Did anybody read a book called "animal farm"?

Question

If you did, how do you feel about the animals?

Answer 1

George Orwell's book, "Animal Farm," was written as a parody of the Bolshevik Revolution, of the overthrow of the Czar and the aftermath, the rise of Communism in Russia and the abuses and lies perpetrated by those in power. How they used slogans to to get people to go along with them, how laws were used for a segment of the population but not for those in power, how they lied, and used the public as pawns by power-hungry demagogues that also used fear and threats of harm to control the people when slogans and propaganda failed. Lenin and Trosky are very well illustrated, as well as the sheep that bleeped whatever slogans were said to them, the horse that wanted sugar and ribbons represents those disconteneted that eventually found a way to escape to other countires, the snarling dogs represented to armed police that beat up people and threatened them with the weapons they carried (their teeth). The loyal workhorse that was sent to the glue company once he served his usefulness... the fate of many workers in Russia when they became ill or injured.

I suggest that you also read, Orwell's "1984." It is a warning of what may happen when we give our government a blank check and surrender our rights, freedoms and liberties to the government and it uses modern technology under the guise of, creating a Utopian State but it abuses, lies and fabricates wars to uphold the economic status quo and maintain the elite super rich and powerful in full and total control, the elite super rich and powerful who are above the laws others are forced to obey. You'll also see how slogans are used to herd people together for a supposed common cause, how lies are used by the ruling class to divide and control the public and prevent them from organizing, how euphemisms are used and played with to control the thoughts of the people. In fact, you might find many, many parallels with what is happening today in modern US of A. It was written as a warning, not a prophecy.

Read the book and understand one thing: it is mocking what took place Russia during the earlier part of the 20th Century but it is something that can happen here, too! Then, read "1984" and be aware that those are the things that happen when good people do nothing in the face of danger to others by one's own country!

Answer 2

I agree with Ayn Rand when she said that “Animal Farm” is less about Totalitarianism and more about Stalinism. Under his regime, and those that followed, the worker (the “working class” plow horse in this case) was the most exploited class. The worker bought into the whole system, thinking that they would all benefit equally…but in the end the pigs lived in luxury just like the farmer’s family before them. Do you think that Stalin lived a Spartan lifestyle? Or did he live in the luxury of Lenin, and the Czar before him?

Answer 3

Well it was all based on the Russian revolution. There are a whole heap of essays out there on the web about who the animals represented. For example, the horse (Molly, was it?) wanted ribbons and sugar and nothing more. She was the first class who didn't care what happened, so long as she held on to her comforts. Orwell was enormously clever in writing that book- each event, although disguised as a child's fable, was representative of something happening in Russia. Stalin and the likes.

Personally though, I feel very sorry for the snowy white pig. I forget his name. Probably something like Snowy >.<

Answer 4

The animals are representative of the Soviet Union during the Starling Era.
I feel snowdrop represented the Soviet people and the other charters in the book represent the Soviet ruling class.

It was an out stand allegorical work.

Answer 5

I read it years and years ago. Bloody amazing book. The metaphorical discussion of communism is almost perfect. The animals show how human greed cannot be tamed, and that communism is an ideal and not a way of life.

Answer 6

The rest of the animals were innocent and naive, they believed the pigs really wanted to change things for everyone. Really the pigs were easily corrupted and only changed things for themselves. It was basically like a new government change, we all think the new guy with his administration will change things for US, make our lives better, but really they change things for themselves and the people around them. Us common people are still treated the same way we were before, like animals.

Answer 7

It's not really a book about animals at all. It's a book about society and how people should be equals.

Answer 8

I read it twice for two separate English classes.

I hated the pigs and how manipulative that they were with the other animals. They were just all in it for theirselves, and didn't care about the others.

I was far more sympathetic with the horses, especially Boxer. He was so loyal despite his misery.

Answer 9

Yes, many years ago. You can find many parallels between the animals and people/cultures in today's society, which is what Orwell intended.

Answer 10

the animals are merely satirical characters, representing key figures in the Communist up rising in Russia