Animal Farm Book Review
Animal Farm by George Orwell is a book about a dystopian future in which animals take over a farm from their human masters. Soon after the rebellion pigs control every aspect of life and swiftly dispose of any political enemies that disagree with Napoleon or anything he says. Animal Farm follows the animals after they take over the farm from the humans. I think this is a very good book and
that it highlights a very important point about censorship.
Animal Farm is surprisingly similar to 1984 and shows the same morbid future where the leaders control everything and do whatever they want under the cover of helping or protecting the normal people from a common enemy. In both of these books not only does the leader take all the resources and give almost nothing to the normal people but they both give false numbers that say everyone is living better, longer, more healthy lives than they were previously. Because no one has record, or can’t remember what the conditions were before, almost everyone believes that the conditions are better than before. Those who say, or think anything different are killed or dealt with by the leaders.
Part of the reason I like Animal Farm is the fact that it is very unpredictable. The book has many turns that add to the book and make you want to keep reading. This book keeps you thinking and leaves much to the imagination at the end when there is no clear resolution to the main conflict. This makes you think about what happens to the animals on Manor Farm and leaves you wanting more.
I think that this book would be much more sinister if it were about humans and I think that the fact that it isn’t that sinister makes it a much better book overall. We as humans try to connect with the main characters and if the book was about humans I think the book would be too gloomy and wouldn’t have the same effect as it does without human main characters. Because it isn’t about humans, however, it is much harder to connect with the main character and make you feel as if you aren’t in the book. For some books this is what they are going for and this is what very good books succeed in doing but this book is great by not doing this in the story. You still want to read the book but you don’t feel as if you are in it which is exactly what this kind of book needs.
Overall I would give the book full marks not just because of the story, but because of the overall message the book has. It isn’t a very long book and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to read a good book that keeps them thinking.