Animal Farm
George Orwell
p.1-p.140
30 min.
rating: 6.0/10.0
After watching the movie in Mr.Thorton's class, I got this at the library following the basic principle of "the book is always better than the movie." In this case, the book was exactly like the movie. the only real noticeable difference was the ending, which in the book ends with a cruel, totalitarian government ruled by pigs that act like humans having control over the farm. The movie was a little less depressing, because it's from Hollywood, which lives off happy endings, and because by the time the movie was made, Soviet Russia had fallen. Anyway, in the movie the totalitarian government eventually bleeds itself dry, and the animals come back seeking a better future. Call me weird, but I actually liked the book's ending better, because it totally added to the nature of the book, which is really, really, creepy. It's weird because you'd think that a book that's demonstrates the cruelty of communism using a story about farm animals that form a communist government would just be weird, not scary, but after seeing the movie, some parts of the book really freak me out. Oh, fun fancy: In France, a pig may not be named napoleon. When i first saw this in a book, I thought it had something to do with Napoleon Bonaparte, but after reading this book( the dictator of the farm is a pig named napoleon), the law makes sense. I guess the French Government was creeped out as much as i was. : The thing that was really cool about this book is it gives you a really good sense of what communism is without making sit through a monotone history class. George Orwell had a really cool, unique, style of expressing his views of communism in a story about farm animals that turns out to be a giant metaphor of totalitarian government. With all that being said, it's still not exactly a book that has a sense of adventure, and there's not really any feeling of suspense, which is why I didn't find it as enjoyable as other books. I think, all Mr. Orwell wanted to do was tell a story that demonstrated the faults of communism, and as far as I'm concerned, he did what he set out to do.
George Orwell
p.1-p.140
30 min.
rating: 6.0/10.0
After watching the movie in Mr.Thorton's class, I got this at the library following the basic principle of "the book is always better than the movie." In this case, the book was exactly like the movie. the only real noticeable difference was the ending, which in the book ends with a cruel, totalitarian government ruled by pigs that act like humans having control over the farm. The movie was a little less depressing, because it's from Hollywood, which lives off happy endings, and because by the time the movie was made, Soviet Russia had fallen. Anyway, in the movie the totalitarian government eventually bleeds itself dry, and the animals come back seeking a better future. Call me weird, but I actually liked the book's ending better, because it totally added to the nature of the book, which is really, really, creepy. It's weird because you'd think that a book that's demonstrates the cruelty of communism using a story about farm animals that form a communist government would just be weird, not scary, but after seeing the movie, some parts of the book really freak me out. Oh, fun fancy: In France, a pig may not be named napoleon. When i first saw this in a book, I thought it had something to do with Napoleon Bonaparte, but after reading this book( the dictator of the farm is a pig named napoleon), the law makes sense. I guess the French Government was creeped out as much as i was. : The thing that was really cool about this book is it gives you a really good sense of what communism is without making sit through a monotone history class. George Orwell had a really cool, unique, style of expressing his views of communism in a story about farm animals that turns out to be a giant metaphor of totalitarian government. With all that being said, it's still not exactly a book that has a sense of adventure, and there's not really any feeling of suspense, which is why I didn't find it as enjoyable as other books. I think, all Mr. Orwell wanted to do was tell a story that demonstrated the faults of communism, and as far as I'm concerned, he did what he set out to do.
I read this book twice, and hated it the first time, but liked it the 2nd time. Try reading 1984. I haven't read it, but it Mr. Thornton's favorite book ( I think).
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