Animal Farm

A simple and easy-to-understand book. Equality should not be a replacement of one class. A "drama" that keeps repeating humorous and ironic

Whoever controls the past controls the future. Whoever controls the present controls the past.

As you read, you can't help but feel angry at the pigs' arrogance and debauchery, and feel sad for the horses that worked hard and were finally sold to the slaughterhouse. The animal images in the book are vivid and typical. The novel is concise, short and concise, and profoundly completes the portrayal of animal images. All in all, worth reading.

There are two ways to read this book: 1. You can think of it as a fable from the animal kingdom. 2 It can be regarded as a literary book with political metaphors. Each character (animal) has its corresponding person. For example, Napoleon corresponds to those authoritarian rulers who are extravagant and extravagant, have no mercy for the people at the bottom, and just blindly exploit them. A very good work, it reads humorously but without losing the irony.

Part of the content is very forward-looking and can be regarded as predicting the future of Sri Lanka and Xiu. However, after all, it is only an article written 45 years ago. Some of the views still need to be viewed dialectically. Not all of them are correct. Generally speaking, it is very helpful to understand the emergence of Xiu. It has a strong sense of irony and is worth reading. Whoever controls the present controls the past Whoever controls the past controls the future

It is as easy to understand as a fairy tale and yet thought-provoking.

You can say a lot, or you can say nothing. You can see a lot, or you can see nothing. If I watched it when I was a teenager, I would be indignant and embarrassed. If I watched it in my 20s, I would work hard. But when I watch it now, time is my friend. It's not up to me to decide whether it's right or wrong. I have to be alert and know myself [shy]

Muriel was dead, Bluebell, Jesse, and Pincher were dead, and Jones was dead, in a drunkard's house somewhere else in the country. Snowball was forgotten. Boxer was also forgotten, but only a few animals who had known each other still remembered him. Clover was old now, too, fat, her joints were stiff, and her eyes were always full of goo. She's over two years old at retirement age, but in reality, no animal ever truly retires. The topic of setting aside a corner of the ranch for retired animals has long since been put aside.

The translation is good, and the overall sentences are fluent, which can almost interpret the humor and sharpness of the work; the translation language is concise and not laggy at all, but some details are not handled well, causing the beginning and end to not echo. After all, the flaws do not hide the advantages.

George Orwell satirized in a light and humorous tone that under the greed and despicability of human nature, utopianism is as childish as a child's joke. This is a true realist.

It took me an afternoon to read it. The more I read, the more frightened I became. I can always relate to reality in the book.

The last paragraph is extremely ironic. I can't tell whether it is a human or a pig. When the author chose pigs as the main character, I simply thought that pigs were smart animals at first. But when I read later, I found that pigs are not only synonymous with smarts, but also greedy. From humans to animals, they are all members of the capital class, but you can't change anything.

While reading the book, many passages touched me deeply. Animal Farm transitions from being equal at the beginning, to the pigs going to bed for the first time, to Napoleon drinking, to Napoleon sleeping in a solitary room, to later walking straight up and getting dressed. Since they have mastered the power of the upper class, they naturally attribute all the interests of the scale to themselves, but in order not to be overthrown, they elevate the entire race and attribute the pigs to the rulers of the upper class and the highest benefit holders. In addition, the rulers need to use a large number of people at the bottom to protect themselves and avoid the awakening of their self-awareness and reaction, so they continue to hold meetings to brainwash and control the thinking and consciousness of the animals. The animals are not completely brainwashed, but they all lack the courage to confront them directly. The Seven Commandments, which are constantly being revised secretly, are like the animals' bottom line that is constantly being lowered. During the journey, I saw the animals' thoughts vaguely emerge many times. They walked up the hillside and saw the whole picture of the animal farm, the lush grassland and fertile land... Yes, this originally belonged to them. For everyone, this land is defended and protected together and belongs to everyone. But there is also a sadness that cannot be eliminated, that is, the issue of fairness. The inevitable human nature will also appear in animals. What we desire is equality and harmony, not intimidation and bloodshed

"Animal Farm" tells the story of a long-planned revolutionary event among a group of animals on the farm. Faced with the master who has been oppressing them, the animals have long been dissatisfied and planned how to drive the director out of the manor. They are building an animal society without any oppression and exploitation. In their eyes, humans are selfish and disgusting to them. The book uses the first-person perspective of animals to personally feel the dissatisfaction of animals after being exploited, and expresses it vividly, making it more authentic.

