Friday, March 5, 2010
What are the strengths and weaknesses of Animal Farm?
The book Animal Farm is about a couple animals and their outlook on life. But when you read between the lines, there is a whole other message from the story. From just reading the first chapter and not looking into it, it would sound something like this: The leader of the farm animals is the pig, named Old Major, and he has a dream that wakes him up to the reality of true farm life. He then calls a meeting late at night in the barn to tell all the other animals about his dream. The dream is about how all the farm animals do a huge amount of work daily and get nothing in return, they are fed just enough to keep them alive, and when they grow old they are slaughtered and eaten or used for a different cause. They work their lives away and receive nothing in return. Old Major then tells his comrades that this problem cannot go on any longer and it must be solved. The answer to this problem, in his eyes, is to rebel against the humans and take control. To someone reading between the lines, you can tell that this book is about the people in life that don't get the same writes as everyone else. They work for the upper class and for what? Nothing. So they must rebel against the higher classes to get the rights they deserve. I would definitely suggest reading this book.
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I like how you explain the story to us.
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