis; porque alcanzar TANTO en TAN pocas p谩ginas, es m谩s all谩 de inimaginable. Una atemporal novela corta aleg贸rica tan poderosa que es certero que te va a producir un quiebre, y m谩s que seguro para recordar por el resto de tu vida. Tan crucial para la 茅poca en que fue escrita, y todav铆a m谩s que relevante para los tiempos actuales, y el futuro todav铆a por llegar.
Recuerdo haberme maravillado tanto el d铆a que le铆 esto, mi tan desgraciado pa铆s teniendo tremendo parecido con los eventos reflejados en este libro. Su similitud todav铆a patente el d铆a de hoy, y dif铆cilmente sujeto a cambiar pronto. Es una triste verdad que algunos pa铆ses del tercer mundo nunca lograron crecer m谩s all谩 de sus mezquinas diferencias y problem谩ticos comienzos.
Realmente deseaba TANTO conocer m谩s acerca del futuro de la granja; pero entiendo por qu茅 y c贸mo termin贸 como lo hizo. Una historia tan inolvidable y provocadora, con entra帽ables y odiosos personajes , y tan devastadora. Una obligaci贸n de leer en la vida. Extremadamente Recomendable.
*** Rebeli贸n en la Granja (1954) es la mejor adaptaci贸n que vi hasta ahora, un poco antigua para los est谩ndares de hoy pero aun as铆 una excelente representaci贸n animada. Atm贸sfera aceptable, ritmo adecuado, y m谩s que razonablemente fiel al libro, sino completamente. Aun as铆, por alguna raz贸n no lo pude disfrutar ni de cerca tanto como el libro, pero no podr铆a precisar exactamente por qu茅; tal vez se perdi贸 la sorpresa. Un buen filme, s贸lo que no genial, para m铆.
*** Rebeli贸n en la Granja (1999) es una algo controversial adaptaci贸n. Aceptable en su conjunto, pero mucho menos fiel al libro, especialmente con respecto al final. Un electo estelar de voces incluyendo estrellas como Stewart, Louis-Dreyfus y Grammer, entre otros. La representaci贸n antropom贸rfica con animales reales d谩ndole un cierto toque 煤nico que pel铆cula animada no tiene.
Creo vale la pena ver cualquiera de los dos filmes, el primero por su sombr铆a fidelidad y el segundo por tu tono m谩s alegre. Aunque si tuviera que elegir, creo que la versi贸n de 1954 dentro de todo me pareci贸 mejor, y m谩s memorable.
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NOTA PERSONAL :
[1945] [128p] [Cl谩sicos] [Extremadamente Recomendable] [鈥淭odos los animales son iguales.鈥漖 ["Cuatro patas bien, dos patas mal."]
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In the old Manor Farm, each animal puts their small effort to carry the farm forward; but when one day Mr. Jones farmer continuous abuse and neglect becomes unbearable, all the animals hold a special meeting to set a change. A revolutionary idea is born: Animals will govern themselves. Together they will bring a new age, where all animals are equal. But self-sufficiency and self-government carries heavy burdens, with small and big responsibilities for each animal; and soon small frictions begin to arise in the new haven.
Another all time-classic by the legendary Orwell. No half stars deducted this time. This was a flawless 5-star masterpiece, if not six; because achieving SO much in SO few pages, is beyond reckoning. A timeless allegorical novella so powerful that it鈥檚 certain to give you pause, and most likely remember it for the rest of your life. So crucial for the time it was written, and still more than relevant today, and for the future yet to come.
I remember being so wowed at the time I read this, my messed up country bearing so much resemblance to the events depicted in this book. It鈥檚 similarity still strong today, and not likely to change anytime soon. It鈥檚 a sad truth that some third world countries never managed to grow beyond their petty differences and troubled beginnings.
I SO wanted to know more regarding the future of the farm; but I understand why and how it ended the way it did. Such an unforgettable thought provoking story, with lovable and hateful characters , and so heartbreaking. A must read in life. Extremely Recommendable.
*** Animal Farm (1954) is the best adaptation I鈥檝e seen so far, kinda old school by today standards but still an excellent cartoonish representation. Acceptable atmosphere, adequate pacing, and more than reasonably faithful to the book, if not completely. Yet, for some reason I couldn鈥檛 nearly enjoy it as much as the book, but can鈥檛 exactly pinpoint why; maybe the surprise was lost. A good film, just not great, for me.
*** Animal Farm (1999) is a somewhat controversial adaptation. Acceptable as a whole but far less faithful to the book, especially regarding the ending. A stellar voice casting including stars like Stewart, Louis-Dreyfus and Grammer, among others. The anthropomorphic representation with live animals giving it a certain unique touch the animated film didn鈥檛 have.
I think either of the two films is worth watching, the first one for its grim fidelity and the second one for its more upbeat tone. Still, if I had to choose the 1954 version overall seemed better to me, and more memorable.
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PERSONAL NOTE :
[1945] [128p] [Classics] [Extremely Recommendable] [鈥淎ll animals are equal.鈥漖 ["Four legs good, two legs bad."]
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鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽� Animal Farm
鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽� 1984
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Igualdad.
En la vieja Granja Manor, cada animal pone su peque帽o esfuerzo para que la granja salga adelante; pero cuando un d铆a los continuos abusos y descuidos del Sr. Jones se vuelven insoportables, todos los animales arman una reuni贸n especial para crear un cambio. Nace una idea revolucionaria: Los Animales se gobernar谩n a s铆 mismos. Juntos dar谩n inicio a una nueva era, donde todos los animales sean iguales. Pero la autosuficiencia y el autogobierno plantea dif铆ciles tareas, con peque帽as y grandes responsabilidades para cada animal; y pronto algunas fisuras empiezan a aparecer en el nuevo reino.
Otro cl谩sico de todos los tiempos por el legendario Orwell. Ninguna media estrella deducida esta vez. Esta fue una impecable obra maestra de 5-estrellas, sino de seis; porque alcanzar TANTO en TAN pocas p谩ginas, es m谩s all谩 de inimaginable. Una atemporal novela corta aleg贸rica tan poderosa que es certero que te va a producir un quiebre, y m谩s que seguro para recordar por el resto de tu vida. Tan crucial para la 茅poca en que fue escrita, y todav铆a m谩s que relevante para los tiempos actuales, y el futuro todav铆a por llegar.
Recuerdo haberme maravillado tanto el d铆a que le铆 esto, mi tan desgraciado pa铆s teniendo tremendo parecido con los eventos reflejados en este libro. Su similitud todav铆a patente el d铆a de hoy, y dif铆cilmente sujeto a cambiar pronto. Es una triste verdad que algunos pa铆ses del tercer mundo nunca lograron crecer m谩s all谩 de sus mezquinas diferencias y problem谩ticos comienzos.
Realmente deseaba TANTO conocer m谩s acerca del futuro de la granja; pero entiendo por qu茅 y c贸mo termin贸 como lo hizo. Una historia tan inolvidable y provocadora, con entra帽ables y odiosos personajes , y tan devastadora. Una obligaci贸n de leer en la vida. Extremadamente Recomendable.
*** Rebeli贸n en la Granja (1954) es la mejor adaptaci贸n que vi hasta ahora, un poco antigua para los est谩ndares de hoy pero aun as铆 una excelente representaci贸n animada. Atm贸sfera aceptable, ritmo adecuado, y m谩s que razonablemente fiel al libro, sino completamente. Aun as铆, por alguna raz贸n no lo pude disfrutar ni de cerca tanto como el libro, pero no podr铆a precisar exactamente por qu茅; tal vez se perdi贸 la sorpresa. Un buen filme, s贸lo que no genial, para m铆.
*** Rebeli贸n en la Granja (1999) es una algo controversial adaptaci贸n. Aceptable en su conjunto, pero mucho menos fiel al libro, especialmente con respecto al final. Un electo estelar de voces incluyendo estrellas como Stewart, Louis-Dreyfus y Grammer, entre otros. La representaci贸n antropom贸rfica con animales reales d谩ndole un cierto toque 煤nico que pel铆cula animada no tiene.
Creo vale la pena ver cualquiera de los dos filmes, el primero por su sombr铆a fidelidad y el segundo por tu tono m谩s alegre. Aunque si tuviera que elegir, creo que la versi贸n de 1954 dentro de todo me pareci贸 mejor, y m谩s memorable.
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NOTA PERSONAL :
[1945] [128p] [Cl谩sicos] [Extremadamente Recomendable] [鈥淭odos los animales son iguales.鈥漖 ["Cuatro patas bien, dos patas mal."]
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February 23, 2012
噩賵乇噩 兀賵乇賵賷賱 毓亘賯乇賷 亘卮賰賱 賲夭毓噩. 賷賰鬲亘 乇賵丕賷丞 兀亘胤丕賱賴丕 丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 賮賷 賲夭乇毓丞 賵賷禺賷賱 廿賱賷賰 亘兀賳 丕賱兀賲乇 爻賷賰賵賳 爻禺賷賮丕賸貙 兀賵 卮亘賷賴丕 亘賯氐氐 丕賱兀胤賮丕賱. 毓賱賶 丕賱毓賰爻貙 噩賵乇噩 兀賵乇賵賷賱 賳賯賱 丕賱賵丕賯毓 亘賰丕亘賵爻賷鬲賴貙 賵噩毓賱 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 兀賰孬乇 賯丕亘賱賷丞 賱賱賮賴賲貙 賵卮乇丨 賱賳丕 亘丕禺鬲氐丕乇 賰賷賮 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 賷鬲丨賵賱 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 廿賱賶 禺賳夭賷乇 賵丕賱禺賳夭賷乇 廿賱賶 廿賳爻丕賳.
乇賵丕賷丞 噩丿賷乇丞 亘賵賯鬲賰 亘丕賱鬲兀賰賷丿.
July 26, 2021
(book 564 From 1001 Books) - Animal Farm, George Orwell
Animal Farm is an allegorical novella by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945.
According to Orwell, the book reflects events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and then on into the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union.
Orwell, a democratic socialist, was a critic of Joseph Stalin and hostile to Moscow-directed Stalinism, an attitude that was critically shaped by his experiences during the Spanish Civil War.
The Soviet Union, he believed, had become a brutal dictatorship, built upon a cult of personality and enforced by a reign of terror.
Old Major, the old boar on the Manor Farm, summons the animals on the farm together for a meeting, during which he refers to humans as "enemies" and teaches the animals a revolutionary song called "Beasts of England".
When Major dies, two young pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, assume command and consider it a duty to prepare for the Rebellion. The animals revolt and drive the drunken and irresponsible farmer Mr. Jones from the farm, renaming it "Animal Farm".
They adopt the Seven Commandments of Animalism, the most important of which is, "All animals are equal."
Snowball teaches the animals to read and write, while Napoleon educates young puppies on the principles of Animalism. Food is plentiful, and the farm runs smoothly.
The pigs elevate themselves to positions of leadership and set aside special food items, ostensibly for their personal health.
Some time later, several men attack Animal Farm.
Jones and his men are making an attempt to recapture the farm, aided by several other farmers who are terrified of similar animal revolts. Snowball and the animals, who are hiding in ambush, defeat the men by launching a surprise attack as soon as they enter the farmyard. Snowball's popularity soars, and this event is proclaimed "The Battle of the Cowshed".
It is celebrated annually with the firing of a gun, on the anniversary of the Revolution. Napoleon and Snowball vie for pre-eminence. When Snowball announces his plans to modernize the farm by building a windmill, Napoleon has his dogs chase Snowball away and declares himself leader. ...
毓賳賵丕賳賴丕: 賯賱毓賴 (賲夭乇毓賴) 丨蹖賵丕賳丕鬲 - 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 噩賵乇噩 丕賵乇賵賱貨 (噩丕賲蹖貙...) 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 丕賳诏賱爻鬲丕賳貨 鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮 賲鬲賳 賳爻禺賴 丕賳诏賱蹖爻蹖: 丿乇 爻丕賱 1975賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
賲鬲乇噩賲賴丕: 亘丿賵賳 賴蹖趩 鬲乇鬲蹖亘蹖 丌賳賴丕蹖蹖 乇丕 讴賴 蹖丕賮鬲賲 趩賱 賵 趩賴丕乇 賳丕賲丿丕乇 乇丕 亘賳诏丕卮鬲賲貨 诏賵蹖丕 亘丕蹖丿 丿乇 乇讴賵乇丿賴丕蹖 诏蹖賳爻 孬亘鬲 卮賵丿
賲鬲乇噩賲 01 - 丕賲蹖乇丕賲蹖乇卮丕賴蹖 丿乇 154氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 02 - 賲丨賲丿 賮蹖乇賵夭亘禺鬲 丿乇 136氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 03 - 丕丨爻丕賳 賵丕丨丿蹖 丿乇 133氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 04 - 乇囟丕 夭丕乇毓 丿乇 120氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 05 - 毓賱蹖 诏乇丕賳賲丕蹖賴 丿乇 152氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 06 - 爻蹖乇賵爻 賳賵乇丌亘丕丿蹖 賵 賲丨爻賳 賲賵丨丿蹖 夭丕丿 丿乇 130氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 07 - 丕丨賲丿 讴爻丕蹖蹖 倬賵乇 丿乇 171 氐貨 賳卮乇 賲丕賴蹖 1394 丿乇 147氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 08 - 賲乇囟蹖賴 氐丿乇 丿乇 108氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 09 - 賳乇诏爻 丨蹖丿乇蹖 賲賳噩蹖賱蹖 丿乇 128氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 10 - 氐丕賱丨 丨爻蹖賳蹖 賵 賲毓氐賵賲賴 賳亘蹖 夭丕丿賴 丿乇 158氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 11 - 丌夭丕丿賴 丿丕丿賮乇 丿乇 195氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 12 - 賲乇蹖賲 氐丕賱丨蹖 丿乇 127氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 13 - 卮賴丕亘 丨亘蹖亘蹖 丿乇 176氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 14 - 賲噩蹖丿 賳賵乇蹖丕賳 丿乇 78氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 15 - 賴賲丕蹖賵賳 賳賵乇丕丨賲乇 丿乇 131氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 16 - 賴賲丕蹖賵賳 亘賴卮鬲蹖 丿乇 139氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 17 - 賲乇噩丕賳 睾蹖亘蹖 丿乇 234氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 18 - 蹖賵賱丕賳丿 诏賵賴乇蹖賳 丿乇 160氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 19 - 睾賱丕賲乇囟丕 氐丕賱丨蹖 賲毓賵丕 丿乇 128氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 20 - 夭賴乇丕 賳賵乇賵夭蹖 丿乇 117氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 21 - 夭蹖賳鬲 毓賱蹖夭丕丿賴 丿乇 128氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 22 - 亘賴乇賵夭 睾乇蹖亘 倬賵乇 丿乇 92氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 23 - 爻賲丕賳賴 賮賱丕丨 丿乇 104氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 24 - 賵丨蹖丿 讴蹖丕賳 丿乇 139氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 25 - 賲丨賲丿乇囟丕 丌禺賵賳丿蹖 賵 夭賴乇丕 賲丨賲丿蹖 丿乇 108氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 26 - 賲乇蹖賲 乇卮鬲蹖 夭丕丿賴 丿乇 124氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 27 - 賲丨賲丿 賴丕卮賲蹖 賵 爻毓蹖丿 賴丕卮賲蹖 丿乇 112氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 28 - 丨賵乇蹖丕 賲賵爻丕蹖蹖 丿乇 126氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 29 - 賲賳氐賵乇賴 趩乇丕睾蹖 丿乇 126氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 30 - 賲噩鬲亘蹖 倬丕蹖丿丕乇 丿乇 112氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 31 - 倬跇賲丕賳 讴賵卮卮 丿乇 155氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 32 - 丌賵蹖賳丕 鬲乇賳賲 丿乇 128 氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 33 - 丨賵乇丕亍 賵丨蹖丿蹖 丿乇 128 氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 34 - 丕丿乇蹖爻 亘丕亘丕禺丕賳蹖 丿乇 90 氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 35 - 賲跇诏丕賳 丕丨賲丿蹖 丿乇 120氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 36 - 丨賱蹖賲賴 亘蹖毓 丌鬲蹖 丿乇 112氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 37 - 賯丿蹖乇 诏賱讴丕乇蹖丕賳 丿乇 120氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 38 - 毓賱蹖 丕氐睾乇 丕賮乇噩蹖 丿乇 132氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 39 - 賲賴賳賵卮 噩賵丕賴乇蹖 丿乇 141氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 40 - 毓賱蹖 噩賵丕賴乇讴賱丕賲 丿乇 128氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 41 - 丨噩鬲 丕賲丕賲蹖 丿乇 127氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 42 - 賲丨賲丿毓賱蹖 噩丿蹖乇蹖 賵 氐賲丿 賲丨賲丿蹖 丌爻蹖丕亘蹖 丿乇 111氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 43 - 丨賲蹖丿乇囟丕 亘賱賵趩 丿乇 127氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 44 - 丕丨賲丿 讴爻丕蹖蹖 倬賵乇 丿乇 147氐貨
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丿乇 丕丿丕賲賴 蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 禺賵讴鈥屬囏� 亘賴鈥� 鬲丿乇蹖噩 賴賲賴 蹖 賯賵丕賳蹖賳 丨蹖賵丕賳丕鬲 乇丕 夭蹖乇 倬丕 賲蹖鈥屭柏ж辟嗀� 賯丕賳賵賳 丕爻丕爻蹖 丨蹖賵丕賳丕鬲 賲毓乇賵賮 亘賴 芦賴賮鬲 賮乇賲丕賳禄 亘賴 鬲丿乇蹖噩 賲丨賵 賵 鬲丨乇蹖賮 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 禺賵丕賳丿賳 爻乇賵丿 賯丿睾賳貙 賵 丨蹖賵丕賳丕鬲 亘丕 睾匕丕蹖 乇賵夭丕賳賴 蹖 讴賲貙 賲噩亘賵乇 亘賴 讴丕乇 亘爻蹖丕乇 賲蹖鈥屫促堎嗀� 丿乇 丨丕賱蹖讴賴 禺賵讴鈥屬囏� 賮乇賲丕賳乇賵丕蹖蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀� 賵 睾匕丕蹖 夭蹖丕丿蹖 賲蹖鈥屫堌辟嗀� 賵 丕夭 鬲賲丕賲 丕賲讴丕賳丕鬲 乇賮丕賴蹖 爻賵丿 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ辟嗀� 賵 丨鬲蹖 蹖丕丿 賲蹖鈥屭屫辟嗀� 讴賴 趩胤賵乇 乇賵蹖 丿賵倬丕 乇丕賴 亘乇賵賳丿貙 賵 亘丕 丕賳爻丕賳鈥屬囏� 賲毓丕賲賱賴 讴賳賳丿
丕夭 噩賲賱賴 亘乇賳丕賲賴鈥� 賴丕蹖 芦賳丕倬賱卅賵賳禄貙 爻丕禺鬲 芦丌爻蹖丕亘 亘丕丿蹖禄 丕爻鬲貙 讴賴 诏賵蹖丕 亘乇丕蹖 亘賴亘賵丿 讴蹖賮蹖鬲 夭賳丿诏蹖 丨蹖賵丕賳丕鬲 爻丕禺鬲賴 賲蹖卮賵丿貨 賳賯卮賴 蹖 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 丌爻蹖丕亘貙 鬲賵爻胤 芦爻賳賵亘丕賱禄 胤乇丨鈥屫臂屫槽� 卮丿賴 亘賵丿貙 賵 丿乇 丕亘鬲丿丕 芦賳丕倬賱卅賵賳禄 亘賴 賲禺丕賱賮鬲 亘丕 丌賳 亘乇賲蹖鈥屫屫藏� 賵賱蹖 亘丕 亘蹖乇賵賳 乇丕賳丿賳 芦爻賳賵亘丕賱禄貙 丕蹖丿賴 蹖 爻丕禺鬲 丌賳 乇丕 倬蹖 賲蹖鈥屭屫必� 丕賲丕 亘賴 丿賱蹖賱 亘蹖 讴賮丕蹖鬲蹖 芦賳丕倬賱卅賵賳禄貙 爻丕禺鬲 丌賳 亘賴 卮讴賱 賲胤賱賵亘蹖 倬蹖卮 賳賲蹖鈥屫辟堌�
丿乇 倬丕蹖丕賳貙 爻丕禺鬲賴 卮丿賳 丌爻蹖丕亘貙 讴賴 亘丕 賮丿丕讴丕乇蹖鈥屬囏� 賵 夭噩乇 賵 鬲丨賲賱 賮乇丕賵丕賳 丨蹖賵丕賳丕鬲 賲夭乇毓賴貙 丕賲讴丕賳鈥屬矩佰屫� 诏乇丿蹖丿賴貙 賳賴 鬲賳賴丕 亘賴 亘賴亘賵丿 賵囟毓蹖鬲 夭賳丿诏蹖 丨蹖賵丕賳丕鬲 賲賳噩乇 賳賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 讴賴 禺賵丿 亘賴 丌爻亘丕亘蹖 亘乇丕蹖 亘賴乇賴鈥� 讴卮蹖 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 丨蹖賵丕賳丕鬲 亘丿賱 賲蹖鈥屭必� 賵 ...貨
鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 19/05/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 03/05/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
Animal Farm is an allegorical novella by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945.