I think the whole book can be divided into four stages: In the first stage, before Old Major died, he gathered the animals and inspired them to rebel against Mr. Jones, get rid of their slave status and become free men who paid completely for themselves. It guided the animals to fight for happiness, and also formulated seven commandments. At this time, the farm was still named after people; in the second phase, the animals accidentally succeeded in driving away Mr. Jones and other humans and got rid of slavery. They wrote the seven commandments with paint. The animals, led by the pigs Snowball and Napoleon, made new rules and worked happily. During this period, they gained true happiness. At this time, the farm was called Animal Farm; in the third stage, Napoleon opposed Snowball many times and finally drove Snowball away. Next, Napoleon followed Snowball's windmill plan, and the animals' lives were harder than before but seemed better than when Jones was around. After Napoleon broke the Seven Commandments again and again, he spread the word through other pigs that it was correct. What the animals had from then on was imaginary happiness. At this time, the farm is still an animal farm; in the fourth stage, the pigs headed by Napoleon stood up and walked on two feet. The so-called lower animals became real slaves, and they no longer felt happy. The scene ended with the animals discovering that the pigs headed by Napoleon were gathering with humans in the house. Ultimately, farmers are human farms. Are the animals really freed from slavery? Are animals truly happy? They merely changed from being enslaved by humans to being enslaved by superior pigs. They never got rid of their slave status. The above are all personal opinions and are subject to criticism and refutation.

This is a very satirical literary masterpiece worth pondering. Thanks to an English reading I did that led me to this book.

I don't know who the translator is, but the translation is really down-to-earth. This is the most uncomfortable thing about buying foreign books. The level of the translator determines the brilliance of the book. I have been searching for a long time but could not find the physical book of this edition. I bought it from Beijing Gongmei. I can't comment on it, but this edition is really not very comfortable to read.

A very good book, true equality should not be about one class overthrowing another class.

I haven't finished it yet, but I think it's okay. The biggest highlight is that animals have the same thoughts and behaviors as humans, and can rebel and repair windmills. To understand this, just read the book.

We overthrow them, but a few of us will become them. History goes around in cycles, just like dynasties. Can we break out of this historical cycle? I think this book can provide you with the answer. If you can get rich just by hard work, then why don't donkeys, horses, and cows work so hard and not enjoy happiness, and why are they being slaughtered when they are about to die? When the means of production belong to animals, why do they work harder than under Jones's rule instead of selling out the original means of production and lying down? Why were the rules and order established at the beginning of Animal Farm gradually broken? Why did Napoleon look like Jones? Will he become more afraid of the thoughts of Animal Farm after becoming Jones? I think there are answers in the book

It is recommended to watch this first, then "1984" and "Brave New World" Has a sense of progression and is easy to understand They are both dystopian classics.

It's not long, I finished reading it in two days on and off. After reading it, I felt a little tired. When I saw the farm animals, I felt a little anxious about helping others. They were stupidly exploited by pigs. They were originally humans, but later they were replaced by pigs. There was no difference. In the end there is only a sense of powerlessness. . .

Even if everything is so familiar, don't get it right hahahaha

Biting satire, humorous and easy-to-understand writing👍👍👍

A masterpiece, with profound content and prophetic thoughts, a complete masterpiece

Warm reminder: This book was first published in 1945. Please do not over-interpret [learned][learned][learned][learned][learned]

There is a true heroism in the world, That is, after seeing the truth of life clearly, Still love life.

In the name of helping, in reality we oppress. We belong to the same species, so we are naturally close, but that's all we have in common.

The author is really amazing. This book was published in 1945. It is very forward-looking in all aspects.

What impressed me the most was Boxer's "I want to work hard", and finally died on the way to work, feeling inexplicably sad.