Animal Farm

I'd like to first start off by saying, i thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. Each of the characters really brought their own unique traits and characteristics to the story and made it enjoyable to read to the very end. Orwell really made the animals and what they portrayed obvious to the reader. I mean you could really tell what Orwell wanted to make the reader think of each the animals, and gave each of the animals characteristics based on that. I mean, people usually associate certian characteristics/traits with different animals, so Orwell tried to bring all those characteristics out in the novel. Like when i was reading the book i found myself thinking of the animals as personality traits rather than actual animals or characters (i kid you not) When certain animals entered the scene i could pretty much guess what they were going to say and how they were going to say it. For example, we know in the novel that the sheep really don't have a mind for themselves and just do what they're told, so like i knew they would just follow what Napoleon would tell them. I found the connection from the sheep who really dont have a brain and how they follow around in a flock, really tasteful and sort of funny.



Even if you didn't see the connection to the Russian revolution, (which is fairly hard to do) but i mean if you dont know a whole lot about history or whatever, there is still a general message and theme found here.



Some of the other animals had certain traits and qualities about them that were unique to them depending on the animal.

I found the use of symbols and allusions very very creative and unique. I mean like, Orwell really knew what direction he wanted the book to take and he pulled it off well.