According to Orwell, the book reflects events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and then on into the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union.
Orwell, a democratic socialist, was a critic of Joseph Stalin and hostile to Moscow-directed Stalinism, an attitude that was critically shaped by his experiences during the Spanish Civil War.
The Soviet Union, he believed, had become a brutal dictatorship, built upon a cult of personality and enforced by a reign of terror.
Old Major, the old boar on the Manor Farm, summons the animals on the farm together for a meeting, during which he refers to humans as "enemies" and teaches the animals a revolutionary song called "Beasts of England".
When Major dies, two young pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, assume command and consider it a duty to prepare for the Rebellion. The animals revolt and drive the drunken and irresponsible farmer Mr. Jones from the farm, renaming it "Animal Farm".
They adopt the Seven Commandments of Animalism, the most important of which is, "All animals are equal."
Snowball teaches the animals to read and write, while Napoleon educates young puppies on the principles of Animalism. Food is plentiful, and the farm runs smoothly.
The pigs elevate themselves to positions of leadership and set aside special food items, ostensibly for their personal health.
Some time later, several men attack Animal Farm.
Jones and his men are making an attempt to recapture the farm, aided by several other farmers who are terrified of similar animal revolts. Snowball and the animals, who are hiding in ambush, defeat the men by launching a surprise attack as soon as they enter the farmyard. Snowball's popularity soars, and this event is proclaimed "The Battle of the Cowshed".
It is celebrated annually with the firing of a gun, on the anniversary of the Revolution. Napoleon and Snowball vie for pre-eminence. When Snowball announces his plans to modernize the farm by building a windmill, Napoleon has his dogs chase Snowball away and declares himself leader. ...
毓賳賵丕賳賴丕: 賯賱毓賴 (賲夭乇毓賴) 丨蹖賵丕賳丕鬲 - 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 噩賵乇噩 丕賵乇賵賱貨 (噩丕賲蹖貙...) 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 丕賳诏賱爻鬲丕賳貨 鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮 賲鬲賳 賳爻禺賴 丕賳诏賱蹖爻蹖: 丿乇 爻丕賱 1975賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
賲鬲乇噩賲賴丕: 亘丿賵賳 賴蹖趩 鬲乇鬲蹖亘蹖 丌賳賴丕蹖蹖 乇丕 讴賴 蹖丕賮鬲賲 趩賱 賵 趩賴丕乇 賳丕賲丿丕乇 乇丕 亘賳诏丕卮鬲賲貨 诏賵蹖丕 亘丕蹖丿 丿乇 乇讴賵乇丿賴丕蹖 诏蹖賳爻 孬亘鬲 卮賵丿
賲鬲乇噩賲 01 - 丕賲蹖乇丕賲蹖乇卮丕賴蹖 丿乇 154氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 02 - 賲丨賲丿 賮蹖乇賵夭亘禺鬲 丿乇 136氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 03 - 丕丨爻丕賳 賵丕丨丿蹖 丿乇 133氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 04 - 乇囟丕 夭丕乇毓 丿乇 120氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 05 - 毓賱蹖 诏乇丕賳賲丕蹖賴 丿乇 152氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 06 - 爻蹖乇賵爻 賳賵乇丌亘丕丿蹖 賵 賲丨爻賳 賲賵丨丿蹖 夭丕丿 丿乇 130氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 07 - 丕丨賲丿 讴爻丕蹖蹖 倬賵乇 丿乇 171 氐貨 賳卮乇 賲丕賴蹖 1394 丿乇 147氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 08 - 賲乇囟蹖賴 氐丿乇 丿乇 108氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 09 - 賳乇诏爻 丨蹖丿乇蹖 賲賳噩蹖賱蹖 丿乇 128氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 10 - 氐丕賱丨 丨爻蹖賳蹖 賵 賲毓氐賵賲賴 賳亘蹖 夭丕丿賴 丿乇 158氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 11 - 丌夭丕丿賴 丿丕丿賮乇 丿乇 195氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 12 - 賲乇蹖賲 氐丕賱丨蹖 丿乇 127氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 13 - 卮賴丕亘 丨亘蹖亘蹖 丿乇 176氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 14 - 賲噩蹖丿 賳賵乇蹖丕賳 丿乇 78氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 15 - 賴賲丕蹖賵賳 賳賵乇丕丨賲乇 丿乇 131氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 16 - 賴賲丕蹖賵賳 亘賴卮鬲蹖 丿乇 139氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 17 - 賲乇噩丕賳 睾蹖亘蹖 丿乇 234氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 18 - 蹖賵賱丕賳丿 诏賵賴乇蹖賳 丿乇 160氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 19 - 睾賱丕賲乇囟丕 氐丕賱丨蹖 賲毓賵丕 丿乇 128氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 20 - 夭賴乇丕 賳賵乇賵夭蹖 丿乇 117氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 21 - 夭蹖賳鬲 毓賱蹖夭丕丿賴 丿乇 128氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 22 - 亘賴乇賵夭 睾乇蹖亘 倬賵乇 丿乇 92氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 23 - 爻賲丕賳賴 賮賱丕丨 丿乇 104氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 24 - 賵丨蹖丿 讴蹖丕賳 丿乇 139氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 25 - 賲丨賲丿乇囟丕 丌禺賵賳丿蹖 賵 夭賴乇丕 賲丨賲丿蹖 丿乇 108氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 26 - 賲乇蹖賲 乇卮鬲蹖 夭丕丿賴 丿乇 124氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 27 - 賲丨賲丿 賴丕卮賲蹖 賵 爻毓蹖丿 賴丕卮賲蹖 丿乇 112氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 28 - 丨賵乇蹖丕 賲賵爻丕蹖蹖 丿乇 126氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 29 - 賲賳氐賵乇賴 趩乇丕睾蹖 丿乇 126氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 30 - 賲噩鬲亘蹖 倬丕蹖丿丕乇 丿乇 112氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 31 - 倬跇賲丕賳 讴賵卮卮 丿乇 155氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 32 - 丌賵蹖賳丕 鬲乇賳賲 丿乇 128 氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 33 - 丨賵乇丕亍 賵丨蹖丿蹖 丿乇 128 氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 34 - 丕丿乇蹖爻 亘丕亘丕禺丕賳蹖 丿乇 90 氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 35 - 賲跇诏丕賳 丕丨賲丿蹖 丿乇 120氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 36 - 丨賱蹖賲賴 亘蹖毓 丌鬲蹖 丿乇 112氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 37 - 賯丿蹖乇 诏賱讴丕乇蹖丕賳 丿乇 120氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 38 - 毓賱蹖 丕氐睾乇 丕賮乇噩蹖 丿乇 132氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 39 - 賲賴賳賵卮 噩賵丕賴乇蹖 丿乇 141氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 40 - 毓賱蹖 噩賵丕賴乇讴賱丕賲 丿乇 128氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 41 - 丨噩鬲 丕賲丕賲蹖 丿乇 127氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 42 - 賲丨賲丿毓賱蹖 噩丿蹖乇蹖 賵 氐賲丿 賲丨賲丿蹖 丌爻蹖丕亘蹖 丿乇 111氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 43 - 丨賲蹖丿乇囟丕 亘賱賵趩 丿乇 127氐貨
賲鬲乇噩賲 44 - 丕丨賲丿 讴爻丕蹖蹖 倬賵乇 丿乇 147氐貨
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August 26, 2007Funnily enough, i read this book as a child and thought that it really WAS about animals. I remember thinking, Evil Pigs, I'm glad you're bacon in MY world, and Poor Hardworking Horsies, come live on my farm instead. You can have all the hay and makopa you want (sadly, no apples, tropical climate).
I reread it after education spoiled my natural inclinations for fast and absolute punishment of evildoers and eternal rewards for the good. I do find it pleasantly strange that these animals are symbols for political stereotypes and yet people still appear in the book. Isn't that CRAZY? That's literary perversion in a class all its own.
I'm thankful i read this in my formative years, before I had all this intellectual baggage (emphasis on baggage, piano on the intellect), because I got to appreciate it like a child would, almost like the way I appreciated Charlotte's Web. To me, back then, it was just another story about animals, albeit a wordy one, with no pictures.
Which is probably why I still experience a certain righteous thrill when eating crispy bacon.
I reread it after education spoiled my natural inclinations for fast and absolute punishment of evildoers and eternal rewards for the good. I do find it pleasantly strange that these animals are symbols for political stereotypes and yet people still appear in the book. Isn't that CRAZY? That's literary perversion in a class all its own.
I'm thankful i read this in my formative years, before I had all this intellectual baggage (emphasis on baggage, piano on the intellect), because I got to appreciate it like a child would, almost like the way I appreciated Charlotte's Web. To me, back then, it was just another story about animals, albeit a wordy one, with no pictures.
Which is probably why I still experience a certain righteous thrill when eating crispy bacon.
October 26, 2022
i'm sure this book was very good when it came out in 19whatever (i could check this but warning - i am going to spend this review being as annoying as possible to a certain group), but it's way, way better now.
in whatever time of the 20th century this came out during, this was thought to be written in opposition to stalinist russia. that's fine. whatever. not exactly a hot take for a white guy from the western world to be anti-USSR.
but now...now it's abundantly clear.
if it weren't already obvious that this book is written about how bad totalitarianism is (as opposed to being specifically about communism), take a look at the world around us, then check it against orwell's political views, then come back to me.
a certain political faction (of evil morons) in my certain country i live in (take a wild guess) likes to call certain things (the ones that are against them) "orwellian."
nonwhite people entering your country? orwellian. having to be nice to others and not call them slurs? orwellian. the idea of people not appreciating your opinions and thereby being "anti-free speech" (even though that is not what free speech is)? orwellian.
ignoring the fact that the very idea of their using the word orwellian to serve their purposes is far more, well, orwellian, i'll just come out and say it: because people on the right don't know how to read, they haven't ever actually really thought about or analyzed either this or 1984. so they assume that george orwell is on their side - the pro-rich getting richer and anti-poor not being poor side.
but, my dear conservative friends, orwell was an outspoken democratic socialist from top to bottom.
so maybe pick one of the copious number of far-right classic authors to support your dumbass point.
oh? there aren't really any to be found?
bummer. maybe next millennium.
part of a series i'm doing in which i review books i read a long time ago and either make myself or others angry
in whatever time of the 20th century this came out during, this was thought to be written in opposition to stalinist russia. that's fine. whatever. not exactly a hot take for a white guy from the western world to be anti-USSR.
but now...now it's abundantly clear.
if it weren't already obvious that this book is written about how bad totalitarianism is (as opposed to being specifically about communism), take a look at the world around us, then check it against orwell's political views, then come back to me.
a certain political faction (of evil morons) in my certain country i live in (take a wild guess) likes to call certain things (the ones that are against them) "orwellian."
nonwhite people entering your country? orwellian. having to be nice to others and not call them slurs? orwellian. the idea of people not appreciating your opinions and thereby being "anti-free speech" (even though that is not what free speech is)? orwellian.
ignoring the fact that the very idea of their using the word orwellian to serve their purposes is far more, well, orwellian, i'll just come out and say it: because people on the right don't know how to read, they haven't ever actually really thought about or analyzed either this or 1984. so they assume that george orwell is on their side - the pro-rich getting richer and anti-poor not being poor side.
but, my dear conservative friends, orwell was an outspoken democratic socialist from top to bottom.
so maybe pick one of the copious number of far-right classic authors to support your dumbass point.
oh? there aren't really any to be found?
bummer. maybe next millennium.
part of a series i'm doing in which i review books i read a long time ago and either make myself or others angry
October 26, 2024
George Orwell's Animal Farm is undeniably one of the best short novels ever written in the English language. It is a deceptively simple tale, which even older children could read. About an animal uprising, it is written in the style of a fable, and yet it can be read on so many levels. It is clearly both a satire and an allegory, a dystopian tale, and its author George Orwell made no secret of what regime, and which politicians, he was so mercilessly parodying. Yet as with all great novels, it speaks to us today and holds many timeless truths. It is the sort of novel where a reader will find new depths in each rereading.
The inspiration for the novel came from a real-life episode. Orwell had just left the BBC, in 1943, and was uneasy about some propaganda he could see distributed by the then "Ministry of Information". He says,
"I saw a little boy, perhaps ten years old, driving a huge carthorse along a narrow path, whipping it whenever it tried to turn. It struck me that if only such animals became aware of their strength we should have no power over them, and that men exploit animals in much the same way as the rich exploit the proletariat."
George Orwell wrote Animal Farm between November 1943 and February 1944, but the novel was not published straightaway, because of the USSR's status as an ally in the Second World War. George Orwell was a socialist writer, so the fact that he chose to do such a savage critique of the Soviet Union may come as a bit of a surprise to a present-day reader. One might have expected him to choose the far right, rather than the far left. But he personally felt that the Soviet Union (now Russia) of that time had itself become a brutal dictatorship, and that its original ideals had become perverted.
Animal Farm was subsequently published in England in 1945, just after the war, and ironically it quickly became a great commercial success when it did finally appear, partly because the Cold War so quickly followed the Second World War. However the book was immediately banned in the USSR and other communist countries. To this day it is still banned or censored in some places; the United Arab Emirates, Cuba, North Korea - and China, until almost the beginning of the 21st century.
In his story George Orwell chronicles the rising to power of Joseph Stalin, who is depicted by the pig "Napoleon" in the novel. The story parallels his emergence as a natural leader, and gradually follows his rise to power as a dictator. Near the beginning of the novel, the farm animals overthrow their oppressor, the farmer "Mr Jones". This is a direct analogy to the Bolshevik Revolution of October 1917, when the Russian Tsar Nicholas II, who had abdicated in February, was executed by the Bolsheviks along with the rest of his family, in July 1918. Interestingly, Orwell said the drunken farmer Jones, who neglects his animals, was based on the real life Tsar Nicholas II.
But their democratic coalition of animals, all with a vision of independence, comfort and freedom from constraints, is gradually broken down. There is straightaway a consolidation of power among the pigs, who do no work because they are the "brainworkers" with what is tacitly agreed as superior intelligence. Just as the Soviet intelligentsia did, the pigs establish themselves as the ruling class in the new "free" society. In Animal Farm they then immediately begin to manipulate and control the new state for their own benefit.
At the start of the novel, "Major" a middle white boar, has a dream, which he relates to all the animals, in a lengthy impassioned speech. It is a dream of the future, and of freedom for all creatures. It captures their imaginations, and inspires their actions from then on. Major is based on a combination of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin. Just as Lenin's embalmed body was put on display for the people, Major's principles provide the foundation for the code of the revolution and the philosophy of "Animalism".
The other main character at the start of the novel is the pig, "Snowball" who is based on Leon Trotsky. Just as in the Soviet Union, these two characters vie for power, with "Napoleon" using subterfuge and manipulation to his own ends. He arranges false confessions, show trials and executions to enforce his power, frequently changing history as the story unfolds. "Squealer" is a pig who works on behalf of Napoleon, employing various devious means to misrepresent and confuse the animals. He is apparently based on Molotov. Squealer speechifies, using elaborate philosophical ideas which the animals cannot really follow, often using the Socratic dialogue to get the answer he desires. And this is always used to justify the pigs' greedy and unprincipled behaviour; anything which is self-serving and goes against the original ideas of fairness. George Orwell is keen to show the corruption of "Animalist" ideals by those in power, not that the ideals themselves were wrongly held. In 1947, George Orwell wrote,
"For the past ten years I have been convinced that the destruction of the Soviet myth was essential if we wanted a revival of the socialist movement ... I thought of exposing the Soviet myth in a story that could be easily understood by almost anyone and which could be easily translated into other languages."
For instance, Squealer works on the animals so that they accept a slogan which is almost the direct opposite of its original, "Four legs good, two legs bad" becomes "Four legs good, two legs better" overnight, as bleated by the impressionable, keen to follow, sheep. The reason for this is clear from the story. And "Snowball" (based on Trotsky) is by a malicious comrade eager to dominate, using any violent means available to achieve his ends. Nobody knows who they can trust any more.
The irony is at its highest in the depiction of corruption; the tyranny and hypocrisy of the pigs as led by Napoleon. The food rations get increasingly smaller, yet it is "proved" to them that they are all much better off than they were formerly under Farmer Jones. The animals' ideology of liberation and equality gradually disintegrates. The rules change secretly, slowly and silently, so nobody is sure what is really the truth any longer. History is rewritten; memories become unreliable; the brainwashing is slow and subtle. The animals can read, but there is little documentation, except for seven commandments, painted on the barn wall,
Yet over time, each of these is amended, to the advantage of the pigs, until in the end there are no words showing at all, and the final famously nonsensical maxim is spouted without question,
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
The novel is a dual critique against the Stalinist regime of violence, but also against the imposed rhetoric, against the language employed, logic and ideals.
