Animal Farm Book Puns

Okay, so I know many don’t like opinions along the lines of “this book is better than that book” because everyone can have different interests, but I think Animal Farm is WAY underrated.

It is a short, simple allegory that can be read at any level (I read it first in middle school), but that still holds deeper meaning when you understand more about the world.

I’m sure it has to do with the fact it was a criticism of a past event rather than a warning about a possible future like 1984 is. But this is a must-read for any adult, especially in such a controversial political climate.

I've been struggling to find something to read in German that is easy enough for me to understand and interesting enough to keep me motivated to read. My level is around B2.1 but I feel like my vocabulary is weak. Two days ago I got the cheapest kindle version of the "Farm der Tiere" and I must admit I haven't been interested in a fiction book so much in a long time. I really recommend it. I set a goal in Lingo Journal to finish it in 2 weeks, and I hope the rest of the book is as interesting as the first chapter. Which book are you reading right now? Which one will you recommend?

great book , anyone wanna give their take

I remember the cover of the book had a picture of a huge hairy cat. It had a few pictures in the book but for the most part it was a chapter book. I would say it had 400 pages.

The book was about a cat who is a wanderer. He stays at a barn with farm animals and they ask him about his life. He tells them about how he lived but he so tells thems about a boy he encountered. The boy was homeless and he joins this group of criminals so he can live. I remember one scene where the boy is on a train and fights off other men with a dagger to defend his group and himself. I read this in 2015, so that’s all I remember about it.

For starters, 1984 was just boring. Not all of it, but I only really enjoyed reading 45% of it. It’s also just really on the nose. I can’t really see how anyone can miss anything that the book is saying. Animal Farm was better overall, as it was much shorter and also just better to read due to it not dragging on for so long. Like 1984 though, it was very clear. I found it hilarious on the last few pages when the farmer was like, “You have your power animals to contend with, we have our lower classes,” as if it wasn’t obvious the whole time that this was an allegory for the USSR and how the Bolsheviks, especially Stalin, fucked up all the original ideals of socialism. In the end though, these really shouldn’t be required reading, except middle school. It’s not like any average high schooler would need to look deeply into either to come up with what the text means.

So we all know 1984 with room 101 and doublespeak and big brother and the whole shebazz. Conservatives use it as a jab against socialism and communism not realizing Orwell was a democratic socialist who was against the ussr from the left. Same with animal farm. These books were made to be critiques of stalin from the lefts perspective but it is used as western propaganda against communism and socialism and has been bastardized to the point of indoctrination. So im in high school and last year we read this for english 3. I will go over what are not true about Orwells depictions of Ussr and his false predictions of what happened into the future.

So animal farm has core basic characters that are allegories for actual people. Farmer Jones- Alexander of Tsarist Russia Old Major- Vladimir Lenin Snowball- Leon Trotsky Napoleon- Joseph Stalin Dogs- The state

With this accounted for having lenin set up ussr with good intentions and stalin betraying revolution according to Trotsky ans killing him is fair. The left hated each other even back then. Its a fair assesment to say stalin didnt do lenins visions and thats fair to a degree.

Animal farm doesnt account for the wars ussr was under and so some things needed to be done. Hence gulags. You had fascists and capitalists trying to destroy ussr so in response you have an egged on state.

But orwell depicts stalin ussr as enslaved and tortured and greed which is false. Stalin was actually pretty liked. Rude and brash but well liked. He had popular vote. He wasnt a dictator as you need to take power by force and have no checks and balances. That wasnt stalin. He was voted abd had checks from the party. During stalins 20 year term he took Lenin's capitalist stage( yes it was capitalist under lenin because or 2 stage theory.) And started to collectivize and used the state to kill or jail capitalists such as kulaks(not a genocide as kulaks were a class of wealthy peasants who owned like 3 acres if land and owned labor. They werent a race) stalin was under war and droughts which were out of his control but the full collectivization of the 30s and 40s were what made the 50s and 60s the height of soviet union in my opinion. Like compare 1960s ussr way of life to america and we see which is leagues better.(its ussr)

So was there anything animal farm got correct? Or 1984 to a degree? Well yes and no. At the end of animal farm the pigs were indistinguishable from the farmers. To orwell the ussr would revert to capitalism. T

I read this probably somewhere between 2005 and 2010. In the US, in English, got it from my elementary school's library. I don't think it was a picture book but it might've been. I think it was probably an older book. I just remember the kitten was the worst behaved kitten of the litter and then later returns to the farm and the animals welcome him back.

Things I think I remember happening but might not be true:

• There's a rooster that hates the kitten, but it dies before he returns to the farm. Might've been other animals that died too

• The kitten decided for himself to leave the farm

• A hen he used to torment is one of the animals that welcomes him back

• He might be blind in one eye by the end? Or maybe the rooster was blind in one eye? Idk

Thanks!

