Book Reviews: Animal Farm

Animal Farm by George Orwell was published in 1945. This book was wrote in the time period when the wartime alliance with the soviet union was at its height. This story was told in third person omniscient because the story was basically told by a narrator who hadn't said I once in the time of this story.

The main characters are

Snowball; Snowball was taught by Old Major the way of Animalism he was one of the head pigs until he was betrayed by Napoleon in charge he represented Leon Trotsky

Napoleon; Napoleon was also taught by Old Major the way of Animalism he was the head pig and he represented Joesph Stalin

Boxer; Boxer was the main horse who wouldn't stop working he represented the working class

Dogs; The dogs represented the military or security

This book seemed subjective because George Orwell was trying to get us to think on how silly communism is and how bad it can be by replacing people with animals and communism with Animalism.

The characters acted like they had a government and tried to act like they had to run there own farm.

This book caused a lot of emotions in me i felt unsure when they started Animalism. When the Battle of Cowshed happened I felt scared because I didn't want Boxer who was my favorite character to die.I felt mad when Napoleon became so idiotic and also slaying a bunch of animals for no good reason.

Boxer was my favorite character I liked his phrase saying " I will work harder" he inspired me because if people work harder we can make a change in everything. I did not like his saying "Napoleon is always right." The character I disliked the most was Napoleon and the pigs he had a terrible personality he changed the rules so he could be more like he considered his enemy the original rules were

1. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.

2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.

3. No animal shall wear clothes.

4. No animal shall sleep in a bed.

5. No animal shall drink alcohol.

6. No animal shall kill any other animal.

7. All animals are equal.

Napoleon changed the rules to

4 No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets

5 No animal shall drink alcohol to excess

6 No animal shall kill any other animal without cause.

The main reason I don't like Napoleon is that he said he would send Boxer to a vet but he sent him to a horse slaughter company. I also didn't like it when he changed all the rules into one terrible rule and one terrible phrase

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others, and Four legs good, two legs better.

This book makes us more aware of human nature and how government sometimes works. This book has an enduring theme because it teaches us a good lesson on how government works and how terrible communism can be

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