Another character indicated by George Orwell is his depiction of Adolf Hitler, as one of the farmers, "Mr Frederick", who wants to take over the renamed "Animal Farm". But there are many minor characters whom we all recognise in our own lives. Take the cat, who votes for both sides at the same time. Who has never come across a "two-faced" person? Or the pony "Mollie", the stereotypically vain and lazy original Essex girl, with her penchant for wearing ribbons in her hair and looking at herself in a mirror, regardless of any greater good which may come about by a little hard work. The story of the carthorse "Boxer" will break your heart. His courage, his steadfastness; with his personal motto, "I will work harder!" he is the archetypal salt of the earth. But he is na茂ve and gullible, and the reader fears that he will be taken advantage of to a devastating conclusion. You will cry, internally at least, but you will also laugh with this book. Here is an extract from the pompous poet pig, Minimus's, eulogy about Napoleon.
"Friend of the fatherless!
Fountain of happiness!
Lord of the swill-bucket!"
The conclusion of the book is predictable, but perhaps not in quite the simple way the reader expects. Yes, the oppressees become the oppressors, but in a fiendishly clever denouement.
All the political manipulations of the novel are recognisable today. Wherever you live, you will not have to look very close from home to find such a regime. And also, the brilliance of this novel is that those characteristics of scheming, dishonesty, cynicism, and underhanded ways of achieving a particular end, are not confined to politics. Who has never watched a skilled manipulator diverting attention from one major problem by concentrating on a minor one? It may have been in politics - or it may have been in a committee meeting - or even, dare it be said, around your own dinner table. Large or small scale, these observations by George Orwell are, sadly, truths about the human condition and human behaviour. They are timeless, and present in any institution, cooperation, business, family - in fact any group of people. One critic has even suggested that Orwell has put himself in the novels as Benjamin, the donkey, a wise old creature who is the only one who pessimistically repeats, "Life will go on as it has always gone on - that is, badly."
Have you actually read Animal Farm? No? Then please do. You read it years ago? Then try reading it again. It is an outstanding novel, with the hallmarks of a true classic; it is both entertaining and profound.
The inspiration for the novel came from a real-life episode. Orwell had just left the BBC, in 1943, and was uneasy about some propaganda he could see distributed by the then "Ministry of Information". He says,
"I saw a little boy, perhaps ten years old, driving a huge carthorse along a narrow path, whipping it whenever it tried to turn. It struck me that if only such animals became aware of their strength we should have no power over them, and that men exploit animals in much the same way as the rich exploit the proletariat."
George Orwell wrote Animal Farm between November 1943 and February 1944, but the novel was not published straightaway, because of the USSR's status as an ally in the Second World War. George Orwell was a socialist writer, so the fact that he chose to do such a savage critique of the Soviet Union may come as a bit of a surprise to a present-day reader. One might have expected him to choose the far right, rather than the far left. But he personally felt that the Soviet Union (now Russia) of that time had itself become a brutal dictatorship, and that its original ideals had become perverted.
Animal Farm was subsequently published in England in 1945, just after the war, and ironically it quickly became a great commercial success when it did finally appear, partly because the Cold War so quickly followed the Second World War. However the book was immediately banned in the USSR and other communist countries. To this day it is still banned or censored in some places; the United Arab Emirates, Cuba, North Korea - and China, until almost the beginning of the 21st century.
In his story George Orwell chronicles the rising to power of Joseph Stalin, who is depicted by the pig "Napoleon" in the novel. The story parallels his emergence as a natural leader, and gradually follows his rise to power as a dictator. Near the beginning of the novel, the farm animals overthrow their oppressor, the farmer "Mr Jones". This is a direct analogy to the Bolshevik Revolution of October 1917, when the Russian Tsar Nicholas II, who had abdicated in February, was executed by the Bolsheviks along with the rest of his family, in July 1918. Interestingly, Orwell said the drunken farmer Jones, who neglects his animals, was based on the real life Tsar Nicholas II.
But their democratic coalition of animals, all with a vision of independence, comfort and freedom from constraints, is gradually broken down. There is straightaway a consolidation of power among the pigs, who do no work because they are the "brainworkers" with what is tacitly agreed as superior intelligence. Just as the Soviet intelligentsia did, the pigs establish themselves as the ruling class in the new "free" society. In Animal Farm they then immediately begin to manipulate and control the new state for their own benefit.
At the start of the novel, "Major" a middle white boar, has a dream, which he relates to all the animals, in a lengthy impassioned speech. It is a dream of the future, and of freedom for all creatures. It captures their imaginations, and inspires their actions from then on. Major is based on a combination of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin. Just as Lenin's embalmed body was put on display for the people, Major's principles provide the foundation for the code of the revolution and the philosophy of "Animalism".
The other main character at the start of the novel is the pig, "Snowball" who is based on Leon Trotsky. Just as in the Soviet Union, these two characters vie for power, with "Napoleon" using subterfuge and manipulation to his own ends. He arranges false confessions, show trials and executions to enforce his power, frequently changing history as the story unfolds. "Squealer" is a pig who works on behalf of Napoleon, employing various devious means to misrepresent and confuse the animals. He is apparently based on Molotov. Squealer speechifies, using elaborate philosophical ideas which the animals cannot really follow, often using the Socratic dialogue to get the answer he desires. And this is always used to justify the pigs' greedy and unprincipled behaviour; anything which is self-serving and goes against the original ideas of fairness. George Orwell is keen to show the corruption of "Animalist" ideals by those in power, not that the ideals themselves were wrongly held. In 1947, George Orwell wrote,
"For the past ten years I have been convinced that the destruction of the Soviet myth was essential if we wanted a revival of the socialist movement ... I thought of exposing the Soviet myth in a story that could be easily understood by almost anyone and which could be easily translated into other languages."
For instance, Squealer works on the animals so that they accept a slogan which is almost the direct opposite of its original, "Four legs good, two legs bad" becomes "Four legs good, two legs better" overnight, as bleated by the impressionable, keen to follow, sheep. The reason for this is clear from the story. And "Snowball" (based on Trotsky) is by a malicious comrade eager to dominate, using any violent means available to achieve his ends. Nobody knows who they can trust any more.
The irony is at its highest in the depiction of corruption; the tyranny and hypocrisy of the pigs as led by Napoleon. The food rations get increasingly smaller, yet it is "proved" to them that they are all much better off than they were formerly under Farmer Jones. The animals' ideology of liberation and equality gradually disintegrates. The rules change secretly, slowly and silently, so nobody is sure what is really the truth any longer. History is rewritten; memories become unreliable; the brainwashing is slow and subtle. The animals can read, but there is little documentation, except for seven commandments, painted on the barn wall,
Yet over time, each of these is amended, to the advantage of the pigs, until in the end there are no words showing at all, and the final famously nonsensical maxim is spouted without question,
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
The novel is a dual critique against the Stalinist regime of violence, but also against the imposed rhetoric, against the language employed, logic and ideals.
Another character indicated by George Orwell is his depiction of Adolf Hitler, as one of the farmers, "Mr Frederick", who wants to take over the renamed "Animal Farm". But there are many minor characters whom we all recognise in our own lives. Take the cat, who votes for both sides at the same time. Who has never come across a "two-faced" person? Or the pony "Mollie", the stereotypically vain and lazy original Essex girl, with her penchant for wearing ribbons in her hair and looking at herself in a mirror, regardless of any greater good which may come about by a little hard work. The story of the carthorse "Boxer" will break your heart. His courage, his steadfastness; with his personal motto, "I will work harder!" he is the archetypal salt of the earth. But he is na茂ve and gullible, and the reader fears that he will be taken advantage of to a devastating conclusion. You will cry, internally at least, but you will also laugh with this book. Here is an extract from the pompous poet pig, Minimus's, eulogy about Napoleon.
"Friend of the fatherless!
Fountain of happiness!
Lord of the swill-bucket!"
The conclusion of the book is predictable, but perhaps not in quite the simple way the reader expects. Yes, the oppressees become the oppressors, but in a fiendishly clever denouement.
All the political manipulations of the novel are recognisable today. Wherever you live, you will not have to look very close from home to find such a regime. And also, the brilliance of this novel is that those characteristics of scheming, dishonesty, cynicism, and underhanded ways of achieving a particular end, are not confined to politics. Who has never watched a skilled manipulator diverting attention from one major problem by concentrating on a minor one? It may have been in politics - or it may have been in a committee meeting - or even, dare it be said, around your own dinner table. Large or small scale, these observations by George Orwell are, sadly, truths about the human condition and human behaviour. They are timeless, and present in any institution, cooperation, business, family - in fact any group of people. One critic has even suggested that Orwell has put himself in the novels as Benjamin, the donkey, a wise old creature who is the only one who pessimistically repeats, "Life will go on as it has always gone on - that is, badly."
Have you actually read Animal Farm? No? Then please do. You read it years ago? Then try reading it again. It is an outstanding novel, with the hallmarks of a true classic; it is both entertaining and profound.
September 8, 2021
賮賷 賲夭乇毓丞 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳 .. 賷賴丕賳 丕賱賲乇亍 兀賵 賷賴丕賳 :
廿匕丕 兀賰賲賱鬲 賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕丨匕乇貙 賱丕 鬲乇賮毓 乇兀爻賰 毓丕賱賷賸丕 賱鬲賳馗乇貙 賱兀賳賾賰 廿賳 賳馗乇鬲 丕賰鬲卮賮鬲貙 賵廿匕丕 丕賰鬲卮賮鬲 賮賴賲鬲貙 賵廿匕丕 賮賴賲鬲 爻噩賳鬲 兀賵 賰賲賾賲鬲 兀賵 乇囟賷鬲貙 賵廿匕丕 乇囟賷鬲 丕賯鬲賳賷鬲 兀賵 爻賰鬲貙 賮廿匕丕 爻賰鬲 賮丕噩賱爻 爻丕賰賳丕 賯乇亘 兀亘賵丕亘 丕賱氐賾賲鬲貙 賵兀賲賾丕 廿匕丕 丕賯鬲賳賷鬲 賮丕賱胤亘賱丞 爻毓乇賴丕 乇禺賷氐 賵賮賷 丕賱賲鬲賳丕賵賱貙 賮丕賯鬲賳賴丕 賵丕噩賱爻 賱鬲胤亘賾賱貙 賵賱丕 鬲禺噩賱 賵廿賷賾丕賰 兀賳 鬲爻鬲丨賷貙 賮賮賳 丕賱鬲胤亘賷賱 賮賳賹 毓乇賷賯 毓乇丕賯丞 丕賱廿爻鬲亘丿丕丿 賵丕賱胤睾賷丕賳貙 賵丕賱鬲賾胤亘賷賱 兀卮賰丕賱 賵兀賱賵丕賳貙 賮丕禺鬲乇 賱賵賳賰 亘廿賲毓丕賳.
賮賷 賲夭乇毓丞 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 .. 賵丕賯毓 兀賲 鬲禺賷賱丕鬲 責 :
賵兀賳鬲 鬲賯乇兀 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 匕丕鬲 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱賲鬲禺賷賱丞貙 爻鬲賯乇兀 噩賲賱丕 鬲毓乇賮賴丕貙 賮鬲賳亘孬賯 兀賲丕賲賰 賲毓丕賳 鬲毓乇賮賴丕貙 賵賰賷賮 賱丕 鬲毓乇賮賴丕 賵兀賳鬲 鬲毓賷卮賴丕 ( 鬲睾賷賷乇 丿爻鬲賵乇貙 禺賱賯 賯賵丕賳賷賳 噩丿賷丿丞貙 丕爻鬲亘丿丕丿 賵胤睾賷丕賳貙 鬲夭賷賷賮 賱賱鬲丕乇賷禺 賵鬲睾賷賷乇 賱賱丨賯丕卅賯貙 噩賲賱 賲鬲賰乇乇丞 賵賲賴鬲乇卅丞 賱鬲賳賵賷賲 丕賱噩賲丕賴賷乇貙 鬲禺賵賷賳 丕賱亘毓囟 賵鬲兀賱賷賴 賱賱亘毓囟 丕賱丌禺乇 ) 賮賷鬲爻乇亘 丕賱卮賰賾 廿賱賶 毓賯賱賰 .. 兀兀賳丕 兀賯乇兀 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 責 兀賲 兀毓賷卮 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 責 賴賱 兀賳丕 賴賳丕 兀賲 賴賳丕賰 責 兀賲 廿賳賾 賴賳丕 賵賴賳丕賰 賲鬲卮丕亘賴丕賳 兀賵 乇亘賾賲丕 賲鬲胤丕亘賯丕賳 責
賮鬲丿乇賰 兀賳 賲丕 賰鬲亘 賮賷 丕賱賲丕囟賷 賱賷爻 亘丕賱囟乇賵乇丞 賲鬲毓賱賯丕 亘兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱賲丕囟賷貙 賵兀賳賾 丕賱兀爻丕爻 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賴賵 賮賰乇丞 鬲丨賵賷賱 丕賱孬賵乇丞 賲賳 賵爻賷賱丞 賳丨賵 丕賱丨乇賷賾丞 賵丕賱鬲賾丨乇乇 廿賱賶 兀丿丕丞 賯賲毓 賵丕爻鬲亘丿丕丿貙 賵賴匕丕 兀賲乇 賷丨丿孬 賮賷 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賰賱賾賴 賲賴賲丕 丕禺鬲賱賮 丕賱夭賲丕賳貙 賵賳丨賳 丕賱毓乇亘 賳毓乇賮賴 丨賯賾 丕賱賲毓乇賮丞.
賮賷 賲夭乇毓丞 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳 .. 賲賳 賴賵 丕賱禺賳夭賷乇 賵賲賳 賴賵 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 責 :
賵賰丕賳 兀孬賳賶 毓卮乇 氐賵鬲丕 賷氐乇禺 賮賷 睾囟亘貙 賵賰賱賴丕 賲鬲卮丕亘賴丞. 賱丕 丨丕噩丞 賱賱爻丐丕賱 丕賱丌賳貙 毓賲賾丕 賯丿 賷丨丿孬 賱賵噩賵賴 丕賱禺賳丕夭賷乇. 賵鬲鬲胤賱毓 丕賱賰丕卅賳丕鬲 賮賷 丕賱禺丕乇噩 廿賱賷賴賲 賲賳 禺賳夭賷乇 廿賱賶 廿賳爻丕賳貙 賵賲賳 廿賳爻丕賳 廿賱賶 禺賳夭賷乇貙 孬賲 賲賳 禺賳夭賷乇 廿賱賶 廿賳爻丕賳貙 賵賱賰賳 兀氐亘丨 賲賳 丕賱賲爻鬲丨賷賱 丕賱賯賵賱 賲賳 賴賵 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賵賲賳 賴賵 丕賱禺賳夭賷乇. 賳毓賲 賷氐亘丨 丕賱鬲賾賮乇賷賯 亘賷賳 丕賱禺賳夭賷乇 賵丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 兀賲乇丕 氐毓亘丕 賷氐賱 廿賱賶 丨丿 廿爻鬲丨丕賱丞 賮毓賱 匕賱賰貙 賮丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賰丕卅賳 賲賰乇賲 賵賱賰賳 鬲氐乇賮丕鬲賴 丕鬲噩丕賴 兀禺賷賴 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賯丿 鬲囟毓賴 賮賷 賲乇鬲亘丞 兀丿賳賶 賲賳 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳.
賮賷 賲夭乇毓丞 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 .. 廿爻賯丕胤丕鬲 賵賳亘賵亍丕鬲 :
賴賱 賲氐賷乇 賰賱賾 孬賵乇丞 賴賵 丕賱夭賵丕賱 賵丕賱廿賳丿孬丕乇 責
賱賯丿 賱禺賾氐 賱賳丕 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賮賰乇丞 丕賱孬賵乇丞 .. 賵囟毓 爻賷亍 賷丿賮毓 賳丨賵 丕賱鬲賾賲乇丿貙 丕賱鬲賲乇丿 鬲鬲亘毓賴 孬賵乇丞貙 丕賱孬賵乇丞 賮賷 亘丿丕賷鬲賴丕 丕爻鬲噩丕亘丞 胤亘賷毓賷丞 丿賵賳 丨爻丕亘丕鬲 卮禺氐賷丞貙 賲毓 賵氐賵賱 丕賱孬賵乇丞 兀賵 丕賯鬲乇丕亘賴丕 賲賳 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賷馗賴乇 毓賱賶 丕賱爻胤丨 兀卮禺丕氐 乇兀賵丕 賵卮丕賴丿賵丕 廿賲賰丕賳賷丞 丕賱賳賾噩丕丨 賮丕爻鬲睾賱賵丕 匕賱賰 賱賷賯賵丿賵丕 丕賱孬賾賵乇丞 賵賴賷 賮賷 乇賲賯賴丕 丕賱兀禺賷乇貙 賮賷夭賷賮賵丕 賵賷睾賷乇賵丕 賵賷禺丿毓賵丕 賵賷賲賰乇賵丕貙 賵賮賷 丕賱賳賾賴丕賷丞 賷賲爻賰賵賳 亘夭賲丕賲 丕賱兀賲賵乇 賱賷賯賵丿賵丕 丕賱丌禺乇賷賳 賳丨賵 兀賵囟丕毓 賯丿 鬲賰賵賳 兀爻賵兀 賲賳 丕賱賵囟毓 丕賱匕賷 孬丕乇賵丕 毓賱賷賴. 賮鬲丿賮賳 丕賱丌賲丕賱 賵丕賱兀丨賱丕賲 鬲丨鬲 鬲乇丕賰賲丕鬲 丕賱賰匕亘 賵丕賱鬲夭賷賷賮貙 賵鬲丨賰賲 丕賱卮毓丕乇丕鬲貙 賵鬲睾鬲丕賱 丕賱胤賲賵丨丕鬲.
賮賷 賲夭乇毓丞 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 .. 毓賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵丕賱賲乇丕噩毓丞 :
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲賯乇兀 賵乇亘賲丕 鬲賯乇兀 賲乇丞 孬丕賳賷丞貙 賲賱賷卅丞 亘丕賱乇賲夭賷丞 賳毓賲貙 賯丿 鬲亘丿賵丕 賱賱亘毓囟 胤賮賵賱賷丞 賳賵毓丕 賲丕貙 賵賱賰賳 鬲爻鬲丨賯賾 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 亘賰賱 鬲兀賰賷丿. 兀賲賾丕 丕賱賲乇丕噩毓丞 賮賱丕 鬲爻鬲丨賯賾 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 亘賰賱 鬲兀賰賷丿 賮賴匕丕 丕賱賳賵毓 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 賱丕 賷爻鬲丨賯 賲乇丕噩毓丕鬲 亘賱 賯乇丕亍丕鬲 賵鬲兀賲賱丕鬲.
