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Oct 17, 2012
The Animal Farm a modern classic
Animal Farm by George Orwell (1945)
Cover of "Animal Farm: Centennial Edition...
Cover of Animal Farm: Centennial Edition
The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
One-sentence summary: The animals on a farm rise up in revolution against the farmer but their socialist ideals are corrupted in this satirical critique of Stalinism.
My rating:
When read: October 2008
Why read: My husband had a copy, and one of my blog readers recommended it to me. It is such a short book and quick read, I’m surprised I had’t read it earlier.
Impressions: This classic allegory of revolution and the corruption of power does not disappoint. The animals who take over Animal Farm each represent groups or types of people in the social structure, such as the elite (the pigs), the bourgeoisie (Millie, the horse), the working class (Boxer, the horse) and the silent cynics (the donkey, my favorite character). Even though I knew it was allegorical, I had to laugh at the mental image of pigs milking cows.
Current status: I kidnapped my husband’s copy for my classic fiction collection.
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1984 by George Orwell
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka