Author Topic: Anyone ever read Animal Farm ? (Read 8784 times)

Drake Blackpaw · « **Reply #25 on:** July 10, 2007, 03:41:25 pm »

Animal Farm is a book I read several times in junior high and high school. I actually first read it because I wanted to and later because it was required for a class that I was in.

I found it to be a powerful book that showed how social ideals will be corrupted by those in power. "Some animals are more equal than others", rings so true.

cedric the lost · « **Reply #26 on:** July 10, 2007, 05:39:13 pm »

i read animal farm when we were studing the russian revalution. it does a nice job of portraying what happened in the revalution, thats why we read it in the first place. i just wish we could've seen more of Joseph the tame raven.

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fluffy_bunny · « **Reply #27 on:** July 11, 2007, 04:14:29 pm »

Quote (cedric the lost @ July 10 2007, 5:39 pm)

i read animal farm when we were studing the russian revalution. it does a nice job of portraying what happened in the revalution, thats why we read it in the first place. i just wish we could've seen more of Joseph the tame raven.

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In the movie that I saw (the live action version), the pigs decided to kill Joseph, but I can't remember why though.

Mazz · « **Reply #28 on:** July 11, 2007, 05:57:33 pm »

Had too in school. It was actually a really good book.

Cobalt · « **Reply #29 on:** July 12, 2007, 12:13:26 am »

Read it several times. I actually have the book somewhere <Looks at all the full boxes from his recent move.

It's a good book, both in terms of fiction and as political satire I thought. For some reason i have a hard time thinking of it as a "Furry" book though.

Serra Belvoule · « **Reply #30 on:** July 12, 2007, 09:12:12 am »

Quote (Cobalt @ July 11 2007, 10:13 pm)

Read it several times. I actually have the book somewhere <Looks at all the full boxes from his recent move.

It's a good book, both in terms of fiction and as political satire I thought. For some reason i have a hard time thinking of it as a "Furry" book though.

Me too. I think it's because of the satire. Political satire tends to lend itself to representation.
At least that's why -I- think so.

Tseng Fox · « **Reply #31 on:** July 15, 2007, 08:45:46 am »

I thought it was pretty good.

Ozzie · « **Reply #32 on:** July 31, 2007, 10:51:58 pm »

Man, I love Animal Farm. I nearly cried when they took Boxer away.

Kayleigh · « **Reply #33 on:** August 03, 2007, 04:13:57 pm »

Animal Farm was not intended as a furry book.

It was written to mock the Russian Revolution.

Jones was the Tsar (or however you spell it),
Napoleon was Stalin,
Snowball was modeled on Trotsky,
and Old Major was based on Karl Marx and Lenin, as well as many other characters.

Serra Belvoule · « **Reply #34 on:** August 03, 2007, 06:52:27 pm »

Tsar is occasionally spelled Czar or Tzar and sometimes Csar or Zar.
You have to admit lots of things weren't meant as a furry thing and yet they end up being used as icons of such *cough* Disney *cough*

Kayleigh · « **Reply #35 on:** August 04, 2007, 06:21:12 am »

Quote (Serra Belvoule @ Aug. 03 2007, 6:52 pm)

Tsar is occasionally spelled Czar or Tzar and sometimes Csar or Zar.

Bah, close enough.

Kiboe Motegi · « **Reply #36 on:** August 04, 2007, 10:02:25 am »

yea, we read it in english class last year

its a parody on the russian revolution, actuly

Serra Belvoule · « **Reply #37 on:** August 05, 2007, 08:59:57 pm »

Quote (Kayleigh @ Aug. 04 2007, 4:21 am)

Quote (Serra Belvoule @ Aug. 03 2007, 6:52 pm)

Tsar is occasionally spelled Czar or Tzar and sometimes Csar or Zar.

Bah, close enough.

Actually all of them are correct

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Kayleigh · « **Reply #38 on:** August 06, 2007, 05:32:15 am »

You're such a show off

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Ozzie · « **Reply #39 on:** August 06, 2007, 11:09:25 pm »

It's really just a commentary on communism in general ...

RedneckFur · « **Reply #40 on:** August 07, 2007, 01:21:11 am »

Ive read it half a dozen times over the last few years. Its a very well written book, and a good story. As good as it is though, its not George Orwell's best work.

Animal farm serves two purposes... to poke fun at an opressive and dangerous government, and to show the people who read the book later, what can happen if a government gets out of hand.

But if you like the dark side of Orwell, read 1984. Its very hard to describe.

Volpeculus · « **Reply #41 on:** August 19, 2007, 02:28:30 pm »

Orwell=Win in almost every situation...

(But 1984 was better! )

Edward Vulpes · « **Reply #42 on:** August 19, 2007, 02:46:03 pm »

This is, unfortunately, one of the classics that I haven't gotten around to yet. I would read it but for the fact that the local library branch doesn't have any copies (How can this be? It's George Orwell, for Pete's sake...), and the local Borders wants $10.95, which is far too pricy for such a slim volume.

Tevnon · « **Reply #43 on:** August 19, 2007, 03:16:19 pm »

Actually I read it yesterday just to see what all the fuss is about it.
It was well written, and a charming story. I do have one complaint. I thought the social implications were too obvious, too in your face; as though the author's worldview was being shoved down my throat somewhat.
You CAN proclaim a social view without making your reader feal that view was forced upon them in the story.
That is my only complaint, though.

Taiku · « **Reply #44 on:** August 30, 2007, 01:26:13 am »

it was too...depressing... BOXER!!!!!!! WHY?

?? YOU WORKED SOOO HARD!!!!!!!!!! sorry....i still havent gotten over certain parts of the book.... ITS NOT GONNA TAKE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL!!!!!!!!!!! RUN!!!!!!!! THE PIGS ARE LIEING TO US ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RUN!!!!!!!!! ':dead:'

Kwan · « **Reply #45 on:** August 30, 2007, 01:55:07 am »

Many good quotes from that book, and my favorite is

"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others ."

Yes, the social copmmentary wasn't hidden at all, very in-your-face, and most of the animals were just broadly-painted social & personality tropes.

I love that Benjamin the donkey knew what was really going on the whole time, & only stayed to be with his friend Boxer.

Albino From About · « **Reply #46 on:** August 30, 2007, 02:36:44 am »

I read that a while ago in high school and we watched that live action movie as well, diffidently a little creepy in my opinion as well but a very good read.

In the move I always found those sheep really creepy “Four legs good two legs bad” and “Four legs good two legs better”

Keryth · « **Reply #47 on:** August 30, 2007, 06:00:47 pm »

Read it in grade school, and it was depressing. I pretty much hated having to read that book.

Sirus · « **Reply #48 on:** September 05, 2007, 10:38:03 pm »

My favorite book, one of the few I read on my own. I liked 1984 when we read it in school so I checked out more of his stuff. I didn't pick up animal farm because of its anthormophicish characters, but the political tie ins it involved. Not only did it mock the russian revolution, you can find things it in that occur today. It shows how rediculous politics are. It shows that no matter what, in every government there will be those who benefit and lose touch with themselfs, and those who devote their lifes to helping society, and in the end getting crushed themselves. It is a book that everyone should read. Furry or not ':p'

Mobius · « **Reply #49 on:** September 15, 2007, 05:02:49 pm »

It's true, but depressing.
A great analogy for the HUMAN life, bad analogy for furries/Therians.
I hated the book, although it was a good eye-opener for human behavior.