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Offline ihatepop

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Animal Farm
on: July 15, 2007, 05:16:18 AM
Has anyone here ever read this book before? Its 'Animal Farm' by George Orwell. i think it a GREAT book, and the way Orwell described his feelings towards Stalin was wonderful.

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Offline jlh

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Re: Animal Farm
Reply #1 on: July 15, 2007, 05:19:53 AM
I've only read parts of it.

I did see "Animal House" recently, though...

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Re: Animal Farm
Reply #2 on: July 15, 2007, 05:20:54 AM
Greetings

Yes I have read it, albet in a relatively long time ago. I did thoroughly enjoy it. I suggest you also read his "1984."
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Re: Animal Farm
Reply #3 on: July 15, 2007, 05:22:18 AM
I know. I'm looking for it in the library, and I'm dieing to read it, but I haven't found it yet.

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Offline lichristine

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Re: Animal Farm
Reply #4 on: July 15, 2007, 05:57:18 AM
I LOVE that book.
Partially cos it's actually a really great book, (and partially cos I actually understood it)!
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Re: Animal Farm
Reply #5 on: July 15, 2007, 06:48:29 AM
Just went looking for it to reread it and can't find it.  :-\

Oh well it's somewhere here in this mess.


Truly one of the great books of all time, and sadly very true in it's assesment of the human social/political condition. Absolute power will corrupt absolutely.


Unless I have it!  ;D

You can trust ME.....  ;)
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Re: Animal Farm
Reply #6 on: July 15, 2007, 07:40:26 AM
oh...I found '1984' on the internet. At 100+ pages on the computer, this is going to ruin my eyes.

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Re: Animal Farm
Reply #7 on: July 15, 2007, 01:33:07 PM
Yeah read parts of it and heard about it a lot :) great book it is! why? any question? I like the way the writer transposes human relations through animals it is soooo realistic and true!
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Re: Animal Farm
Reply #8 on: July 15, 2007, 01:46:53 PM
Great book! Also recommend Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
Online edition: https://www.hedweb.com/huxley/bnw/
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Re: Animal Farm
Reply #9 on: July 15, 2007, 03:24:23 PM
Quote from: ihatepop on July 15, 2007, 07:40:26 AM
oh...I found '1984' on the internet. At 100+ pages on the computer, this is going to ruin my eyes.

ihatepop

Isn't it a myth that watching a screen hurts your eyes?

Sure, its not as comfortable. But hurt or damage?



You can get electronic pads which you can use to display digital books and read them almost like real paper, or so is claimed.
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Re: Animal Farm
Reply #10 on: July 16, 2007, 07:52:07 AM
Quote from: ihatepop on July 15, 2007, 05:16:18 AM
Has anyone here ever read this book before? Its 'Animal Farm' by George Orwell. i think it a GREAT book, and the way Orwell described his feelings towards Stalin was wonderful.

ihatepop
Manor Farm?

Man or Farm?
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Re: Animal Farm
Reply #11 on: July 16, 2007, 05:14:47 PM
I have never read the book, but i have seen the film.

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Re: Animal Farm
Reply #12 on: July 16, 2007, 08:38:23 PM
I've read the book.  It's rather interesting!
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Re: Animal Farm
Reply #13 on: July 17, 2007, 08:45:26 PM
Quote from: thalbergmad on July 16, 2007, 05:14:47 PM
I have never read the book, but i have seen the film.


ugh.
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Re: Animal Farm
Reply #14 on: July 18, 2007, 06:55:42 AM
is it the one which a black pig takes over a farm?

i used to whatch that cartoon when i was a kid.
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Re: Animal Farm
Reply #15 on: July 18, 2007, 07:41:01 AM
Quote from: klavierkonzerte on July 18, 2007, 06:55:42 AM
is it the one which a black pig takes over a farm?

No, that was "The rise and fall of Zimbabwe"

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Re: Animal Farm
Reply #16 on: July 18, 2007, 08:16:31 AM
Quote from: thalbergmad on July 18, 2007, 07:41:01 AM
No, that was "The rise and fall of Zimbabwe"

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LOL. Napoleon. You piece of racist -.
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Re: Animal Farm
Reply #17 on: July 20, 2007, 02:14:25 PM
This might be strange, but Benjamin is my favourite character.

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Re: Animal Farm
Reply #18 on: July 20, 2007, 04:27:52 PM
The current political climate in the US eerily mirrors both Animal Farm and 1984.It's getting scarier by the minute. "Big Brother" is definitely watching since no one ever asks "what happened to the milk and apples."
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Re: Animal Farm
Reply #19 on: July 21, 2007, 02:11:02 AM
Yes, Orwell was a genius in Allegories. He interprets them so well.

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