NAME: Fiona Jackson DATE: 10-6-10
TITLE: Animal Farm TIME: 2 HOURS
AUTHOR: George Orwell PAGES: 1-128
TOTAL PAGES THIS WEEK: 128
Question: What does this book make you think about? Why?
This is a really interesting book to me. The fact that in the book, the Animals rebel and run a whole farm by themselves and feel such strong hate towards the humans is crazy. Not crazy like it couldn't happen, but just crazy like hard to believe. I think that it would be really hard on humans if this were to actually happen because of the fact that humans are obsessed with being in charge of everything. Even among ourselves. That is the main reason we are always at war with each other anyway. Everyone wants control and power over everyone else. I think that is an instinct, because in Animal Farm, even the pigs want control of everything. It isn't a problem with the other animals because the pigs are the smartest, and the other animals are to dumb to understand that they are getting rid of their old controller, (the human, Jones) and just replacing him with a new one, (the pig, Napoleon). I thought that was interesting because it seems like it may be a theme of the book.
What surprised you about this book? Why?
What surprised me about this book is the fact that the whole point of getting rid of the humans on the farm was so that they could have their freedom, and never be hungry, or be forced to work for the benefit of someone else. And then how they did have that, but pretty soon, the pigs started to become more and more dominate. Actually, I take that back. I wasn't surprised that much when you find out that Napoleon was the leader and he was planning on becoming more and more important until he got to the point that he got the best of everything. I could tell from the very beginning that that was going to happen. At first, I thought that Snowball was going to become the president or new leader. But then Napoleon ran him out. I still haven't decided whether or not Snowball really was to blame, or if Napoleon made it all up in order for him to have more power. I was surprised though, when you find out at the end of the book that the pigs are back in league with the humans. I really thought that they understood more that the humans were bad and way smarter than the pigs. I really think that it is just animal nature to want to always be in charge. Or to want to always have the best of everything. The farm was a lot more successful when all the animals were equal and they actually followed the original seven commandments. That is what was fair. All the animals were equally happy, and they made a lot more food that way. But then when the pigs started to slowly gain more control and become more and more selfish, everything started to get worse. The pigs were supposedly better than all the other animals so they got more food, and they got to drink alcohol, and they got to sleep in beds, while all the other animals suffered.
What did this book remind you of? Why?
This book reminded me of another book series titled the Hunger Games. In that series, the people were forced to compete in a horrible thing called the Hunger Games, run by their leader, President Snow. The people rebel and end up overthrowing the president and elect a new president, who then just wants to have another Hunger Games. That reminded me of Animal Farm, because in Animal Farm, the animals overthrow the human that owns their farm,(Jones) and then the Pigs just take over and treat the animals the same way that Jones's treated them. The plot is kind of the same in both of the stories.
What surprised you about this book? Why?
What surprised me about this book is the fact that the whole point of getting rid of the humans on the farm was so that they could have their freedom, and never be hungry, or be forced to work for the benefit of someone else. And then how they did have that, but pretty soon, the pigs started to become more and more dominate. Actually, I take that back. I wasn't surprised that much when you find out that Napoleon was the leader and he was planning on becoming more and more important until he got to the point that he got the best of everything. I could tell from the very beginning that that was going to happen. At first, I thought that Snowball was going to become the president or new leader. But then Napoleon ran him out. I still haven't decided whether or not Snowball really was to blame, or if Napoleon made it all up in order for him to have more power. I was surprised though, when you find out at the end of the book that the pigs are back in league with the humans. I really thought that they understood more that the humans were bad and way smarter than the pigs. I really think that it is just animal nature to want to always be in charge. Or to want to always have the best of everything. The farm was a lot more successful when all the animals were equal and they actually followed the original seven commandments. That is what was fair. All the animals were equally happy, and they made a lot more food that way. But then when the pigs started to slowly gain more control and become more and more selfish, everything started to get worse. The pigs were supposedly better than all the other animals so they got more food, and they got to drink alcohol, and they got to sleep in beds, while all the other animals suffered.
What did this book remind you of? Why?
This book reminded me of another book series titled the Hunger Games. In that series, the people were forced to compete in a horrible thing called the Hunger Games, run by their leader, President Snow. The people rebel and end up overthrowing the president and elect a new president, who then just wants to have another Hunger Games. That reminded me of Animal Farm, because in Animal Farm, the animals overthrow the human that owns their farm,(Jones) and then the Pigs just take over and treat the animals the same way that Jones's treated them. The plot is kind of the same in both of the stories.
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