Animal Farm

[Unregistered]

I'm not trying to be critical; I would just like to offer some advice. The next time you wirte an essay try to use stronger verbs. You have ten "be" verbs in your frist paragraph. That's how many should be in your entire paper. Your vocabulary is fair, but nothing spectacular. Your work isn't very interesting, and I understand that the book contributes to that. I personally found it boring. The last paragraph is too short. That's like having a sentence with one word in it. Well, good luck in the rest of your writing.

[ylime]

Before I had to read Animal Farm in English, I watched the movie so I had a little understanding of the book's true meaning. However I must say that after reading the book I understood a lot more about communism and socialism than I had before (which was what George orwell based the book on). George Orwell's characters reminded me of the general groups in modern society. Power, corruption, poverty and greed (all part of everyday life too, I might add) were cleverly weaved into the plot of the story.<br><br>The story was set in a small farm, called Manor Farm, where all the animals lived. They were poverty-striken and had little hope for a better future. This was usually the situation before communism and socialism was adopted. The animals were leading 'miserable, laboriious and short' lives, which the old Major was quick in pointing out. They are then inspired to 'carry out the struggle', being driven only by thevaque hopes for 'perfect unity'. There are parallels in communism and socialism to this situation. Usually, societies which are more well off don't have the same desperation and motivation for 'equity' as the poorer societies so communism and socialism don't exist there.<br><br>The characters were made up to resemble the classes in such societies. The pigs especially Napoleon and Snowball represented the government. The horses, Boxer and Clover were similar to the working class since Boxer's motto was 'I will work harder'. Boxer's other motto 'Napoleon is always right' was much talked about and encouraged among the pigs. These morals told me that the system couldn't work without the working class who couldn't think for themselves and therefore needed direction. Mollie, the pretty white mare was inspired by the middle class since she demanded more than just vaque hopes and promises to be motivated but the more I think about it, these animals aren't very different from the people in our society.<br><br>The story's plot covered all the devastating effects and disasters of communism and socialism such as greed for power and money, poverty and corruption. Napoleon asked for complete and utter devotion to him from the animals for his need to feel adequate and powerful. Next, out of greed for money the pigs decided to associate with humans in trade. Therefore the rules have been broken to suit the pigs' needs, which is what happens in socialist and communist societies. The animals were then facing poverty and corruption , ending up no better than they were before the Rebellion.<br><br>This book was definitely a worthwhile read and I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to understand socialism and communism better.