Edit: If it helps I was probably somewhere between 6 and 8 yrs old when I read the book

Edit2: typo

Edit3: probably a significant portion of the book was about the kitten's adventures, not the time he spent on the farm, but I don't remember any of what actually happens in the middle

Forgot to mention I also read brave new world sorry

Not only is it a more interesting and easy read (making it easier for younger people to understand and enjoy). It discusses a much more prescient idea, the construction of a Authoritarian society and the role that everybody plays in it. It even teaches about the propaganda and cultural norms that allow it.

Meanwhile, 1984 is a cold, depressing, somewhat confusing narrative that takes place long after that government has complete control of the people. And it's more the feelings about it and uselessness of fighting against it. While it's relevant it's not informative the way Animal Farm is.

That is all, carry on.

Firstly, it's not Animal Farm, I've been suggested that many times over the years and read it but no joy.

So the animals have been genetically engineered by a company that every single part of them, down to the bones, are completely edible. There's been a lot of controversy about the ethics of this and the public has been assured that the animals are not sentient at all BUT they've been kept locked up and no one is allowed to see them outside of the company.

Finally the company invites some reporters to come and see the animals. One observes that the animals are muttering something while being lead off the trucks and into the "processing plant".

This I will never forget, the animals appear excited and are saying......... "Going to see God. Going to see Momma." .........Which, of course, really upsets the reporter.

I don't remember the ending but I'd love to read this again!

Thanks so much for all the help!

When i was really little, there was this show i used to watch that was about Animals on a Farm, the show used puppets and i know that there was a Cow and a Duck character on it. Every episode had a setup where there would be a conflict between a few of the characters. Eventually they decide to read a book to help figure out how to solve the problem. However, later on the problem isn't solved. So the cow says "There must be something we missed!". And they read it again and find a part they didn't think about in it which solves the conflict of the episode. i think it might be a Christian show and the book might of been The Bible, but i was like what. 6 when i watched it? i didn't know about the bible i just saw haha funny cartoon animal. I've been trying to find it for a long ass time and i still can't find it.

Hi, I have just finished reading 'Animal Farm' by George Orwell and I found it amazing! I was wondering if anyone who has already read it would like to discuss it with me. I would prefer voice call but it can also be typing. Send me a dm if you're interested.

I like this satiric political topic. Also the distopian/utopian social ideologies. Can you suggest me some that are similar to the ones in the title?

Edit: might be late, but I just want to add that I'm looking for a book that also has a movie adaptation.

In English we're reading Animal farm, and the story seems so similar to red dead 's story. I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere, so I want to know if there are any cowpoke out there he also feel this way. In animal farm, the animals want to be free from the humans am live they're own life, just like the Van der linde gang who want to run away and live a peaceful life. I see the humans in Animal farm as Pinkertons, as there always try to capture the animals. I finished the book today, and I feel that Arhur is very similar to Boxer. The most loyal out of the bunch and in the end died trying to give the gang everything he had, in Animal farm he tried to fix the windmill which was very important for the farm. Napoleon would be Dutch since he's the leader amd he really acts like Dutch too. Snowball is definetly Micah, as he is always challenging Napoleon for control of the Aninal farm. What do you think? Haven't seen this anywhere so maybe some of y'all may know. Thanks for reading :)

While our country do resemble a literal animal farm, this isn't the point of my post. I'm talking about the book "Animal Farm" by George Orwell. (No major spoilers in the post).

Reading the book, you might be surprised by how naive the animals are and how they easily get manipulated by the pigs. But anger and fear are dangerous emotions that can make people blind and be misleaded easily to focus the anger on the wrong objective, or even more manipulatively, at the right objective for the wrong reason and unforseen outcomes.

If you haven't read it yet, I seriously recommend it. One of the best books I've read in my life, and it's relatively short.

I know nothing can begin to compare to 1984 but can anyone recommend me a book which is fiction but still will teach me a lot about society and politics?

Are there any books that describe tale of dystopia and the dark future of mankind that when you read hits you that such things are already happening.

Started reading again since, ya know, COVID. So I picked a few to read like these three, but I’m looking for recommendations like these, if any. Thanks in advance!

See this article from LiveHistoryIndia for more info.

He wrote, in a French magazine that he worked for in his early years:

"The government of all the Indian provinces under the control of the British Empire is of necessity despotic, because only the threat of force can subdue a population of several million subjects. But this despotism is latent. It hides behind a mask of democracy...Care is taken to avoid technical and industrial training. This rule, observed throughout India, aims to stop India from becoming an industrial country capable of competing with England...Foreign competition is prevented by an insuperable barrier of prohibitive customs tariffs. And so the English factory-owners, with nothing to fear, control the markets absolutely and reap exorbitant profits.[229]"

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I have read animal farm and 1984 by George Orwell. But now i am interested in stories like these. Any recommendations?