廿匕丕 兀賰賲賱鬲 賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕丨匕乇貙 賱丕 鬲乇賮毓 乇兀爻賰 毓丕賱賷賸丕 賱鬲賳馗乇貙 賱兀賳賾賰 廿賳 賳馗乇鬲 丕賰鬲卮賮鬲貙 賵廿匕丕 丕賰鬲卮賮鬲 賮賴賲鬲貙 賵廿匕丕 賮賴賲鬲 爻噩賳鬲 兀賵 賰賲賾賲鬲 兀賵 乇囟賷鬲貙 賵廿匕丕 乇囟賷鬲 丕賯鬲賳賷鬲 兀賵 爻賰鬲貙 賮廿匕丕 爻賰鬲 賮丕噩賱爻 爻丕賰賳丕 賯乇亘 兀亘賵丕亘 丕賱氐賾賲鬲貙 賵兀賲賾丕 廿匕丕 丕賯鬲賳賷鬲 賮丕賱胤亘賱丞 爻毓乇賴丕 乇禺賷氐 賵賮賷 丕賱賲鬲賳丕賵賱貙 賮丕賯鬲賳賴丕 賵丕噩賱爻 賱鬲胤亘賾賱貙 賵賱丕 鬲禺噩賱 賵廿賷賾丕賰 兀賳 鬲爻鬲丨賷貙 賮賮賳 丕賱鬲胤亘賷賱 賮賳賹 毓乇賷賯 毓乇丕賯丞 丕賱廿爻鬲亘丿丕丿 賵丕賱胤睾賷丕賳貙 賵丕賱鬲賾胤亘賷賱 兀卮賰丕賱 賵兀賱賵丕賳貙 賮丕禺鬲乇 賱賵賳賰 亘廿賲毓丕賳.
賮賷 賲夭乇毓丞 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 .. 賵丕賯毓 兀賲 鬲禺賷賱丕鬲 責 :
賵兀賳鬲 鬲賯乇兀 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 匕丕鬲 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱賲鬲禺賷賱丞貙 爻鬲賯乇兀 噩賲賱丕 鬲毓乇賮賴丕貙 賮鬲賳亘孬賯 兀賲丕賲賰 賲毓丕賳 鬲毓乇賮賴丕貙 賵賰賷賮 賱丕 鬲毓乇賮賴丕 賵兀賳鬲 鬲毓賷卮賴丕 ( 鬲睾賷賷乇 丿爻鬲賵乇貙 禺賱賯 賯賵丕賳賷賳 噩丿賷丿丞貙 丕爻鬲亘丿丕丿 賵胤睾賷丕賳貙 鬲夭賷賷賮 賱賱鬲丕乇賷禺 賵鬲睾賷賷乇 賱賱丨賯丕卅賯貙 噩賲賱 賲鬲賰乇乇丞 賵賲賴鬲乇卅丞 賱鬲賳賵賷賲 丕賱噩賲丕賴賷乇貙 鬲禺賵賷賳 丕賱亘毓囟 賵鬲兀賱賷賴 賱賱亘毓囟 丕賱丌禺乇 ) 賮賷鬲爻乇亘 丕賱卮賰賾 廿賱賶 毓賯賱賰 .. 兀兀賳丕 兀賯乇兀 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 責 兀賲 兀毓賷卮 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 責 賴賱 兀賳丕 賴賳丕 兀賲 賴賳丕賰 責 兀賲 廿賳賾 賴賳丕 賵賴賳丕賰 賲鬲卮丕亘賴丕賳 兀賵 乇亘賾賲丕 賲鬲胤丕亘賯丕賳 責
賮鬲丿乇賰 兀賳 賲丕 賰鬲亘 賮賷 丕賱賲丕囟賷 賱賷爻 亘丕賱囟乇賵乇丞 賲鬲毓賱賯丕 亘兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱賲丕囟賷貙 賵兀賳賾 丕賱兀爻丕爻 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賴賵 賮賰乇丞 鬲丨賵賷賱 丕賱孬賵乇丞 賲賳 賵爻賷賱丞 賳丨賵 丕賱丨乇賷賾丞 賵丕賱鬲賾丨乇乇 廿賱賶 兀丿丕丞 賯賲毓 賵丕爻鬲亘丿丕丿貙 賵賴匕丕 兀賲乇 賷丨丿孬 賮賷 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賰賱賾賴 賲賴賲丕 丕禺鬲賱賮 丕賱夭賲丕賳貙 賵賳丨賳 丕賱毓乇亘 賳毓乇賮賴 丨賯賾 丕賱賲毓乇賮丞.
賮賷 賲夭乇毓丞 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳 .. 賲賳 賴賵 丕賱禺賳夭賷乇 賵賲賳 賴賵 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 責 :
賵賰丕賳 兀孬賳賶 毓卮乇 氐賵鬲丕 賷氐乇禺 賮賷 睾囟亘貙 賵賰賱賴丕 賲鬲卮丕亘賴丞. 賱丕 丨丕噩丞 賱賱爻丐丕賱 丕賱丌賳貙 毓賲賾丕 賯丿 賷丨丿孬 賱賵噩賵賴 丕賱禺賳丕夭賷乇. 賵鬲鬲胤賱毓 丕賱賰丕卅賳丕鬲 賮賷 丕賱禺丕乇噩 廿賱賷賴賲 賲賳 禺賳夭賷乇 廿賱賶 廿賳爻丕賳貙 賵賲賳 廿賳爻丕賳 廿賱賶 禺賳夭賷乇貙 孬賲 賲賳 禺賳夭賷乇 廿賱賶 廿賳爻丕賳貙 賵賱賰賳 兀氐亘丨 賲賳 丕賱賲爻鬲丨賷賱 丕賱賯賵賱 賲賳 賴賵 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賵賲賳 賴賵 丕賱禺賳夭賷乇. 賳毓賲 賷氐亘丨 丕賱鬲賾賮乇賷賯 亘賷賳 丕賱禺賳夭賷乇 賵丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 兀賲乇丕 氐毓亘丕 賷氐賱 廿賱賶 丨丿 廿爻鬲丨丕賱丞 賮毓賱 匕賱賰貙 賮丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賰丕卅賳 賲賰乇賲 賵賱賰賳 鬲氐乇賮丕鬲賴 丕鬲噩丕賴 兀禺賷賴 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賯丿 鬲囟毓賴 賮賷 賲乇鬲亘丞 兀丿賳賶 賲賳 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳.
賮賷 賲夭乇毓丞 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 .. 廿爻賯丕胤丕鬲 賵賳亘賵亍丕鬲 :
賴賱 賲氐賷乇 賰賱賾 孬賵乇丞 賴賵 丕賱夭賵丕賱 賵丕賱廿賳丿孬丕乇 責
賱賯丿 賱禺賾氐 賱賳丕 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賮賰乇丞 丕賱孬賵乇丞 .. 賵囟毓 爻賷亍 賷丿賮毓 賳丨賵 丕賱鬲賾賲乇丿貙 丕賱鬲賲乇丿 鬲鬲亘毓賴 孬賵乇丞貙 丕賱孬賵乇丞 賮賷 亘丿丕賷鬲賴丕 丕爻鬲噩丕亘丞 胤亘賷毓賷丞 丿賵賳 丨爻丕亘丕鬲 卮禺氐賷丞貙 賲毓 賵氐賵賱 丕賱孬賵乇丞 兀賵 丕賯鬲乇丕亘賴丕 賲賳 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賷馗賴乇 毓賱賶 丕賱爻胤丨 兀卮禺丕氐 乇兀賵丕 賵卮丕賴丿賵丕 廿賲賰丕賳賷丞 丕賱賳賾噩丕丨 賮丕爻鬲睾賱賵丕 匕賱賰 賱賷賯賵丿賵丕 丕賱孬賾賵乇丞 賵賴賷 賮賷 乇賲賯賴丕 丕賱兀禺賷乇貙 賮賷夭賷賮賵丕 賵賷睾賷乇賵丕 賵賷禺丿毓賵丕 賵賷賲賰乇賵丕貙 賵賮賷 丕賱賳賾賴丕賷丞 賷賲爻賰賵賳 亘夭賲丕賲 丕賱兀賲賵乇 賱賷賯賵丿賵丕 丕賱丌禺乇賷賳 賳丨賵 兀賵囟丕毓 賯丿 鬲賰賵賳 兀爻賵兀 賲賳 丕賱賵囟毓 丕賱匕賷 孬丕乇賵丕 毓賱賷賴. 賮鬲丿賮賳 丕賱丌賲丕賱 賵丕賱兀丨賱丕賲 鬲丨鬲 鬲乇丕賰賲丕鬲 丕賱賰匕亘 賵丕賱鬲夭賷賷賮貙 賵鬲丨賰賲 丕賱卮毓丕乇丕鬲貙 賵鬲睾鬲丕賱 丕賱胤賲賵丨丕鬲.
賮賷 賲夭乇毓丞 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 .. 毓賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵丕賱賲乇丕噩毓丞 :
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲賯乇兀 賵乇亘賲丕 鬲賯乇兀 賲乇丞 孬丕賳賷丞貙 賲賱賷卅丞 亘丕賱乇賲夭賷丞 賳毓賲貙 賯丿 鬲亘丿賵丕 賱賱亘毓囟 胤賮賵賱賷丞 賳賵毓丕 賲丕貙 賵賱賰賳 鬲爻鬲丨賯賾 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 亘賰賱 鬲兀賰賷丿. 兀賲賾丕 丕賱賲乇丕噩毓丞 賮賱丕 鬲爻鬲丨賯賾 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 亘賰賱 鬲兀賰賷丿 賮賴匕丕 丕賱賳賵毓 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 賱丕 賷爻鬲丨賯 賲乇丕噩毓丕鬲 亘賱 賯乇丕亍丕鬲 賵鬲兀賲賱丕鬲.
February 18, 2020
Update after my February 2020 Re-read
A lot has happened in the world since I read this in high school in the mid-1990s. The book is as interesting and powerful as I remember. However, I think having an adult perspective on life, government, laws, taxes, rights, etc. makes this a much more powerful for me now than it was when I was a teenager.
One of the great things about this book, too, is that it is not very long. I think that morality tales with political undertones can be daunting if you know you are dealing with a 300-page book. This tells a strong tale in 125 pages or so that is easy to read but difficult to swallow. An allegory that is a must read for all!
I will also say that this book has an ending that I remember as being 鈥渨ow, but not super shocking鈥� as a teenager. Now, it is absolutely terrifying 鈥� it gave me chills!
Original review
One of the best - no doubt! So much symbolism and meaning crammed into such a small book. Also, a great use of anthropomorphism (I just wanted to use a big, fancy sounding word!)
Review wise, that is about all I need to say - it is great, read it!
But, I will add this anecdote . . .
I read this when I was in High School as required reading. Most required reading books were long and not all that exciting (I am looking at you, Jane Eyre!) But, this one was so good that I couldn't put it down. And, since it is so short, I read it in one night. Well, the teacher had assigned chapters and asked us not to read ahead. Still hard to believe I got in trouble for reading too much of a required reading book!
A lot has happened in the world since I read this in high school in the mid-1990s. The book is as interesting and powerful as I remember. However, I think having an adult perspective on life, government, laws, taxes, rights, etc. makes this a much more powerful for me now than it was when I was a teenager.
One of the great things about this book, too, is that it is not very long. I think that morality tales with political undertones can be daunting if you know you are dealing with a 300-page book. This tells a strong tale in 125 pages or so that is easy to read but difficult to swallow. An allegory that is a must read for all!
I will also say that this book has an ending that I remember as being 鈥渨ow, but not super shocking鈥� as a teenager. Now, it is absolutely terrifying 鈥� it gave me chills!
Original review
One of the best - no doubt! So much symbolism and meaning crammed into such a small book. Also, a great use of anthropomorphism (I just wanted to use a big, fancy sounding word!)
Review wise, that is about all I need to say - it is great, read it!
But, I will add this anecdote . . .
I read this when I was in High School as required reading. Most required reading books were long and not all that exciting (I am looking at you, Jane Eyre!) But, this one was so good that I couldn't put it down. And, since it is so short, I read it in one night. Well, the teacher had assigned chapters and asked us not to read ahead. Still hard to believe I got in trouble for reading too much of a required reading book!
April 8, 2024
I revisited Animal Farm recently and my opinions remain the same.
George Orwell leaves absolutely nothing to the imagination. This is a blatant political statement. There鈥檚 no reading between the lines in order to ascertain the meaning, it鈥檚 all here on the page. After around page twenty it was very obvious how this book would end. History repeats itself and in this case it goes full circle. Nothing changes. And a wise old Donkey was the only one in the piece aware of this. We can presume he has seen it before, though, on a character level he was a bit of an ass not to tell anybody what was coming. See what I did there? I鈥檓 good. I know.
The problem I had with Animal Farm is that I could not engage with it. The characters aren鈥檛 really characters. The setting isn鈥檛 really a setting. And the plot isn鈥檛 really a plot. They are all mere devices, a means for Orwell to blurt out his political statement. The entire book is one big author filibuster, an entire situation and a group of characters created for the simple reason of showing Orwell鈥檚 opposition to communism and, more specifically, the Stalin regime. It鈥檚 cleverly written, and it is funny at times, but such direct authorial intention took something away from the reading experience. I couldn鈥檛 lose myself within the writing.
The pigs were used as an insult to mankind. Their leader Napoleon (aptly named?) slowly distances the pigs from the animals of the revolution. They begin to take on the traits of humans, and after a few chapters they have set themselves up as the thing they originally usurped. They become corrupt and driven by money and profit. They鈥檙e above their peers, ultimately, destroying their own aims. By doing this Orwell is calling humans pigs; he is calling post-revolutionaries pigs. For me reading this, this was more of an insult to pigs than humans. Pigs are lovely animals. (Nicer than humans?) The metaphor certainly relies much on the reader鈥檚 interpretation of what a pig is.
That鈥檚 me just being pedantic and silly, but I guess I just like pigs. And I feel like I鈥檝e read Animal Farm before. I feel like I know this story, and that鈥檚 because it is the history of mankind; it is the history of revolution. So, needless to say, Orwell has captured a large sense of this on the page. When it has been read, it is definitely something that cannot be unread. The allegory is pertinent and, in a sense, an almost pessimistic truism, though the inner romantic in me finds such a defeatist attitude, well, defeating.
It鈥檚 undoubtedly very intelligent writing, but I just didn鈥檛 enjoy it. When I read literature, whether it be poetry, play or novel, I like imagining things; I like coming up with my own interpretation, meaning, or criticisms. With this, Orwell has said it all. I feel like I didn鈥檛 need to read it, a plot summary would have given me everything the writing did.
- This is the first book I read on my 2017 reading challenge, I hope I enjoy the others more!
George Orwell leaves absolutely nothing to the imagination. This is a blatant political statement. There鈥檚 no reading between the lines in order to ascertain the meaning, it鈥檚 all here on the page. After around page twenty it was very obvious how this book would end. History repeats itself and in this case it goes full circle. Nothing changes. And a wise old Donkey was the only one in the piece aware of this. We can presume he has seen it before, though, on a character level he was a bit of an ass not to tell anybody what was coming. See what I did there? I鈥檓 good. I know.
The problem I had with Animal Farm is that I could not engage with it. The characters aren鈥檛 really characters. The setting isn鈥檛 really a setting. And the plot isn鈥檛 really a plot. They are all mere devices, a means for Orwell to blurt out his political statement. The entire book is one big author filibuster, an entire situation and a group of characters created for the simple reason of showing Orwell鈥檚 opposition to communism and, more specifically, the Stalin regime. It鈥檚 cleverly written, and it is funny at times, but such direct authorial intention took something away from the reading experience. I couldn鈥檛 lose myself within the writing.
The pigs were used as an insult to mankind. Their leader Napoleon (aptly named?) slowly distances the pigs from the animals of the revolution. They begin to take on the traits of humans, and after a few chapters they have set themselves up as the thing they originally usurped. They become corrupt and driven by money and profit. They鈥檙e above their peers, ultimately, destroying their own aims. By doing this Orwell is calling humans pigs; he is calling post-revolutionaries pigs. For me reading this, this was more of an insult to pigs than humans. Pigs are lovely animals. (Nicer than humans?) The metaphor certainly relies much on the reader鈥檚 interpretation of what a pig is.
That鈥檚 me just being pedantic and silly, but I guess I just like pigs. And I feel like I鈥檝e read Animal Farm before. I feel like I know this story, and that鈥檚 because it is the history of mankind; it is the history of revolution. So, needless to say, Orwell has captured a large sense of this on the page. When it has been read, it is definitely something that cannot be unread. The allegory is pertinent and, in a sense, an almost pessimistic truism, though the inner romantic in me finds such a defeatist attitude, well, defeating.
It鈥檚 undoubtedly very intelligent writing, but I just didn鈥檛 enjoy it. When I read literature, whether it be poetry, play or novel, I like imagining things; I like coming up with my own interpretation, meaning, or criticisms. With this, Orwell has said it all. I feel like I didn鈥檛 need to read it, a plot summary would have given me everything the writing did.
- This is the first book I read on my 2017 reading challenge, I hope I enjoy the others more!
September 17, 2022
鈥淎nimal Farm鈥� is a hilarious polemic, anthropomorphic, allegorical novel on the 1917 Russian revolution, but is very much perpetually applicable to the past, current and future political state-of-affairs! It is emblematic of rebellion against dictators and totalitarianism!
It is a story of the Farmer Jones鈥� animals rising up in rebellion, tired of exploitation, to take over the 鈥淢anor Farm鈥�, to build a fairer society for themselves. There are stark similarities between politicians and animal leaders. Power and use of language for controlling minds, has been astutely demonstrated in this novel, by George Orwell. Being a short-fabled fairy-like animal entertainer, it doesn鈥檛 render itself into a boring political study for a tad!
A satirical comedy on the inextricability of power and corruption, and their insidious effect on the common public! The corruption of the pigs metaphorically demonstrates the yielding of the politicians (in any age or era) for gaining power and control. The skilful use of peer pressure by pigs to keep the rest of the animals subservient, is analogous to modern-day plight of students and corporate employees!
The story begins with the 12-yr old Major(boar), revealing his dream to his comrades(other animals at farm), about the future rebellion of animals against men, and teaching all a song-鈥淏easts Of England鈥�.
He clarifies to all 鈥� "All men are enemies. All animals are comrades."
Soon Major dies, Snowball and Napoleon, take the lead! One fine evening, the animals drive away Mr. Jones (farm owner), and rename the farm 鈥� 鈥淎nimal Farm鈥�.
The 7 commandments are inscribed, on the tarred wall with great white letters-
1. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.
3. No animal shall wear clothes.
4. No animal shall sleep in a bed.
5. No animal shall drink alcohol.
6. No animal shall kill any other animal.
7. All animals are equal.
Since most of the animals cannot learn to read or to memorize the seven commandments, the commandments are reduced to one simple maxim: 鈥淔our legs good, two legs bad.鈥�
Mr. Jones tries to recapture the farm, but Snowball successfully defends it. Mollie, the horse, who is seen consorting with the humans, is confronted, and finally leaves the rebellion and the Farm!
The humans despise the burgeoning of the Animal Farm!
But things don鈥檛 remain hunky-dory, and we see the rebellion being betrayed, the farm getting dilapidated again, all under the dictatorship of one of their leaders! (avoiding spoilers)
Animal Farm is a fun ride, as it teaches the intertwinement and inextricability of power and corruption in the most amusingly creative way, which remains applicable to current age and aeons to come!
A fun-filled 5 stars!!
