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BeeQuiet: Whilst this book follows one day in the life of a Soviet prisoner in a gulag as opposed to merely a worker, this is still a stunning indictment of the revolution's disregard of human life.
vancouverdeb: Both books use animals to illustrate human shortcomings and a base nature, animals gain human consciousness,both are allegories , and dystopian novels.
Second time reading. First time was many years ago and I just didn't get it. This time I had a much more clear and deep understanding of what was going on, the theme, and the symbolism. It was awful - just as Orwell intended. I felt angry, I felt frustrated, I could see similarities in so many political ways that are terribly uncomfortable. Absolutely loved the last line: 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. ( )
Read when at school as a "prescribed reading" book.[return][return]Even as a teenager I was able to understand that it was an allegorical story where the farmyard is being used to describe and comment on Communism. It gives rise to some ideas that have entered the general language e.g. "all (animals) are equal, but some are more equal than others". [return][return]As someone who grew up in the 70s and 80s, and therefore very aware of the cold war, Communism and the nuclear threat, it was easy for me to grasp the anologies. It would be interesting to see if the generations that have come after the Soviet Empire fell in the 1990s understand and appreciate the book. ( )
Read when at school as a "prescribed reading" book.[return][return]Even as a teenager I was able to understand that it was an allegorical story where the farmyard is being used to describe and comment on Communism. It gives rise to some ideas that have entered the general language e.g. "all (animals) are equal, but some are more equal than others". [return][return]As someone who grew up in the 70s and 80s, and therefore very aware of the cold war, Communism and the nuclear threat, it was easy for me to grasp the anologies. It would be interesting to see if the generations that have come after the Soviet Empire fell in the 1990s understand and appreciate the book. ( )
Oplysninger fra den engelske Almen VidenRedigér teksten, så den bliver dansk.
Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the popholes.
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Oplysninger fra den engelske Almen VidenRedigér teksten, så den bliver dansk.
For once Benjamin consented to break his rule, and he read out to her what was written on the wall. There was nothing there now except a single Commandment. It ran: ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS
Tha a h-uile creutair co-ionann ach tha cuid a chreutairean nas co-ionannaiche na cuid eile.
These people don't see that if you encourage totalitarian methods, the time may come when they will be used against you instead of for you. [from preface]
Make a habit of imprisoning Fascists without trial, and perhaps the process won't stop at Fascists. [from preface]
To exchange one orthodoxy for another is not necessarily an advance. [from preface]
Choimhead na creutairean a bha a-muigh o mhuc gu duine, agus o dhuine gu muc, agus o mhuc gu duine a-rithist: ach cheana cha b' urrainn dhaibh innse co bu mhuc agus co bu dhuine.
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Great read, nicely written and a great allegory for many a things (