Literature Guide to "Animal Farm"

by John Mahoney, Stewart Martin

80 pages, Paperback

Published August 1, 1987

Reviews

[Jermaine · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a good book I like the setting of the book and the mood George Orwell was born in Begal India in the year of 1903 he stayed in India where his father was station And then he moved with his mama and his sister to England they treated him bad over there because his mom dint have a lot of money he dint have enough to go college so he join police force after that he went to the Animal Farm his dream was where all the animals lived and that's where his writing career stared but this is a Good Book !!!

[Shaun Marksbury · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like most, I read Animal Farm in High School, and the symbolism always remained with me. Orwell aptly describes the inevitable error of the communist ideal. None promoting it seem to initially desire the corruption in the end, but always plunge into it like a pig to the mud. Re-reading the book today brings to mind Danilov's line from the 2001 film, Enemy at the Gates: "I've been such a fool, Vassili. Man will always be man. There is no new man. We tried so hard to create a society that was equal, where there'd be nothing to envy your neighbor. But there's always something to envy. A smile, a friendship, something you don't have and want to appropriate. In this world, even a Soviet one, there will always be rich and poor. Rich in gifts, poor in gifts. Rich in love, poor in love." There is no new animal in this case, for the sins of lust and envy beset us regardless of our ideology. As despots make themselves fat with the labor of their comrades, we always come down to the fact that some are more equal than others in the eyes of the government. Ultimately, then, the problems and inequalities of society cannot be solved by a change in economics and governance, nor the bleating of love for party and state, but in the replacing of the heart in love with self for the heart in love of God and His creatures. Unfortunately, that means we must wait for that better country until heaven's glory, but in Jesus Christ, we can indeed find a new man to live out today.

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

informative allegory, timeless

[Debbie Ruff · Rating 5 out of 5]

reminds me of our current administration! so sad!

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved it.