Animal Farm/my thoughts

[joophkung]

I have just recently finished reading Animal Farm and I really like the book. Animal Farm gave me a good look at the Russian Revolution and Communism. Normally I don't like books like this. It kinda starts out like a Babe movie, but then it starts getting more interesting as you go along.
Probably my most favorite character was Snowball because he stuck with the same ideas and principles the Old Major left behind. I don't like the fact that he was run off Animal Farm and you never really get find out what happened to him. It is also sad that Boxer was taken away like that.
I like the way the story ended though. It shows what happens to people who don't stick to the original plan. :thumbs_up :banana:

[imaditzyreader]

Agh. I kinda didn't like this book as much as I could have. I really like the messages that Orwell was trying to rub off on the reader, but over all the book left me with a bad taste in my mouth. However, I really liked Benjamine and whathe stood for. I wasn't so hot on Snow ball however, who justkinda let Napeolean take over the farm and chase him off of it. I think thatif Snowball had kept a better look out on the goings on, he could have saved himself and the farm.

Also I found the pigs to be unimaginable. they are really the only anmals on the farm who do nothing but produce meat, and i think that animals in such a situation couldn't possibly be the smartest animals.

[Eva Marina]

Once I got past the fact that most of the characters were farm animals, I started to enjoy the novel more. I do agree with what you said, imaditzyreader, about how it left a bad taste in your mouth. I wanted to somehow help the animals get out from under the thumb of Napoleon and it was frustrating. I do like Benjamin and the relationship between he, Boxer, and Clover, but I feel like maybe Benjamin could have done something to prevent Napoleon's take-over because of the knowledge and past experience he has, which he indicates when he says something to affect of, "Donkeys live for a very long time." I don't have the book with me right now to check.

As joophkung said, the story does demonstrate what happens when people lose sight of their original intentions. The animals were searching for the ideal...lifestyle, I guess, in the Rebellion and, though it is perfectly naturally to have a leader, Napoleon takes advantage of the animals ignorance (most of them don't have the ability to read, unlike Benjamin) to take control of the farm. As the animals forgot about life before the Rebellion and what they had initially intended on striving for, they accepted their life under Napoleon's rule.

[ClassOf06]

I like the ending too, it shows that in every situation there will always be someone or a group of people who thinks they are better than everyone else.