rereading animal farm

rjbs on 2008-05-21T23:46:34

Last night, looking at my bookshelf, I noticed my copy of Animal Farm and decided to re-read it. By the time I was finishing the first chapter, the entirety of the rest of the book flooded back into my memory, and I felt like weeping for the tragedy I knew was coming, eventually.

Animal Farm and 1984 remain two of my favorite books for rereading.

Do not forget Old Major's teaching:

All the habits of Man are evil. And, above all, no animal must ever tyrannise over his own kind. Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers. No animal must ever kill any other animal. All animals are equal.

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as a being of light

slanning on 2008-05-22T12:27:46

Yes, even bats

re-reading orwell

js0000 on 2008-05-27T00:12:12

like you, i went back to this one and enjoyed it. orwell is amazing, shown most clearly by his continuing relelvance to each new generation of readers that comes along.

of course, the satire is about as subtle as gwb- but there's something fitting in that.

and, 1984 is also worth a re-read or two. both of these have rewarded me in multiple readings.