August 21, 2024
I suspect this is what my pets are getting up to while I鈥檓 away. 鈥�All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others,鈥� is something I鈥檓 fairly certain my dog has barked while stealing a treat from the other dog, and cats are inherently libertarians so there鈥檚 probably some horrible revolution brewing. Come to think of it, when my cat pukes on the rug it does sound vaguely like he鈥檚 saying鈥�the only good human being is a dead one,鈥� but I won鈥檛 hide the Orwell from them because there will be no censorship in this house. Anyways, Animal Farm is a classic for a reason and it is one that I found managed to hit even harder as an adult than it did when I read it for my freshman literature class. This story was used to teach us all the term allegory, as in 鈥淥rwell wrote Animal Farm as an allegory of the Russian Revolution鈥� as well as the term satire, as in 鈥淥rwell satirizes following political leaders into totalitarianism,鈥� but above all it taught me how a good writer can deliver an important political message even adorned in the trappings of a barnyard tussle. While it is highly critical of the Soviets, readers shouldn't mistake it as a condemnation of socialism as Orwell was more intent on showing how those who thirst for power will hijack socialist movements and Orwell wants to protect those in order for them to flourish. Animal Farm remains a staple of western literature and classroom discussions for Orwell鈥檚 ability to be succinct and accessible while also conveying complex themes on freedom, power struggles and one of Orwell鈥檚 signature themes: propaganda.
Sandra Boynton鈥檚鈥rwell style
Having just recently read and been blown away by Watership Down from where themes of leadership and power are examined through a story of the animal kingdom, I wanted to revisit Orwell and see how his similar allegorical packaging held up. While Adams鈥檚 tale is fairly symbolic of WWII, I think it functions really great as a general metaphor on authoritarianism and struggles for freedom whereas Orwell鈥檚 Animal Farm is much more confined within its narrative as a take on the Soviet Union. Not that it can鈥檛 be read as a more general look at the way well-intentioned movements can be corrupted by power and those in power can propagate the people into paving their paths to power, but a lot of Animal Farms charm is seeing the satirical allegory and the character references. For instance, we can see how Old Major is representative of and his dream a nod to the , or Napoleon representing , Snowball as , and more metaphorical stand-ins such as the working class personified as Boxer. Though perhaps it is Squealer who is my favorite of the political metaphors on propaganda and rhetorical manipulations for all the books snappy slogans, but more on that in a moment,
鈥�All men are enemies. All animals are comrades.鈥�
The opening of the story reflects the overthrow of the Czar and while Orwell is speaking out against the communist regime that took control, Orwell is often misinterpreted as being broadly anti-socialism, anti-marxism, etc. In his essay Why I Write (you can read it ) he states 鈥�every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it.鈥� Which I think adds an important nuance to this story that is often misinterpreted: it isn鈥檛 to say that the idea of all animals being equal, or the idea of organizing for a more just society are inherently bad, its that movements often get hijacked to become antithetical to what they started as and rhetoric gets twisted and turned back inwards.
The irony, however, is that for all his work examining the evils of propaganda鈥攁 primary theme in 1984鈥攖he book Animal Farm itself became weaponized as propaganda. In his , Orwell himself admits he wanted to use distribution of the novel as anti-Soviet rhetoric, because apparently all propaganda is equally bad but some propaganda is more equally bad than others. 鈥�I have been convinced that the destruction of the Soviet myth was essential if we wanted a revival of the Socialist movement,鈥� he says, and wrote Animal Farm in a way that 鈥�could be easily understood by almost anyone and which could be easily translated into other languages.鈥� Which explains the accessibility of the novel, and while it is fairly heavy-handed it still reads quite well.
The use of the novel as propaganda didn鈥檛 just end at distributions of translations, however. In his book , argues that Animal Farm was intended as a 鈥� warning against the Stalinist perversion of socialism鈥� and not socialism itself, though the CIA found the narrative a useful tool if they could make a few changes. Orwell鈥檚 widow was apprehensive of a film adaptation originally and then demanded they maintained the integrity of Orwell鈥檚 vision, and one might wonder if her reluctance to give access to any of Orwell鈥檚 work after that. The CIA made the anti-Soviet theme more pronounced without any nuance, such as making Snowball completely irredeemable and making a division between 鈥済ood鈥� and 鈥渂ad鈥� farmers to make a statement that not all farmers (and by proxy all capitalists) are bad.
鈥�Can you not understand that liberty is worth more than just ribbons?鈥�
What fascinates me most in this novel is the use of language, particularly the way language can be manipulated or intentionally obfuscated in order to seduce the masses, subvert opposition and reframe reality. Language with oversimplificatiosn like 鈥�four legs good, two legs bad鈥� masks ulterior motives and becomes a sort of catch-all to smuggle a whole ideology. As wrote in :
Squealer and Napoleon repeatedly walk back earlier statements, twisting logic as they see fit and Boxer, confused and wanting to remain loyal, is easy propagated to believe any revision. Even to history, such as Snowball鈥檚 role in the revolution. This idea is expressed in Orwell鈥檚 1984鈥� as well, 鈥�if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought,鈥� and through Orwell we often see how language is a great tool but one that can also be weaponized for evil.
鈥�Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving, and the rest he keeps for himself. 鈥�
This is a quick read, and a rather fun one at that even if you aren鈥檛 reading for the Soviet allegory. It is fairly heavy handed, and intended as such, and while I think I prefer the way Watership Down is more broadly metaphorical and emotional (also has its own lore and language), the directness and accessibility of this one also help it land a major impact upon the reader. It is no surprise this has remained a classroom staple for its ease of teachability on both literary techniques and political history but also from the way the CIA harnessed it as propaganda forever enshrining it in US culture as well as English. Though at heart it is more a warning about power and abuse of rhetoric in order to hijack movements. So watch out, your pets might be collaborating with each other and you should be wary if a meow starts to sound strangely like Vive la r茅volution...
4.5/5
鈥�The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.鈥�
Sandra Boynton鈥檚鈥rwell style
Having just recently read and been blown away by Watership Down from where themes of leadership and power are examined through a story of the animal kingdom, I wanted to revisit Orwell and see how his similar allegorical packaging held up. While Adams鈥檚 tale is fairly symbolic of WWII, I think it functions really great as a general metaphor on authoritarianism and struggles for freedom whereas Orwell鈥檚 Animal Farm is much more confined within its narrative as a take on the Soviet Union. Not that it can鈥檛 be read as a more general look at the way well-intentioned movements can be corrupted by power and those in power can propagate the people into paving their paths to power, but a lot of Animal Farms charm is seeing the satirical allegory and the character references. For instance, we can see how Old Major is representative of and his dream a nod to the , or Napoleon representing , Snowball as , and more metaphorical stand-ins such as the working class personified as Boxer. Though perhaps it is Squealer who is my favorite of the political metaphors on propaganda and rhetorical manipulations for all the books snappy slogans, but more on that in a moment,
鈥�All men are enemies. All animals are comrades.鈥�
The opening of the story reflects the overthrow of the Czar and while Orwell is speaking out against the communist regime that took control, Orwell is often misinterpreted as being broadly anti-socialism, anti-marxism, etc. In his essay Why I Write (you can read it ) he states 鈥�every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it.鈥� Which I think adds an important nuance to this story that is often misinterpreted: it isn鈥檛 to say that the idea of all animals being equal, or the idea of organizing for a more just society are inherently bad, its that movements often get hijacked to become antithetical to what they started as and rhetoric gets twisted and turned back inwards.
The irony, however, is that for all his work examining the evils of propaganda鈥攁 primary theme in 1984鈥攖he book Animal Farm itself became weaponized as propaganda. In his , Orwell himself admits he wanted to use distribution of the novel as anti-Soviet rhetoric, because apparently all propaganda is equally bad but some propaganda is more equally bad than others. 鈥�I have been convinced that the destruction of the Soviet myth was essential if we wanted a revival of the Socialist movement,鈥� he says, and wrote Animal Farm in a way that 鈥�could be easily understood by almost anyone and which could be easily translated into other languages.鈥� Which explains the accessibility of the novel, and while it is fairly heavy-handed it still reads quite well.
The use of the novel as propaganda didn鈥檛 just end at distributions of translations, however. In his book , argues that Animal Farm was intended as a 鈥� warning against the Stalinist perversion of socialism鈥� and not socialism itself, though the CIA found the narrative a useful tool if they could make a few changes. Orwell鈥檚 widow was apprehensive of a film adaptation originally and then demanded they maintained the integrity of Orwell鈥檚 vision, and one might wonder if her reluctance to give access to any of Orwell鈥檚 work after that. The CIA made the anti-Soviet theme more pronounced without any nuance, such as making Snowball completely irredeemable and making a division between 鈥済ood鈥� and 鈥渂ad鈥� farmers to make a statement that not all farmers (and by proxy all capitalists) are bad.
鈥�Can you not understand that liberty is worth more than just ribbons?鈥�
What fascinates me most in this novel is the use of language, particularly the way language can be manipulated or intentionally obfuscated in order to seduce the masses, subvert opposition and reframe reality. Language with oversimplificatiosn like 鈥�four legs good, two legs bad鈥� masks ulterior motives and becomes a sort of catch-all to smuggle a whole ideology. As wrote in :
'That's the whole point of good propaganda. You want to create a slogan that nobody's going to be against, and everybody's going to be for. Nobody knows what it means, because it doesn't mean anything.'
Squealer and Napoleon repeatedly walk back earlier statements, twisting logic as they see fit and Boxer, confused and wanting to remain loyal, is easy propagated to believe any revision. Even to history, such as Snowball鈥檚 role in the revolution. This idea is expressed in Orwell鈥檚 1984鈥� as well, 鈥�if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought,鈥� and through Orwell we often see how language is a great tool but one that can also be weaponized for evil.
鈥�Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving, and the rest he keeps for himself. 鈥�
This is a quick read, and a rather fun one at that even if you aren鈥檛 reading for the Soviet allegory. It is fairly heavy handed, and intended as such, and while I think I prefer the way Watership Down is more broadly metaphorical and emotional (also has its own lore and language), the directness and accessibility of this one also help it land a major impact upon the reader. It is no surprise this has remained a classroom staple for its ease of teachability on both literary techniques and political history but also from the way the CIA harnessed it as propaganda forever enshrining it in US culture as well as English. Though at heart it is more a warning about power and abuse of rhetoric in order to hijack movements. So watch out, your pets might be collaborating with each other and you should be wary if a meow starts to sound strangely like Vive la r茅volution...
4.5/5
鈥�The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.鈥�
April 25, 2022
賷賲賰賳 賱賳丕 兀賳 賳賯賵賱 兀賳 乇賵丕賷鬲賷 賲夭乇毓丞 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳 賵兀賵賱丕丿 丨丕乇鬲賳丕
賴賲丕 兀毓馗賲 乇賵丕賷鬲丕賳 乇賲夭賷鬲丕賳 賲亘丕卮乇鬲丕賳 賰鬲亘鬲丕 賮賷 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱賮丕卅鬲
賮賰賱丕賴賲丕 賱丕 賷禺賮賷 賲賳 賳賮爻 丕賱賲丐賱賮 卮賷卅丕
賵賰賱丕賴賲丕 賷毓亘乇 毓賳 賲乇丕乇丞 鬲毓鬲賱噩 亘賳賮爻 賰丕鬲亘賴丕
賵賰賱丕賴賲丕 亘賱賷睾 賵賮氐賷丨 賵賲賲鬲毓
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賵兀馗賳 爻乇 賳噩丕丨 賲夭乇毓丞 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳 丕賱賲丿賵賷 賴賵 鬲毓丿賷賴丕 丨丿賵丿 丕賱夭賲丕賳 賵丕賱賲賰丕賳
賵兀賳賴丕 賵賲賴賲丕 鬲毓丿丿鬲 丕賱兀賳馗賲丞 賵鬲亘丿賱鬲 丕賱賯賵丕賳賷賳 賵賲乇鬲 丕賱爻賳賵丕鬲
鬲馗賱 禺丕賱丿丞
賱毓賳丞 兀亘丿賷丞 鬲胤丕乇丿 丕賱賲爻鬲亘丿 賮賷 賰賱 夭賲丕賳 賵賲賰丕賳
賱毓賳丞 毓賱賶 丕賱禺賳賵毓 賵丕賱噩亘賳
賱毓賳丞 鬲鬲乇丿丿 毓賱賶 兀賮賵丕賴 賲爻鬲囟毓賮賷 丕賱兀乇囟
丕賱匕賷賳 賲丕 廿賳 鬲賵丕鬲賷賴賲 丕賱賮乇氐丞
賷賲爻賰賵賳 亘丕賱賰乇亘丕噩 賵賷爻鬲囟毓賮賵賳 禺賱賯丕 噩丿賷丿丕
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兀禺亘乇賴賲 賰賷賮 兀賳 丨賷丕鬲賴賲 賯氐賷乇丞 賷馗賱賵賳 賷賰丿丨賵賳 賮賷賴丕 孬賲 賮賶 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賷匕亘丨賵賳
賵賱丕 賷賵噩丿 賮賶 廿賳噩賱鬲乇丕 賰賱賴丕 丨賷賵丕賳 丨乇
廿賳賴賲 賱丕 賷鬲乇賰賵賳 賱賳丕 廿賱丕 丕賱賮鬲丕鬲 賲毓 兀賳賳丕 賳賯賵賲 亘賰賱 丕賱毓賲賱...
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January 11, 2018
This book is featured on Shabby Sunday @
I read Animal Farm when I was in college and it was one of those reads where you think it鈥檚 going to be boring, but it turns out to be a favorite. It鈥檚 an allegorical tale representing the Russian Revolution where the characters in the book represent people during this time.
I won鈥檛 go into the plot too much, but in a nutshell, this story is about a group of farm animals who rise up against the evil farmer who cares for them. They basically take over the farm by cause of Old Major (Marx/Lenen), the pig all about change. He get鈥檚 all the animals together into an uprising against Mr. Jones, the farmer (Tsar Nicholas II). The animal characters then run the farm themselves and develop their own hierarchy being lead by Snowball (Trotsky) and Napoleon (Stalin). In a way, the story reminds me of an Aesop鈥檚 Fable because the animal characters in the book have human characteristics and there are morals and messages that are quite obvious. Young readers can read it and they won鈥檛 pick up on the meaning鈥搕hey鈥檒l just think it鈥檚 a story about a group of rebellious farm animals against humans, but I believe the message that Orwell wanted to express is that power corrupts. Also that people need to think for themselves, educate yourself and make your own decisions. Don鈥檛 let others think for you.
Someone recently asked me who my favorite character was in the book which is a really difficult question to ask, in my opinion. I liked a handful of the characters including Boxer, Snowball, Benjamin, and Clover, but if I had to choose a favorite, it would have to be Snowball. Snowball鈥檚 ideas were in the best interests of the animals and he was always fair. He wanted to educate the other animals and make life easier for them. He was intelligent, brave, and stood up for his beliefs which is why he鈥檚 my favorite character in the book.
I鈥檓 not sure exactly how old my edition of Animal Farm is because no publication date is given, however, 欧宝娱乐 seems to have this Signet Classic published in 1956. This thin paperback is in great shape for it鈥檚 age with clean, crisp pages.
My rating on this one is 5
I read Animal Farm when I was in college and it was one of those reads where you think it鈥檚 going to be boring, but it turns out to be a favorite. It鈥檚 an allegorical tale representing the Russian Revolution where the characters in the book represent people during this time.
I won鈥檛 go into the plot too much, but in a nutshell, this story is about a group of farm animals who rise up against the evil farmer who cares for them. They basically take over the farm by cause of Old Major (Marx/Lenen), the pig all about change. He get鈥檚 all the animals together into an uprising against Mr. Jones, the farmer (Tsar Nicholas II). The animal characters then run the farm themselves and develop their own hierarchy being lead by Snowball (Trotsky) and Napoleon (Stalin). In a way, the story reminds me of an Aesop鈥檚 Fable because the animal characters in the book have human characteristics and there are morals and messages that are quite obvious. Young readers can read it and they won鈥檛 pick up on the meaning鈥搕hey鈥檒l just think it鈥檚 a story about a group of rebellious farm animals against humans, but I believe the message that Orwell wanted to express is that power corrupts. Also that people need to think for themselves, educate yourself and make your own decisions. Don鈥檛 let others think for you.
Someone recently asked me who my favorite character was in the book which is a really difficult question to ask, in my opinion. I liked a handful of the characters including Boxer, Snowball, Benjamin, and Clover, but if I had to choose a favorite, it would have to be Snowball. Snowball鈥檚 ideas were in the best interests of the animals and he was always fair. He wanted to educate the other animals and make life easier for them. He was intelligent, brave, and stood up for his beliefs which is why he鈥檚 my favorite character in the book.
I鈥檓 not sure exactly how old my edition of Animal Farm is because no publication date is given, however, 欧宝娱乐 seems to have this Signet Classic published in 1956. This thin paperback is in great shape for it鈥檚 age with clean, crisp pages.
My rating on this one is 5
August 18, 2024
- "賲夭乇毓丞 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳"貙 丕丨丿賶 丕賮囟賱 丕賱賯氐氐 丕賱乇賲夭賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 賰鬲亘鬲 賮賷 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱賲丕囟賷 賲賳 丨賷孬 乇賲夭賷鬲賴丕 丕賱賴丕卅賱丞 賵兀爻賱賵亘賴丕 丕賱亘爻賷胤貙 賵賯丿 兀禺匕鬲 賲賰丕賳賴丕 亘賷賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丕鬲 丕賱禺丕賱丿丞 亘爻亘亘 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賲夭賷丞 賵亘賰賵賳賴丕 丕爻鬲禺丿賲鬲 賰丿毓丕賷丞 賲囟丕丿丞 丕賵 賰鬲丨匕賷乇 賲賳 丕賱卮賷賵毓賷丞 賵丕賱賲毓爻賰乇 丕賱卮乇賯賷 賵賱賵 丕賳賴丕 賱丕 鬲賴丕噩賲 丕賱卮賷賵毓賷丞 亘賱 丕賱爻鬲丕賱賷賳賷丞 鬲丨丿賷丿丕賸貙 賰賲丕 丕賳賴丕 鬲毓丿 孬賵乇丞 賮賷 賲噩丕賱 丨乇賷丞 丕賱乇兀賷 賮賷 亘乇賷胤丕賳賷丕 鬲丨丿賷丿丕賸 丕賱鬲賷 賰丕賳鬲 鬲睾胤賷 賵鬲毓鬲賲 毓賱賶 丕賷 賳賯丿 賷胤丕賱 丨賱賷賮鬲賴丕 丕賱爻賵賮賷丕鬲賷丞!
