David H. -
Richard B. has missed Orwell's point: the story describes the effect of greed, namely capitalist greed; this book is not a discussion of American political parties and their platforms (have you gotten your cattle subsidy check yet? did you enjoy the recent governmental incentive checks?). The human analogy to the Animals' Farm was communism, not socialism, and the result of "pooling together" is that in all forms of government and economics, some people (or animals) are readily prepared to take change of operations and eventually of other people (or animals) to their own benefit. The final scene is "us" looking in on the upper one percent getting fatter at our expense. -- dnh
Richard B. reviewed Animal Farm and Related Readings (Glencoe Literature Library) on + 37 more book reviews
Classic story to explain socialism and how it ultimately turns out no matter the sentiment. People aren't as good as we want to think. Yes, some can withstand heat but more than not they succumb. Why so many people today in the Democrat party think it will work for us is naive thinking. They need to read this book. Seriously.
