
Leigh P. (
Leigh) wrote on 4/3/2007...
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An excellent comment on human and political relations. Quick read, too!
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Pretty good read. In my opinion, it loses some of edge considering Communism is the least of the World's concerns nowadays. Still, if you're interested in a political satire, I definitely recommend this book.

Stephanie S. (
stephsc) wrote on 12/21/2005...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Fantastic, quick read and one of those books everyone "should" read at some point. Orwell makes you think and it really is spooky how some of the themes in this book echo what is going on in the world today.

Jason G. (
Jason) wrote on 4/1/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Awesome in its simplicity & truth.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
What a great read! The book really helps to give an understanding of idealism and totalitarianism.
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I read this in high school but got so much more out of it when I read it a few years ago.
"A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned--a razor-edged fairy tale for grown ups that records the evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible. When Animal Farm was first published fifty years ago, Stalinest Russia was seen as its target. Today it is devastatingly clear that wherever and whenever freedom is attacked, under whatever banner, the cutting clarity and savage comedy of George Orwell's masterpiece has a meaning and message still ferociously fresh."
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An easier read than 1984, but just as disturbing at the end. Either way, Big Brother is out to get us!