- 鬲賳胤賱賯 丕賱賯氐丞 賲賳 賲夭乇毓丞 亘乇賷胤丕賳賷丞 (鬲賳亘兀 賰丕乇賱 賲丕乇賰爻 亘兀賳 丕賱孬賵乇丞 爻鬲丨氐賱 賮賷 亘乇賷胤丕賳賷丕 丕賵賱丕賸 賱兀賳賴丕 丕賰孬乇 丕賱亘賱丿丕賳 氐賳丕毓賷丞 賮賷 丕賵乇賵亘丕 丨賷賳賴丕) 丨賷孬 鬲賯賵賲 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 亘丕賱孬賵乇丞 毓賱賶 氐丕丨亘 丕賱賲夭乇毓丞 丕賱爻賷丿 噩賵賳夭(賷乇賲夭 丕賱賶 賳賷賰賵賱丕 丕賱孬丕賳賷貙 丌禺乇 賯賷丕氐乇丞 乇賵爻賷丕 賵丕賱匕賷 丕胤丕丨鬲 亘賴 丕賱孬賵乇丞 丕賱亘賱卮賮賷丞) 丕賱噩丕卅乇 賵丕賱賱丕賲亘丕賱賷. 賴匕賴 丕賱孬賵乇丞 賰丕賳 賱丕 亘丿 賱賴丕 賲賳 賲賳賾馗乇 賵賴賵 "丕賱毓噩賵夭 賲賷噩乇"(賷乇賲夭 丕賱賶 賰丕乇賱 賲丕乇賰爻 賮賷 丨賷丕鬲賴貙 賵禺胤丕亘賴 丕賱兀賵賱 賲賯丕乇亘丞 亘賷賳賴 賵亘賷賳 丕賱亘賷丕賳 丕賱卮賷賵毓賷 丕賱匕賷 氐丕睾賴 賲丕乇賰爻 賵丌賳睾賱夭貙 賰賲丕 丕賳賴 賷乇賲夭 丕賱賶 "賱賷賳賷賳" 亘毓丿 賲賵鬲賴 禺氐賵氐丕賸 賲毓 丕賳鬲卮丕賱 噩賲噩賲鬲賴 賵賵囟毓賴丕 賯乇亘 丕賱毓賱賲) 丕賱匕賷 夭乇毓 亘匕賵乇 丕賱鬲丨乇乇 賮賷 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 賵賵囟毓 賲亘丕丿卅 賱賱孬賵乇丞. 鬲鬲鬲丕亘毓 丕賱賯氐丞 亘賵賯賵毓 丕賱孬賵乇丞 (鬲乇賲夭 賱賱孬賵乇丞 丕賱亘賱卮賮賷丞) 賵胤乇丿 丕賱爻賷丿 噩賵賳夭 賵丕爻鬲賱丕賲 賲噩賲賵毓丞 賲賳 丕賱禺賳丕夭賷乇 廿丿丕乇丞 丕賱賲夭乇毓丞 (亘丨賰賲 丕賳 丕賱禺賳丕夭賷乇 丕匕賰賶 賲賳 睾賷乇賴丕). 賲賳 賴匕賴 丕賱禺賳丕夭賷乇 賷亘乇夭 丕孬賳丕賳: "爻賳賵亘賵賱"(賵賷乇賲夭 丕賱賶 鬲乇賵鬲爻賰賷) 丕賱賲丨亘賵亘 賲賳 賯亘賱 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲貙 賵丕丨丿 丕亘胤丕賱 丕賱賲毓乇賰丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶貙 賵"賳丕亘賱賷賵賳"(賷乇賲夭 丕賱賶 噩賵夭賷賮 爻鬲丕賱賷賳 亘賵丨卮鬲賷賴 賵禺亘孬賴 賵賵氐賵賱賷鬲賴貙 賰賲丕 丕賳 丕爻賲 賳丕亘賱賷賵賳 賱丕 賷禺賱賵 賲賳 睾賲夭 丕賳賰賱賷夭賷 賲賳 賯賳丕丞 丕爻胤賵乇丞 賮乇賳爻丕) 丨賷孬 賷賯賵賲丕賳 亘鬲卮賰賷賱 孬賳丕卅賷 賯賷丕丿賷 賱廿丿丕乇丞 丕賱賲夭乇毓丞貙 賵賵囟毓 丕爻爻賴丕 (丕賱賲亘丕丿卅 丕賱爻亘毓丞) 賵卮毓丕乇賴丕 (丕賱賯乇賳 賵丕賱丨丕賮乇 賰賲賯丕乇亘丞 賱賱賲賳噩賱 賵丕賱賲胤乇賯丞) 賵丕賱禺胤胤 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱賷丞 (丕賱胤丕丨賵賳丞貙 丕賱鬲賯丕毓丿貙 賳馗丕賲 丕賱毓賲賱貙..) 賵丕賱鬲賵爻賾毓 丕賱廿賷丿賷賵賱賵噩賷 (兀爻乇丕亘 丕賱丨賲丕賲). 賱賰賳 賴匕丕 丕賱孬賳丕卅賷 賱丕 賷賱亘孬 丕賳 賷鬲氐丕丿賲 賵鬲賰賵賳 丕賱睾賱亘丞 賱賳丕亘賱賷賵賳 丕賱匕賷 賷賲鬲賱賰 丿夭賷賳丞 賰賱丕亘 賲丿乇亘丞 (鬲乇賲夭 賱賱 "賰賷-噩賷-亘賷" 丕賵 丕賱兀賲賳 丕賱爻乇賷 丕賱爻賵賮賷丕鬲賷) 賵賷賳賮賶 爻賳賵亘賵賱 賵鬲囟丨賶 賲賮丕鬲賷丨 丕賱丨賰賲 亘賷丿 禺賳夭賷乇 賵丕丨丿!
賲賳 賴匕賴 丕賱賳賯胤丞 賷亘丿兀 噩賵乇噩 兀賵乇賵賷賱 亘爻乇丿 丕賱鬲丨賵賱 丕賱廿噩鬲賲丕毓賷 丕賱匕賷 賷丨氐賱 賮賷 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 賵鬲亘賷丕賳 丕賱賮乇賯 亘賷賳 丕賱賲亘丕丿卅 賵丕賱鬲胤亘賷賯 丕賵 賲丕 亘賷賳 丕賱卮毓丕乇丕鬲 賵丕賱賲賲丕乇爻丕鬲 丕賱賮毓賱賷丞貙 賵賰賷賮賷丞 鬲丨賵賱 丕賱孬賵乇丞 賲賳 賮賰乇丞 鬲丨乇乇賷丞 丕賱賶 賮賰乇丞 卮賲賵賱賷丞 丿賰鬲丕鬲賵乇賷丞 賮乇丿賷丞 賵賴匕丕 賷馗賴乇 丕賳 兀賵乇賵賷賱 賱賲 賷賰賳 囟丿 丕賱卮賷賵毓賷丞 丕賱賲丕乇賰爻賷丞 賰賮賰乇丞 丕賵 賰賲亘丿兀.
賮賷 丕賱賲夭乇毓丞 鬲亘丿兀 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 鬲鬲卮賰賱 丨賵賱 丕丨丕丿賷丞 丕賱丨賰賲 賵禺乇賯 丕賱賲亘丕丿卅 丕賱兀爻丕爻賷丞 賵鬲丨賵賷乇賴丕 鬲亘毓丕賸 賱賱兀丨丿丕孬貙 賴匕賴 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱鬲賷 亘丿兀鬲 亘亘賳丕亍 胤丕丨賵賳丞 丕賱賴賵丕亍 (賮賰乇丞 爻賳賵亘賵賱 丕賱鬲賷 毓丕乇囟賴丕 賳丕亘賱賷賵賳貙 賵賴賷 賰賳丕賷丞 毓賳 丕賱禺胤胤 丕賱氐賳丕毓賷丞 丕賱乇賵爻賷丞) 亘賲噩賴賵丿 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 丕賱毓丕賲賱丞 (鬲乇賲夭 賱賱亘乇賵賱賷鬲丕乇賷丕) 賵賴鬲丕賮丕鬲 丕賱禺乇丕賮 (賰賳丕賷丞 毓賳 丕賱睾賵睾丕亍 賵丕賱賲胤亘賱賷賳 賱賱賳馗丕賲) 賵賳卮乇 丕賱丿毓丕賷丕鬲 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 "爻賰賵賷賱乇"(賷乇賲夭 丕賱賶 氐賵鬲 丕賱廿毓賱丕賲 丕賱乇爻賲賷 賰氐丨賷賮丞 亘乇丕賮丿丕 丕賱爻賵賮賷丕鬲賷丞) 賵鬲丨胤賷賲 丕乇孬 爻賳賵亘賵賱 (丕鬲賴丕賲賴 亘丕賱禺賷丕賳丞 賵丕賱毓賲丕賱丞 賵噩毓賱賴 卮賲丕毓丞 賱鬲亘乇賷乇 賰賱 賮卮賱 賵賲氐賷亘丞) 賵丕賯丕賲丞 丕賱賲丨丕賰賲丕鬲 賵丕賱廿毓丿丕賲丕鬲 (鬲乇賲夭 賱賱廿毓丿丕賲丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 丨氐賱鬲 廿亘丕賳 丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 賵丕賱鬲賷 丕賳鬲夭毓鬲 丕賱"賰賷-噩賷-亘賷" 丕毓鬲乇丕賮丕鬲 賵賴賲賷丞 賲賳 丕氐丨丕亘賴丕 鬲丨鬲 丕賱鬲毓匕賷亘 賵丕賱鬲賴丿賷丿). 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱賵賯鬲 丕賱賲夭丕乇毓 丕賱賲噩丕賵乇丞 (鬲乇賲夭 賱兀賱賲丕賳賷丕 賵亘乇賷胤丕賳賷丕) 賱賲 鬲賰賳 鬲鬲賮乇噩 亘賱 賳卮乇鬲 丕賱丿毓丕賷丕鬲 丕賱賲爻賷卅丞 毓賳 賲夭乇毓丞 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳 賵賯丕賲鬲 丕丨丿賶 丕賱賲夭乇毓鬲賷賳 (賲夭乇毓丞 亘賷賳卮賮賷賱丿 丕賱鬲丕亘毓丞 賱賱爻賷丿 賮乇賷丿乇賷賰 丕賵 賮乇賷丿乇卮 賱賷賰賵賳 乇賲夭丕賸 賱賴鬲賱乇) 亘賴噩賵賲 毓賱賶 丕賱賲夭乇毓丞 丕丿賶 丕賱賶 鬲丨胤賷賲 丕賱胤丕丨賵賳丞 賱賰賳賴 亘丕亍 亘丕賱賮卮賱 (丕賱賲毓乇賰丞 鬲乇賲夭 亘丕賱兀睾賱亘 賱賲毓乇賰丞 爻鬲丕賱賷賳睾乇丕丿 丕賱鬲賷 氐賲丿 賮賷賴丕 丕賱噩賷卮 丕賱兀丨賲乇 賵賰丕賳鬲 賳賯胤丞 丕賱鬲丨賵賱 賮賷 卮賳 丕賱賴噩賵賲 丕賱賲囟丕丿 賵鬲丨乇賷乇 乇賵爻賷丕 賵丕賱丿禺賵賱 丕賱賶 丕賱賲丕賳賷丕 賱丕丨賯丕賸). 亘毓丿 賴匕賴 丕賱賲毓乇賰丞 丨氐賱 丕賱鬲丨賵賱 丕賱賰亘賷乇 亘賳爻賮 賰賱 丕賱賲亘丕丿卅 賵賯賷丕賲 賳丕亘賱賷賵賳 亘丕賱鬲卮亘賴 亘丕賱爻賷丿 噩賵賳夭 賲賳 丨賷孬 丕賱賲兀賰賱 賵丕賱賲卮乇亘 賵丕賱賲賳丕賲丞 賵丨鬲賶 丕賱賲卮賷 毓賱賶 賯丿賲賷賳 (賴匕丕 賷乇賲夭 丕賱賶 鬲丨賵賱 丕賱孬賵丕乇 丕賱賶 賲丕 孬丕乇賵丕 毓賱賷賴 賲賳 亘乇噩賵丕夭賷丞 賵賲賱賰賷丞 賵睾賷乇賴丕) 賵鬲賳鬲賴賷 亘噩賱爻丞 鬲噩賲毓 丕賱亘卮乇 亘丕賱禺賳丕夭賷乇 (鬲乇賲夭 賱賲丐鬲賲乇 胤賴乇丕賳 丕賱匕賷 噩賲毓 賲丕 亘賷賳 乇賵夭賮賱鬲 賵鬲卮乇卮賱 賵爻鬲丕賱賷賳貙 賱賯丕亍 丕賱兀囟丿丕丿) 丕賲丕賲 丕賳馗丕乇 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 丕賱爻丕匕噩丞 (丕賱亘乇賵賱賷鬲丕乇賷丕 賵丕賱胤亘賯丕鬲 丕賱賲爻丨賵賯丞) 賵丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 丕賱丨賷丕丿賷丞 賰丕賱丨賲丕乇"亘賳噩賲賷賳"(賷乇賲夭 賱賱胤亘賯丕鬲 丕賱賲孬賯賮丞 丕賱氐丕賲鬲丞) 賵丕賱睾乇丕亘 "賲賵爻賶" (賷乇賲夭 賱賱賰賳賷爻丞 丕賱兀乇鬲賵丿賰爻賷丞).
- 亘毓丿 賴匕丕 賷鬲囟丨 賱賳丕 爻亘亘 卮賴乇丞 賵兀賴賲賷丞 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 賵丕爻鬲胤乇丕丿丕賸 賮賴賷 賱丕 鬲賳胤亘賯 毓賱賶 丕賱廿鬲丨丕丿 丕賱爻賵賮賷丕鬲賷 廿亘賾丕賳 毓賴丿 爻鬲丕賱賷賳 賮賯胤 亘賱 賱丕 夭丕賱鬲 鬲賳胤亘賯 毓賱賶 丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱丿賵賱 賮賷 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丨丕賱賷丕賸!!!
- 丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 賰丕賳鬲 噩賷丿丞 噩丿丕賸 賱賲丨賲賵丿 毓亘丿 丕賱睾賳賷貙 乇睾賲 丕賳 丕賱賲賯丿賲丞 賰丕賳鬲 夭丕卅丿丞 賵賮賷賴丕 亘毓囟 丕賱毓噩乇賮丞. 賱丕丨馗鬲 亘毓囟 丕賱兀禺胤丕亍 丕賱賲胤亘毓賷丞 賱賰賳賴丕 賱賲 鬲賰賳 賲丐孬乇丞.
- 鬲賳胤賱賯 丕賱賯氐丞 賲賳 賲夭乇毓丞 亘乇賷胤丕賳賷丞 (鬲賳亘兀 賰丕乇賱 賲丕乇賰爻 亘兀賳 丕賱孬賵乇丞 爻鬲丨氐賱 賮賷 亘乇賷胤丕賳賷丕 丕賵賱丕賸 賱兀賳賴丕 丕賰孬乇 丕賱亘賱丿丕賳 氐賳丕毓賷丞 賮賷 丕賵乇賵亘丕 丨賷賳賴丕) 丨賷孬 鬲賯賵賲 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 亘丕賱孬賵乇丞 毓賱賶 氐丕丨亘 丕賱賲夭乇毓丞 丕賱爻賷丿 噩賵賳夭(賷乇賲夭 丕賱賶 賳賷賰賵賱丕 丕賱孬丕賳賷貙 丌禺乇 賯賷丕氐乇丞 乇賵爻賷丕 賵丕賱匕賷 丕胤丕丨鬲 亘賴 丕賱孬賵乇丞 丕賱亘賱卮賮賷丞) 丕賱噩丕卅乇 賵丕賱賱丕賲亘丕賱賷. 賴匕賴 丕賱孬賵乇丞 賰丕賳 賱丕 亘丿 賱賴丕 賲賳 賲賳賾馗乇 賵賴賵 "丕賱毓噩賵夭 賲賷噩乇"(賷乇賲夭 丕賱賶 賰丕乇賱 賲丕乇賰爻 賮賷 丨賷丕鬲賴貙 賵禺胤丕亘賴 丕賱兀賵賱 賲賯丕乇亘丞 亘賷賳賴 賵亘賷賳 丕賱亘賷丕賳 丕賱卮賷賵毓賷 丕賱匕賷 氐丕睾賴 賲丕乇賰爻 賵丌賳睾賱夭貙 賰賲丕 丕賳賴 賷乇賲夭 丕賱賶 "賱賷賳賷賳" 亘毓丿 賲賵鬲賴 禺氐賵氐丕賸 賲毓 丕賳鬲卮丕賱 噩賲噩賲鬲賴 賵賵囟毓賴丕 賯乇亘 丕賱毓賱賲) 丕賱匕賷 夭乇毓 亘匕賵乇 丕賱鬲丨乇乇 賮賷 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 賵賵囟毓 賲亘丕丿卅 賱賱孬賵乇丞. 鬲鬲鬲丕亘毓 丕賱賯氐丞 亘賵賯賵毓 丕賱孬賵乇丞 (鬲乇賲夭 賱賱孬賵乇丞 丕賱亘賱卮賮賷丞) 賵胤乇丿 丕賱爻賷丿 噩賵賳夭 賵丕爻鬲賱丕賲 賲噩賲賵毓丞 賲賳 丕賱禺賳丕夭賷乇 廿丿丕乇丞 丕賱賲夭乇毓丞 (亘丨賰賲 丕賳 丕賱禺賳丕夭賷乇 丕匕賰賶 賲賳 睾賷乇賴丕). 賲賳 賴匕賴 丕賱禺賳丕夭賷乇 賷亘乇夭 丕孬賳丕賳: "爻賳賵亘賵賱"(賵賷乇賲夭 丕賱賶 鬲乇賵鬲爻賰賷) 丕賱賲丨亘賵亘 賲賳 賯亘賱 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲貙 賵丕丨丿 丕亘胤丕賱 丕賱賲毓乇賰丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶貙 賵"賳丕亘賱賷賵賳"(賷乇賲夭 丕賱賶 噩賵夭賷賮 爻鬲丕賱賷賳 亘賵丨卮鬲賷賴 賵禺亘孬賴 賵賵氐賵賱賷鬲賴貙 賰賲丕 丕賳 丕爻賲 賳丕亘賱賷賵賳 賱丕 賷禺賱賵 賲賳 睾賲夭 丕賳賰賱賷夭賷 賲賳 賯賳丕丞 丕爻胤賵乇丞 賮乇賳爻丕) 丨賷孬 賷賯賵賲丕賳 亘鬲卮賰賷賱 孬賳丕卅賷 賯賷丕丿賷 賱廿丿丕乇丞 丕賱賲夭乇毓丞貙 賵賵囟毓 丕爻爻賴丕 (丕賱賲亘丕丿卅 丕賱爻亘毓丞) 賵卮毓丕乇賴丕 (丕賱賯乇賳 賵丕賱丨丕賮乇 賰賲賯丕乇亘丞 賱賱賲賳噩賱 賵丕賱賲胤乇賯丞) 賵丕賱禺胤胤 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱賷丞 (丕賱胤丕丨賵賳丞貙 丕賱鬲賯丕毓丿貙 賳馗丕賲 丕賱毓賲賱貙..) 賵丕賱鬲賵爻賾毓 丕賱廿賷丿賷賵賱賵噩賷 (兀爻乇丕亘 丕賱丨賲丕賲). 賱賰賳 賴匕丕 丕賱孬賳丕卅賷 賱丕 賷賱亘孬 丕賳 賷鬲氐丕丿賲 賵鬲賰賵賳 丕賱睾賱亘丞 賱賳丕亘賱賷賵賳 丕賱匕賷 賷賲鬲賱賰 丿夭賷賳丞 賰賱丕亘 賲丿乇亘丞 (鬲乇賲夭 賱賱 "賰賷-噩賷-亘賷" 丕賵 丕賱兀賲賳 丕賱爻乇賷 丕賱爻賵賮賷丕鬲賷) 賵賷賳賮賶 爻賳賵亘賵賱 賵鬲囟丨賶 賲賮丕鬲賷丨 丕賱丨賰賲 亘賷丿 禺賳夭賷乇 賵丕丨丿!
