"Animal farm" rappresenta, in sintesi e in chiave satirica e allegorica, il completo fallimento di qualsiasi ricerca della perfetta forma di governo. In particolare Orwell si scaglia contro la Rivoluzione russa e il totalitarismo di Stalin, ma più in generale si trovano elementi comuni in molti altri Stati. Ogni animale allude a un personaggio realmente esistito (Palladineve è Trotskij, Jones è... read more
Got persuading into reading this and so glad I did, from the description the person gave me i didn't think i'd like this but it was actually really good. A really powerful message is sent out by this book. A must read for everyone!
Description:It is an analogy of the Russian Revolution. The story is told through the eyes of animals that overthrow their drunken farmer.
The animals then make rules for the farm and all starts off well.
The pigs quickly rise to power. The two main pigs, Napoleon and Snowball, vie for control. Then Napoleon raises two litters of puppies anIt is an analogy of the Russian Revolution. The story is told through the eyes of animals that overthrow their drunken farmer.
The animals then make rules for the farm and all starts off well.
The pigs quickly rise to power. The two main pigs, Napoleon and Snowball, vie for control. Then Napoleon raises two litters of puppies and turns them into his private fighting force which he uses to chase Snowball off the farm.
After that things go down hill rapidly. By the end their society was far worse off then when the drunken farmer was in charge.
Early on in the book when they are forming laws one of the laws they make was “All animals are equal.” By the end of the book that law has changed to, “All animals are equal but some are more equal then others.”... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Signet Classics Release date : 1 April 1996 ISBN-10 : 0451526341 |
ISBN-13: 9780451526342
"Got persuading into reading this and so glad I did, from the description the person gave me i didn't think i'd like this but it was actually really good. A really powerful message is sent out by this book."
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"This is how you write an allegory; clear, easy-to-understand symbols that still manage to avoid the territories of gross unsubtlety and insulting to the reader, and a story that serves both the purpose of expressing the author's ideals and giving you something to simply enjoy as story"
alex316 added this to a list 4 months, 2 weeks ago
“Got persuading into reading this and so glad I did, from the description the person gave me i didn't think i'd like this but it was actually really good. A really powerful message is sent out by this book. A must read for everyone!” read more
"Got persuading into reading this and so glad I did, from the description the person gave me i didn't think i'd like this but it was actually really good. A really powerful message is sent out by this book."
El Raulo added this to a list 6 months, 3 weeks ago
"After reading Mystic River, one of my friends told me about George Orwell and his contributions to Literature. He told me about this allegorical satire of Totalitarianism which immediately caught my interest. I would later read Nineteen Eighty-Four which would emotionally satisfy me more so than this novel. However, Animal Farm demonstrated the possibilities of allegorical novels and symbolism to which I was ignorant prior to reading this.
Read in July 2009."
Lisebell added this to a list 1 year, 10 months ago
“"Animal farm" rappresenta, in sintesi e in chiave satirica e allegorica, il completo fallimento di qualsiasi ricerca della perfetta forma di governo. In particolare Orwell si scaglia contro la Rivoluzione russa e il totalitarismo di Stalin, ma più in generale si trovano elementi comuni in molti altri Stati. Ogni animale allude a un personaggio realmente esistito (Palladineve è Trotskij, Jones è lo zar Nicola II, Mollie rappresenta l'aristocrazia), ed è facile realizzare come la critica non comprenda solo il totalitarismo sovietico, ma anche la monarchia (sotto Jones, infatti, gli animali erano comunque schiavi) e la repubblica (la Fattoria degli animali viene proclamata per un breve periodo repubblica, ma le privazioni e gli abusi subiti dagli animali sono gli stessi in tutte le varie ” read more
"An advanced politics lesson under the guise of a childish farm tale. The allegorical story representing Soviet totalitarianism simplifies social systems to show the endless corruption and manipulation that stems from the struggle for power. Also, it takes no small amount of courage to take jabs at Mr. Stalin himself."
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