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Animal Farm
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Goodreads Farm:
Sheep = everybody not protesting.
Boxer = GR Librarians still librarianing (sic)
Pigs = GR Staff
Napoleon = OCENSOREDR/AMAZON
Squealer = KCENSOREDRA
Benjamin = Protest backlashers
Sheep = everybody not protesting.
Boxer = GR Librarians still librarianing (sic)
Pigs = GR Staff
Napoleon = OCENSOREDR/AMAZON
Squealer = KCENSOREDRA
Benjamin = Protest backlashers
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Oct 17, 2013 04:17PM
See, now I understand the story.
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Josephine wrote: "See, now I understand the story."Glad I helped! ;-)
I read this too long ago. I don't remember who Boxer was.
Miriam wrote: "I read this too long ago. I don't remember who Boxer was."The giant horse with the motto, "I must work harder."
Oh, right, I do remember the horse. Thanks.
Miriam wrote: "Oh, right, I do remember the horse. Thanks."Killed himself working for no reward...
Pretty smart way of explaining the story.
Killer wrote: "Orwell should have included a bunny like the one in Tawny Scrawny Lion in this story. I'm sure that clever rabbit would have figured out a way for everybody to have a happier ending."They sound like clever bunnies - but Orwell wasn't looking for a happy ending , of course!
Not sure about Benjamin, but otherwise I love this handy little guide!
Manny wrote: "Not sure about Benjamin, but otherwise I love this handy little guide!"Yeah - Benjamin refused to help or hinder but was as smart as the pigs and could have led a "resistance." So it's not a perfect fit with the backlashers.
Killer wrote: "Good point. And probably just as well, because the happy ending version of Animal Farm would have long since been forgotten."Yes, this is the basic reason why Orwell's distopias are more famous than all the many others that have a successful revolution at the end.
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*Spoilers*... Sorry, you told the whole story in what 8 lines? No fair at all. Mind you, I've read this twice now, so...
I've read it at least seven times...I had to study it for my English Lit. exam. Lucky I like it! (Except it wasn't luck; my teacher asked if I'd be OK studying it. If enough of his better students had objected, we'd have probably done something else.)Also, I didn't so much re-tell the story in about 8 lines as merely de-code the obvious allegory...
Robert wrote: "I've read it at least seven times...I had to study it for my English Lit. exam. Lucky I like it! (Except it wasn't luck; my teacher asked if I'd be OK studying it. If enough of his better students ..."It really is something where the story or understanding of the story even, is actually enough to spoil it. But I think some people are just too big on "oh damn, you spoilt that".