賲賳 賴匕賴 丕賱賳賯胤丞 賷亘丿兀 噩賵乇噩 兀賵乇賵賷賱 亘爻乇丿 丕賱鬲丨賵賱 丕賱廿噩鬲賲丕毓賷 丕賱匕賷 賷丨氐賱 賮賷 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 賵鬲亘賷丕賳 丕賱賮乇賯 亘賷賳 丕賱賲亘丕丿卅 賵丕賱鬲胤亘賷賯 丕賵 賲丕 亘賷賳 丕賱卮毓丕乇丕鬲 賵丕賱賲賲丕乇爻丕鬲 丕賱賮毓賱賷丞貙 賵賰賷賮賷丞 鬲丨賵賱 丕賱孬賵乇丞 賲賳 賮賰乇丞 鬲丨乇乇賷丞 丕賱賶 賮賰乇丞 卮賲賵賱賷丞 丿賰鬲丕鬲賵乇賷丞 賮乇丿賷丞 賵賴匕丕 賷馗賴乇 丕賳 兀賵乇賵賷賱 賱賲 賷賰賳 囟丿 丕賱卮賷賵毓賷丞 丕賱賲丕乇賰爻賷丞 賰賮賰乇丞 丕賵 賰賲亘丿兀.
賮賷 丕賱賲夭乇毓丞 鬲亘丿兀 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 鬲鬲卮賰賱 丨賵賱 丕丨丕丿賷丞 丕賱丨賰賲 賵禺乇賯 丕賱賲亘丕丿卅 丕賱兀爻丕爻賷丞 賵鬲丨賵賷乇賴丕 鬲亘毓丕賸 賱賱兀丨丿丕孬貙 賴匕賴 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱鬲賷 亘丿兀鬲 亘亘賳丕亍 胤丕丨賵賳丞 丕賱賴賵丕亍 (賮賰乇丞 爻賳賵亘賵賱 丕賱鬲賷 毓丕乇囟賴丕 賳丕亘賱賷賵賳貙 賵賴賷 賰賳丕賷丞 毓賳 丕賱禺胤胤 丕賱氐賳丕毓賷丞 丕賱乇賵爻賷丞) 亘賲噩賴賵丿 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 丕賱毓丕賲賱丞 (鬲乇賲夭 賱賱亘乇賵賱賷鬲丕乇賷丕) 賵賴鬲丕賮丕鬲 丕賱禺乇丕賮 (賰賳丕賷丞 毓賳 丕賱睾賵睾丕亍 賵丕賱賲胤亘賱賷賳 賱賱賳馗丕賲) 賵賳卮乇 丕賱丿毓丕賷丕鬲 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 "爻賰賵賷賱乇"(賷乇賲夭 丕賱賶 氐賵鬲 丕賱廿毓賱丕賲 丕賱乇爻賲賷 賰氐丨賷賮丞 亘乇丕賮丿丕 丕賱爻賵賮賷丕鬲賷丞) 賵鬲丨胤賷賲 丕乇孬 爻賳賵亘賵賱 (丕鬲賴丕賲賴 亘丕賱禺賷丕賳丞 賵丕賱毓賲丕賱丞 賵噩毓賱賴 卮賲丕毓丞 賱鬲亘乇賷乇 賰賱 賮卮賱 賵賲氐賷亘丞) 賵丕賯丕賲丞 丕賱賲丨丕賰賲丕鬲 賵丕賱廿毓丿丕賲丕鬲 (鬲乇賲夭 賱賱廿毓丿丕賲丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 丨氐賱鬲 廿亘丕賳 丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 賵丕賱鬲賷 丕賳鬲夭毓鬲 丕賱"賰賷-噩賷-亘賷" 丕毓鬲乇丕賮丕鬲 賵賴賲賷丞 賲賳 丕氐丨丕亘賴丕 鬲丨鬲 丕賱鬲毓匕賷亘 賵丕賱鬲賴丿賷丿). 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱賵賯鬲 丕賱賲夭丕乇毓 丕賱賲噩丕賵乇丞 (鬲乇賲夭 賱兀賱賲丕賳賷丕 賵亘乇賷胤丕賳賷丕) 賱賲 鬲賰賳 鬲鬲賮乇噩 亘賱 賳卮乇鬲 丕賱丿毓丕賷丕鬲 丕賱賲爻賷卅丞 毓賳 賲夭乇毓丞 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳 賵賯丕賲鬲 丕丨丿賶 丕賱賲夭乇毓鬲賷賳 (賲夭乇毓丞 亘賷賳卮賮賷賱丿 丕賱鬲丕亘毓丞 賱賱爻賷丿 賮乇賷丿乇賷賰 丕賵 賮乇賷丿乇卮 賱賷賰賵賳 乇賲夭丕賸 賱賴鬲賱乇) 亘賴噩賵賲 毓賱賶 丕賱賲夭乇毓丞 丕丿賶 丕賱賶 鬲丨胤賷賲 丕賱胤丕丨賵賳丞 賱賰賳賴 亘丕亍 亘丕賱賮卮賱 (丕賱賲毓乇賰丞 鬲乇賲夭 亘丕賱兀睾賱亘 賱賲毓乇賰丞 爻鬲丕賱賷賳睾乇丕丿 丕賱鬲賷 氐賲丿 賮賷賴丕 丕賱噩賷卮 丕賱兀丨賲乇 賵賰丕賳鬲 賳賯胤丞 丕賱鬲丨賵賱 賮賷 卮賳 丕賱賴噩賵賲 丕賱賲囟丕丿 賵鬲丨乇賷乇 乇賵爻賷丕 賵丕賱丿禺賵賱 丕賱賶 丕賱賲丕賳賷丕 賱丕丨賯丕賸). 亘毓丿 賴匕賴 丕賱賲毓乇賰丞 丨氐賱 丕賱鬲丨賵賱 丕賱賰亘賷乇 亘賳爻賮 賰賱 丕賱賲亘丕丿卅 賵賯賷丕賲 賳丕亘賱賷賵賳 亘丕賱鬲卮亘賴 亘丕賱爻賷丿 噩賵賳夭 賲賳 丨賷孬 丕賱賲兀賰賱 賵丕賱賲卮乇亘 賵丕賱賲賳丕賲丞 賵丨鬲賶 丕賱賲卮賷 毓賱賶 賯丿賲賷賳 (賴匕丕 賷乇賲夭 丕賱賶 鬲丨賵賱 丕賱孬賵丕乇 丕賱賶 賲丕 孬丕乇賵丕 毓賱賷賴 賲賳 亘乇噩賵丕夭賷丞 賵賲賱賰賷丞 賵睾賷乇賴丕) 賵鬲賳鬲賴賷 亘噩賱爻丞 鬲噩賲毓 丕賱亘卮乇 亘丕賱禺賳丕夭賷乇 (鬲乇賲夭 賱賲丐鬲賲乇 胤賴乇丕賳 丕賱匕賷 噩賲毓 賲丕 亘賷賳 乇賵夭賮賱鬲 賵鬲卮乇卮賱 賵爻鬲丕賱賷賳貙 賱賯丕亍 丕賱兀囟丿丕丿) 丕賲丕賲 丕賳馗丕乇 丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 丕賱爻丕匕噩丞 (丕賱亘乇賵賱賷鬲丕乇賷丕 賵丕賱胤亘賯丕鬲 丕賱賲爻丨賵賯丞) 賵丕賱丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 丕賱丨賷丕丿賷丞 賰丕賱丨賲丕乇"亘賳噩賲賷賳"(賷乇賲夭 賱賱胤亘賯丕鬲 丕賱賲孬賯賮丞 丕賱氐丕賲鬲丞) 賵丕賱睾乇丕亘 "賲賵爻賶" (賷乇賲夭 賱賱賰賳賷爻丞 丕賱兀乇鬲賵丿賰爻賷丞).
- 亘毓丿 賴匕丕 賷鬲囟丨 賱賳丕 爻亘亘 卮賴乇丞 賵兀賴賲賷丞 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 賵丕爻鬲胤乇丕丿丕賸 賮賴賷 賱丕 鬲賳胤亘賯 毓賱賶 丕賱廿鬲丨丕丿 丕賱爻賵賮賷丕鬲賷 廿亘賾丕賳 毓賴丿 爻鬲丕賱賷賳 賮賯胤 亘賱 賱丕 夭丕賱鬲 鬲賳胤亘賯 毓賱賶 丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱丿賵賱 賮賷 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丨丕賱賷丕賸!!!
- 丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 賰丕賳鬲 噩賷丿丞 噩丿丕賸 賱賲丨賲賵丿 毓亘丿 丕賱睾賳賷貙 乇睾賲 丕賳 丕賱賲賯丿賲丞 賰丕賳鬲 夭丕卅丿丞 賵賮賷賴丕 亘毓囟 丕賱毓噩乇賮丞. 賱丕丨馗鬲 亘毓囟 丕賱兀禺胤丕亍 丕賱賲胤亘毓賷丞 賱賰賳賴丕 賱賲 鬲賰賳 賲丐孬乇丞.
April 10, 2025
This book didn't read like a 'classic' at all for me. It was so easy to get into. The writing style is simple and amazing. It's short but the story is relevant and weaved in such a way the readers get lots to think and reflect about the working system in a society, especially the political system.
This small book made me think about the class division and the different caste systems that are still relevant today. The political system is seemingly complicated but this book gave me a glimpse of it in a way how it's being played.
The part which intrigued me the most was the way the common people being manipulated or played with false promises and a better future for them. And that the lives of the ones who rebel or do something different for their betterment ends up not appreciated.
This small book gives a very clear picture how the actual society works; a vivid description on how the heirarchical system works and will continue as long as the general public blindly keeps on believing that others are going to make their lives better by helping them reach and sit on thrones who will detect them on how to work harder so that such people can party better.
The part which hit me the most was when one character who worked their whole lives for everyone else ended up as being forgotten and left to their own devices when weak and old with nothing much left for them in the end.
This book represents well the society we are living in, gives us an idea how the political system works in real and how the rest of us play our roles in the system.
The best part of reading this book is that it makes me think about how I as a person play my role in the society, how important one vote of mine matters and plays a significant role, how I am ultimately responsible for my own efforts in making the surrounding around me improve and how ignorant I am regarding the ways of the society and the political system. It's just not enough to live. Who is going to stand up for us ultimately? It's not them but we ourselves. Let's start by thinking twice about how easily we believe in the words others promise us for our future. Is it them who we are lifting them making them stand on the tip of our heads or us who's going to actually decide for that?
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The animal characters accurately represent the real working system as is at present
This small book made me think about the class division and the different caste systems that are still relevant today. The political system is seemingly complicated but this book gave me a glimpse of it in a way how it's being played.
The part which intrigued me the most was the way the common people being manipulated or played with false promises and a better future for them. And that the lives of the ones who rebel or do something different for their betterment ends up not appreciated.
This small book gives a very clear picture how the actual society works; a vivid description on how the heirarchical system works and will continue as long as the general public blindly keeps on believing that others are going to make their lives better by helping them reach and sit on thrones who will detect them on how to work harder so that such people can party better.
The part which hit me the most was when one character who worked their whole lives for everyone else ended up as being forgotten and left to their own devices when weak and old with nothing much left for them in the end.
This book represents well the society we are living in, gives us an idea how the political system works in real and how the rest of us play our roles in the system.
The best part of reading this book is that it makes me think about how I as a person play my role in the society, how important one vote of mine matters and plays a significant role, how I am ultimately responsible for my own efforts in making the surrounding around me improve and how ignorant I am regarding the ways of the society and the political system. It's just not enough to live. Who is going to stand up for us ultimately? It's not them but we ourselves. Let's start by thinking twice about how easily we believe in the words others promise us for our future. Is it them who we are lifting them making them stand on the tip of our heads or us who's going to actually decide for that?
***Highlight:
The animal characters accurately represent the real working system as is at present
October 1, 2020
兀賮囟賱 兀毓賲丕賱 噩賵乇噩 兀賵乇賷賱 賲賳 賵噩賴丞 賳馗乇賷
賵兀丨丿 兀賮囟賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱爻賷丕爻賷丞 丕賱乇賲夭賷丞 賮賷 鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱兀丿亘
賵兀丨丿 兀賮囟賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱爻賷丕爻賷丞 丕賱乇賲夭賷丞 賮賷 鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱兀丿亘
November 26, 2022
Communism, theocracy, fascism, capitalism, neocolonialism, neoliberalism, always the same piggy style
Although it was mainly aimed at Russia and the Sowjet Union
Because they at least tried to establish a socialist communist workers' utopia just like China and other states in South East Asia and around the world. The fact that it always failed is something so multidimensional that it would blow the complexity of this review throughout the book cover. And I麓m not qualified too. So let麓s better say that each system has its flaws, and that coincidence, big history, and geopolitics influence the rise and fall of theism and totalitarianism.
All animals are the same but some are more equal
Especially apes love this idea to look at fur, gender, religion, political or economic ideology, skin color, tradition, clothes, etc. to find something that differentiates them from others as a legitimation and reason to exterminate them. Or at least first exclude, stigmatize, discriminate, enslave, and then commit genocides on them. Ironically some dictatorships like communism at least didn麓t try to kill all black, Jewish, Muslim, Catholic, etc. people, but just everyone who disobeyed, although I麓m not sure if this really is an advantage in contrast to fascism. Communism could simply kill so many more people in Russia, China, etc. because they had much more time to do so. So judging by the numbers, one could say
That the kill count counts
But how should one know which numbers are correct, because often nobody counted or was killed for trying to do so
Colonialism under authoritarian dictatorships aka monarchy fused with theocracy torture terror killed an unknown number of people
Fascism killed at least something between 75 and 100 million people
Communism killed something between 125 and 250 million people
Capitalism, neoliberalism, and neocolonialism killed an unknown number of people in all exploited areas with billions of citizens by not helping them to develop and stabilize. And guess what, I would bet that each avoidable death within the last decades, now, and in the future could reach the levels above. Another Western derision after centuries of colonialism, now rebranded as neocolonialism under the neoliberal economic Nobel Price agenda. Nobody can say how many people are dying after unimaginable suffering each minute and, most disturbing, no media or politician cares or talks about it. It麓s just too taboo to touch this connection with a pitchfork because of the implications and because of manufacturing consent crushing everyone who dares to speak out.
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Evil intelligence
No matter which farm animal, ape, or human tribe, the clever and ruthless sociopathic males will always try to dominate for more power, resources, sexy ape girls, and influence. All of human history could be seen as a permanent struggle with the megalomania of superpowers which have at least been somewhat tamed by democracy and capitalism. But even there are huge differences between the libertarian free US market and eco social Europe.
Orwell simply later modified the same concept for 1984 or, one could assume, wrote a prequel
1984 is the same with fascism and humans instead of pigs and communism and, of course, also the more famous one because it showed the direct consequences that are normal everyday life for many people around the world.
No need to enter misantropic mode
There have been incredible improvements in the last 100 years and social evolution has become a peaceful revolution in many states, especially Scandinavia , my all time favorite example of a perfect balance of state and economy, of eco social politics and a controlled market. On the other hand, there are of course also states backlashing and thereby failing in Africa, South America, South East Asia, and the Southern US, but with the never ending hope for enlightenment, education, and distributional justice one can imagine a brighter future for them.
Tropes show how literature is conceptualized and created and which mixture of elements makes works and genres unique:
Although it was mainly aimed at Russia and the Sowjet Union
Because they at least tried to establish a socialist communist workers' utopia just like China and other states in South East Asia and around the world. The fact that it always failed is something so multidimensional that it would blow the complexity of this review throughout the book cover. And I麓m not qualified too. So let麓s better say that each system has its flaws, and that coincidence, big history, and geopolitics influence the rise and fall of theism and totalitarianism.
All animals are the same but some are more equal
Especially apes love this idea to look at fur, gender, religion, political or economic ideology, skin color, tradition, clothes, etc. to find something that differentiates them from others as a legitimation and reason to exterminate them. Or at least first exclude, stigmatize, discriminate, enslave, and then commit genocides on them. Ironically some dictatorships like communism at least didn麓t try to kill all black, Jewish, Muslim, Catholic, etc. people, but just everyone who disobeyed, although I麓m not sure if this really is an advantage in contrast to fascism. Communism could simply kill so many more people in Russia, China, etc. because they had much more time to do so. So judging by the numbers, one could say
That the kill count counts
But how should one know which numbers are correct, because often nobody counted or was killed for trying to do so
Colonialism under authoritarian dictatorships aka monarchy fused with theocracy torture terror killed an unknown number of people
Fascism killed at least something between 75 and 100 million people
Communism killed something between 125 and 250 million people
Capitalism, neoliberalism, and neocolonialism killed an unknown number of people in all exploited areas with billions of citizens by not helping them to develop and stabilize. And guess what, I would bet that each avoidable death within the last decades, now, and in the future could reach the levels above. Another Western derision after centuries of colonialism, now rebranded as neocolonialism under the neoliberal economic Nobel Price agenda. Nobody can say how many people are dying after unimaginable suffering each minute and, most disturbing, no media or politician cares or talks about it. It麓s just too taboo to touch this connection with a pitchfork because of the implications and because of manufacturing consent crushing everyone who dares to speak out.
/book/show/1...
Evil intelligence
No matter which farm animal, ape, or human tribe, the clever and ruthless sociopathic males will always try to dominate for more power, resources, sexy ape girls, and influence. All of human history could be seen as a permanent struggle with the megalomania of superpowers which have at least been somewhat tamed by democracy and capitalism. But even there are huge differences between the libertarian free US market and eco social Europe.
Orwell simply later modified the same concept for 1984 or, one could assume, wrote a prequel
1984 is the same with fascism and humans instead of pigs and communism and, of course, also the more famous one because it showed the direct consequences that are normal everyday life for many people around the world.
No need to enter misantropic mode
There have been incredible improvements in the last 100 years and social evolution has become a peaceful revolution in many states, especially Scandinavia , my all time favorite example of a perfect balance of state and economy, of eco social politics and a controlled market. On the other hand, there are of course also states backlashing and thereby failing in Africa, South America, South East Asia, and the Southern US, but with the never ending hope for enlightenment, education, and distributional justice one can imagine a brighter future for them.
Tropes show how literature is conceptualized and created and which mixture of elements makes works and genres unique:
December 21, 2014
It is extraordinary how current this book is for the modern day Russian situation and not only.
It left a powerful impression on me even if I knew all about the plot and message before starting the book. I thought (and I was right) that I should do some research before reading this book regarding the Russian Revolution, Stalin, Strosky in order to understand the historical context in which the book was written.
I believe this book should be read by everybody as it is perfect allegory about the dangers of power, how socialist ideals are so easily corrupted and how dictators can transform into capitalists (I can think of some current examples). The most heartbreaking characters, the Horse Boxter represent the uneducated masses that are so easily fooled to sacrifice themselves for the benefit of the leaders. That reminds me of all the brainwash that is done in the communist countries and not only.
It left a powerful impression on me even if I knew all about the plot and message before starting the book. I thought (and I was right) that I should do some research before reading this book regarding the Russian Revolution, Stalin, Strosky in order to understand the historical context in which the book was written.
I believe this book should be read by everybody as it is perfect allegory about the dangers of power, how socialist ideals are so easily corrupted and how dictators can transform into capitalists (I can think of some current examples). The most heartbreaking characters, the Horse Boxter represent the uneducated masses that are so easily fooled to sacrifice themselves for the benefit of the leaders. That reminds me of all the brainwash that is done in the communist countries and not only.
August 4, 2016
鬲賵 賴蹖趩 賲蹖丿丕賳蹖 亘夭乇诏鬲乇蹖賳 丿乇賳丿賴 丿賳蹖丕 讴蹖爻鬲責 賱丕亘丿 禺賵丕賴蹖 诏賮鬲 卮蹖乇. 賳賴貙 亘賴 賴蹖趩 賵噩賴! 亘夭乇诏鬲乇蹖賳 丿乇賳丿賴 丿賳蹖丕 丌丿賲 丕爻鬲
賳蹖讴賵爻 讴丕夭賳鬲夭丕讴蹖爻
賮蹖賱賲 亘丕 噩賲賱丕鬲 鬲讴丕賳 丿賴賳丿賴 丕蹖 丌睾丕夭 賲蹖 卮賵丿: 丿乇 亘蹖賳 鬲賲丕賲 賲賵噩賵丿丕鬲 賮賯胤 丕賳爻丕賳 丕爻鬲 賰賴 賴賲賳賵毓丕賳卮 乇丕 賲蹖 讴卮丿 丌賳賴賲 賳賴 賷賰 賳賮乇 賷丕 丿賵賳賮乇貙诏丕賴賷 賲賷賱賷賵賳 賴丕 賳賮乇 丿乇 毓乇囟 賷賰 爻丕賱
:賵 亘賴 賯賵賱 賮乇賷丿賵賳 賲卮賷乇賷
賴賷趩 丨賷賵丕賳蹖 亘賴 丨賷賵丕賳蹖 賳賲蹖 丿丕乇丿 乇賵丕
丌賳趩賴 丕賷賳 賳丕賲乇丿賲丕賳 亘丕 噩丕賳 丕賳爻丕賳 賲蹖 賰賳賳丿
:丿乇 賲賵乇丿 讴鬲丕亘
丕賵賱蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘蹖 亘賵丿 讴賴 丕夭 噩乇噩 丕賵乇賵賱 禺賵丕賳丿賲.賵蹖 丿乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 鬲賲孬蹖賱蹖貙 丕賳賯賱丕亘 丕讴鬲亘乇 乇賵爻蹖賴 賵 丕鬲賮丕賯丕鬲 亘毓丿 丌賳 乇丕 亘賴 丿賳蹖丕 賳卮丕賳 賲蹖 丿賴丿
丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 丕賷賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賳丕乇丕囟賷 丕賳丿 賰賴 賴賲賴 亘乇丕賷 賷賰 賳賮乇 賰丕乇 賰賳賳丿 賵 夭丨賲鬲 禺賵丿卮丕賳 丿乇 噩賷亘 丿賷诏乇賷 亘乇賵丿 賵 禺賵丿卮丕賳 丕夭 讴賲鬲乇蹖賳 丕賲讴丕賳丕鬲 亘乇丕蹖 夭蹖爻鬲賳 亘乇禺賵乇丿丕乇 亘丕卮賳丿 賵 丕夭 丕賷賳 乇賵 丿爻鬲 亘賴 丕賳賯賱丕亘 賲賷 夭賳賳丿 鬲丕 亘乇丕亘乇賷 乇丕 亘賷賳 禺賵丿卮丕賳 亘乇賯乇丕乇 賰賳賳丿 賵 夭蹖乇 賱賵丕蹖 讴賲賵賳蹖爻鬲 賯乇丕乇 亘诏蹖乇賳丿
丌賳賴丕 噩賵賳夭 丕乇亘丕亘 賲夭乇毓賴 乇丕 亘賷乇賵賳 賰乇丿賳丿 賵賱賷 賳丕倬賱卅賵賳 禺賵賰 賲爻鬲亘丿 禺蹖賱蹖 夭賵丿
!噩丕蹖 丕賵 乇丕 诏乇賮鬲 賵 氐丿 乇丨賲鬲 亘賴 噩賵賳夭
趩賷夭賷 賰賴 亘丕毓孬 賲賷卮丿 丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 馗賱賲 賳丕倬賱卅賵賳 乇賵 賳丕丿賷丿賴 亘诏賷乇賳丿 賷丕 丨鬲賷 馗賱賲 賳丿丕賳丿 丕賷賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 亘賴 丌賳賴丕 鬲賱賯蹖賳 卮丿賴 賰賴 丿賷诏乇 亘乇丿賴 賳賷爻鬲賳丿 丿乇 丨丕賱賷賰賴 賴乇趩賴 賲賷 诏匕卮鬲 夭賳丿诏蹖 賳爻亘鬲 亘賴 爻丕亘賯 爻禺鬲 鬲乇 賲賷卮丿 賵 賮賯胤 賲賵賯毓 禺賵丕亘 亘賵丿 賰賴 賰丕乇 賳賲賷 賰乇丿賳丿
賳丕倬賱卅賵賳 賵 丿賷诏乇 禺賵賰丕賳 丕噩丕夭賴 賮賰乇 賰乇丿賳 亘賴 丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 乇丕 賳賲賷 丿丕丿賳丿 賵 賴賲賴 亘丕蹖丿 賲丕賳賳丿 丕蹖賳 乇賴亘乇丕賳 賮讴乇 讴賳賳丿
丿乇 讴鬲丕亘 賴丕蹖 丿蹖诏乇 禺賵丕賳丿賴 丕賲 讴賴 丿乇 賰卮賵乇賴丕賷 賰賲賵賳賷爻鬲賷 賲丕賳賳丿 卮賵乇賵蹖 丕蹖賳 丕賮讴丕乇 乇丕 亘賴 賲乇丿賲 丕賱賯丕 賲賷 賰乇丿賳丿 賰賴 賴賲賴 噩賴丕賳 丿乇 亘丿亘禺鬲蹖 賵 賮賯乇 丿爻鬲 賵 倬丕 賲蹖 夭賳丿 賵 賮賯胤 賲乇丿賲 賲丕 禺賵卮亘禺鬲賳丿
蹖丕 賵囟毓 丕賲乇賵夭 賲乇丿賲 禺蹖賱蹖 亘賴鬲乇 丕夭 賯亘賱 丕爻鬲
爻賰賵卅賷賱乇 亘賴 爻乇毓鬲 丕毓丿丕丿賷 倬卮鬲 爻乇賴賲 賲賷 禺賵丕賳丿 鬲丕 亘賴 丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 賳卮丕賳 丿賴丿 丨丕賱丕 丕夭 夭賲丕賳 噩賵賳夭 噩賵賷 亘賷卮鬲乇貙賷賵賳噩賴 賮乇丕賵丕賳鬲乇 賵 卮睾賱賲 夭賷丕丿鬲乇賷 丿丕乇賳丿貙爻丕毓丕鬲 賰賲鬲乇賷 賰丕乇 賲賷 賰賳賳丿 賵 丌亘 丌卮丕賲賷丿賳賷 卮丕賳 诏賵丕乇丕鬲乇貙毓賲乇卮丕賳 胤賵賱丕賳賷 鬲乇貙亘賴丿丕卮鬲 賳賵夭丕丿丕賳 亘賴鬲乇 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲貨丿乇 胤賵賷賱賴 賰丕賴 亘賷卮鬲乇 丿丕乇賳丿 賵 賲诏爻 賰賲鬲乇 丌夭丕乇 賲賷 丿賴丿
丨賷賵丕賳丕鬲 鬲賲丕賲 丕賷賳 賲胤丕賱亘 乇丕 亘丕賵乇 賲賷 賰乇丿賳丿
丿乇 賷賰 丨賰賵賲鬲 賰賲賵賳賷爻鬲賷貙 賲乇丿賲 亘丕蹖丿 鬲丕 賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳賳丿 讴丕乇 讴賳賳丿.丿乇 讴卮賵乇 趩蹖賳 賵賯鬲 讴丕乇蹖 讴丕乇诏乇丕賳 丿賵 爻丕毓鬲 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 賵賯鬲 讴丕乇蹖 讴卮賵乇 丕蹖乇丕賳 丕爻鬲 賵 丨賯賵賯 讴賲鬲乇蹖 賴賲 賳爻亘鬲 亘賴 丕蹖賳噩丕 丿乇蹖丕賮鬲 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿
:賯賵丕賳蹖賳 丕蹖丿賴 丌賱 亘乇丕亘乇蹖
丿乇 丕丿丕賲賴 賲蹖 亘蹖賳蹖賲 賴賲蹖賳 賲丿毓蹖丕賳 丨賯賵賯 亘乇丕亘乇 丨鬲蹖 亘賴 丕氐賵賱 丕賵賱蹖賴 卮丕賳 賴賲 倬丕蹖亘賳丿 賳蹖爻鬲賳丿 賵 禺蹖賱蹖 夭賵丿 賯賵丕賳蹖賳 乇賵 毓賵囟 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿
:賳鬲蹖噩赖
丕賲丕賳賵卅賱 讴丕賳鬲 賲蹖 诏賵蹖丿:丕賳爻丕賳 丨蹖賵丕賳蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丕丨鬲蹖丕噩 亘賴 丕乇亘丕亘 丿丕乇丿 賵 鬲丕乇蹖禺 毓亘丕乇鬲 丕爻鬲 丕夭 鬲丨賯賯 鬲丿乇蹖噩蹖 蹖讴 胤乇丨 倬賳賴丕賳 胤亘蹖毓鬲 讴賴 亘丕 丕蹖噩丕丿 丨讴賵賲鬲 賯丕賳賵賳蹖 噩賴丕賳蹖 貙 賴賲 乇丕亘胤賴 丿賵賱鬲 賴丕 乇丕 鬲丨鬲 囟丕亘胤賴 丿乇 丌賵乇丿 賵 賴賲 乇賵丕亘胤 丕賮乇丕丿 乇丕 亘丕 丿賵賱鬲賴丕
卮丕蹖丿 賴賳賵夭 賴蹖趩 賳馗丕賲 丕蹖丿賴 丌賱蹖 丿乇 噩賴丕賳 亘賴 賵噩賵丿 賳蹖丕賲丿賴 亘丕卮丿 趩賴 讴賲賵賳蹖爻鬲 賵 趩賴 爻乇賲丕蹖賴 丿丕乇蹖.賵 賴賲丕賳胤賵乇 讴賴 讴丕賳鬲 賲蹖 诏賵蹖丿 賳亘賵丿賳 丨讴賵賲鬲 賴賲 丕賲讴丕賳 倬匕蹖乇 賳蹖爻鬲. 賵賱蹖 鬲賳賴丕 乇丕賴 丕蹖賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賳亘丕蹖丿 丨讴賵賲鬲 賴丕 丌賳趩賳丕賳 賯丿乇鬲賲賳丿 卮賵賳丿 讴賴 賳鬲賵丕賳 丌賳賴丕 乇丕 賲賵乇丿 亘丕夭禺賵丕爻鬲 蹖丕 鬲睾蹖蹖乇 賯乇丕乇 丿丕丿
:丿乇賲賵乇丿 丕賳爻丕賳
亘賴 诏賮鬲賴 乇賳賴 诏乇賵爻賴: 丕诏乇 賱丕蹖賴 爻胤丨蹖 丕賳爻丕賳 賲鬲賲丿賳 丕賲乇賵夭蹖 乇丕 亘禺乇丕卮蹖賲 貙 賱丕蹖賴 丕賳爻丕賳 丨噩乇蹖 貙 倬丿蹖丿丕乇 賲蹖 诏乇丿丿
賴賲丕賳胤賵乇 讴賴 賮蹖賱賲 夭賳丿賴 亘丕丿 夭丕倬丕鬲丕 賳卮丕賳 賲蹖 丿賴丿 賯丿乇鬲 賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳丿 丨鬲蹖 丕賳爻丕賳 丌夭丕丿蹖 禺賵丕賴蹖 乇丕 賴賲 賮丕爻丿 讴賳丿 賵 禺蹖賱蹖 夭賵丿 賱丕蹖賴 丕賳爻丕賳 丨噩乇蹖 倬丿蹖丿丕乇 卮賵丿 賵 亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 禺丕胤乇 丕蹖賳 賯丕賳賵賳 趩賴丕乇爻丕賱 乇卅蹖爻 噩賲賴賵乇蹖 亘賵噩賵丿 丌賲丿賴 丕爻鬲
鬲丕 賲乇丿賲 亘鬲賵丕賳賳丿 丿賵亘丕乇賴 丕賳鬲禺丕亘 讴賳賳丿 讴賴 賯亘賱蹖 亘賲丕賳丿 蹖丕 亘乇賵丿
August 17, 2023
Not as formidable as , this modern day fable, though, bears down hard on totalitarianism and even more on the very aspects of our nature that brings power struggles about.
First published in 1945, this allegorical criticism of Stalinist communism is nonetheless still relevant today as a cautionary satire on totalitarianism in general.
*** 2023 reread -
I need to make this an annual reread, like it鈥檚 younger brother 1984.
Interestingly, this book is frequently selectively quoted and considered. Orwell was against totalitarianism, specifically Stalinism, not socialism. He was for most of his life a devoted democratic socialist, but a vocal opponent of authoritarianism.
This nuanced distinction is often lost. Even in his portrayal of the evolution of the farm - from Manor Farm to Animal Farm, and beyond - he identifies many successes of collectivism and how it gives greater autonomy and purpose to the animals. He is critical of the biased communications and propaganda from totalitarian regimes and this can be seen as a cautionary tale regarding these kinds of governments.
I also thought of Ursula K. LeGuin鈥檚 brilliant novel The Dispossessed. While both LeGuin鈥檚 non-authoritarian anarchism and the voluntary socialism Orwell champions may only work on paper, his warnings against impaired freedom of speech and of ideological corruption were spot on.
This is also timeless, many of the lessons he imparts and observations made are as relevant now as in the 40s.
First published in 1945, this allegorical criticism of Stalinist communism is nonetheless still relevant today as a cautionary satire on totalitarianism in general.
*** 2023 reread -
I need to make this an annual reread, like it鈥檚 younger brother 1984.
Interestingly, this book is frequently selectively quoted and considered. Orwell was against totalitarianism, specifically Stalinism, not socialism. He was for most of his life a devoted democratic socialist, but a vocal opponent of authoritarianism.
This nuanced distinction is often lost. Even in his portrayal of the evolution of the farm - from Manor Farm to Animal Farm, and beyond - he identifies many successes of collectivism and how it gives greater autonomy and purpose to the animals. He is critical of the biased communications and propaganda from totalitarian regimes and this can be seen as a cautionary tale regarding these kinds of governments.
I also thought of Ursula K. LeGuin鈥檚 brilliant novel The Dispossessed. While both LeGuin鈥檚 non-authoritarian anarchism and the voluntary socialism Orwell champions may only work on paper, his warnings against impaired freedom of speech and of ideological corruption were spot on.
This is also timeless, many of the lessons he imparts and observations made are as relevant now as in the 40s.
July 25, 2024
A masterpiece !!! One of my all time favourite 馃摎. Its a brilliant piece of art. This is my fourth 鉂� time reading it and still surprised me how George orwel articulate this magnificent allegorical novella in a very modest, straight forwardish and politic driven tale with a metaphoric fashion that merely shows the true outcome of the way revolutions took place ( from *Utopia* to *Oligarchy* ) on the face of the earth 馃實 up to now ... The book cemented the key takeaway of the story within and make me picture the well crafted plot and visualize every part of the story as if i was there in person.听
It is a Must Read! 'coz the novella is equiped with ever relevant lessons for all age groups. Over all, the narrative demonstrates how the powerful may alter and utilize a society's ideologies as a ladder to aid them ( the one's in power) turning into an oligarchy and stay on the throne by maintaining their monarchy as long as they can by doing what ever they have to 鈿旓笍 '' no matter the cost '' to the exact same society that put them in power in the first place. The book is essential for any individual who wants to advocate and fight for "freedom'' along with contributing to change the political landscape of their cause. 馃檹馃檶
It is a Must Read! 'coz the novella is equiped with ever relevant lessons for all age groups. Over all, the narrative demonstrates how the powerful may alter and utilize a society's ideologies as a ladder to aid them ( the one's in power) turning into an oligarchy and stay on the throne by maintaining their monarchy as long as they can by doing what ever they have to 鈿旓笍 '' no matter the cost '' to the exact same society that put them in power in the first place. The book is essential for any individual who wants to advocate and fight for "freedom'' along with contributing to change the political landscape of their cause. 馃檹馃檶
December 6, 2024
This little book, whose title sounds like an unpretentious little children's tale, is one of the best political fables ever written.
The humor, elegance, and simplicity of Orwell's writing contribute significantly to the book's success. They allow him to tackle political and historical issues with great finesse and understanding without making the reading unpleasant鈥攓uite the contrary.
It is easy to recognize the different social types behind each animal species on the farm. This Boxer is beautiful and touching, representing the peasantry irreducibly faithful to the chief, who abuses her without scruples!
We also see specific political personalities clearly behind certain animals, such as Lenin behind Old Major, Stalin behind Napoleon, or even Trotsky behind Snowball.
The internal dynamics of the small revolution are presented quite convincingly.
Thus, Orwell arrives with astonishing ease at the end of his proposed political criticism. He recognizes the inherent selfish wickedness behind capitalist ideology and prefers a more just and honest form of socialism. On the other hand, he will always oppose the ideologies of left and right because their extreme opposition is never more than an illusory appearance. In reality, they are two paths that lead to precisely the same point of bestial inhumanity.
The humor, elegance, and simplicity of Orwell's writing contribute significantly to the book's success. They allow him to tackle political and historical issues with great finesse and understanding without making the reading unpleasant鈥攓uite the contrary.
It is easy to recognize the different social types behind each animal species on the farm. This Boxer is beautiful and touching, representing the peasantry irreducibly faithful to the chief, who abuses her without scruples!
We also see specific political personalities clearly behind certain animals, such as Lenin behind Old Major, Stalin behind Napoleon, or even Trotsky behind Snowball.
The internal dynamics of the small revolution are presented quite convincingly.
Thus, Orwell arrives with astonishing ease at the end of his proposed political criticism. He recognizes the inherent selfish wickedness behind capitalist ideology and prefers a more just and honest form of socialism. On the other hand, he will always oppose the ideologies of left and right because their extreme opposition is never more than an illusory appearance. In reality, they are two paths that lead to precisely the same point of bestial inhumanity.
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