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Animal Farm
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Animal Farm, George Orwell. creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which
Orwells world famous political allegory satire about communism. Read in the 80s it so stuck with me like forever, and I loved the Eurythmics and Annie Lenox was hot, off track but not really just shows my age. Hierarchies exist everywhere and in every era of time, we must treat each other better no matter your station in life, evil must be hounded out of communities, the next generations need caring guidance in about treating each other kinder, sounds simple but is it? apparently lot of places it isn't, bit preachy and what.
Another thing.. I remember it was profound made me become interested in communism George Orwell and all that drama. Russian revolution leaders Trotsky's favourite quote Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness. Lenin favourite quote Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners. The animal farm is dripping with allegorical cynicism to the maximum it rises up above all of life's troubles just like fresh water in a shit pond. A poor comparison but can't think of anything better.
After 1956 Hungary, NZ communism party members left in large numbers and by 1968 Czechoslovakia crush, communism in New Zealand had ceased to exist dying of natural causes. Radicals and super crazy social ideas are their own worst enemy and pretty much have no chance in the long game versus slowly changing the status quo through persistence and letting everyone who votes for you know that you are middle of the road and are inclusive and not exclusivise.
Orwells world famous political allegory satire about communism. Read in the 80s it so stuck with me like forever, and I loved the Eurythmics and Annie Lenox was hot, off track but not really just shows my age. Hierarchies exist everywhere and in every era of time, we must treat each other better no matter your station in life, evil must be hounded out of communities, the next generations need caring guidance in about treating each other kinder, sounds simple but is it? apparently lot of places it isn't, bit preachy and what.
Another thing.. I remember it was profound made me become interested in communism George Orwell and all that drama. Russian revolution leaders Trotsky's favourite quote Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness. Lenin favourite quote Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners. The animal farm is dripping with allegorical cynicism to the maximum it rises up above all of life's troubles just like fresh water in a shit pond. A poor comparison but can't think of anything better.
After 1956 Hungary, NZ communism party members left in large numbers and by 1968 Czechoslovakia crush, communism in New Zealand had ceased to exist dying of natural causes. Radicals and super crazy social ideas are their own worst enemy and pretty much have no chance in the long game versus slowly changing the status quo through persistence and letting everyone who votes for you know that you are middle of the road and are inclusive and not exclusivise.
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Quotes Ken Liked
“they always found themselves in agreement with the one who was speaking at the moment.”
― Animal Farm
― Animal Farm
“Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving, and the rest he keeps for himself.”
― Animal Farm
― Animal Farm
“This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.”
― Animal Farm
― Animal Farm
“No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be?”
― Animal Farm
― Animal Farm
“The Seven Commandments:
Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.
No animal shall wear clothes.
No animal shall sleep in a bed.
No animal shall drink alcohol.
No animal shall kill any other animal.
All animals are equal.”
― Animal Farm
Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.
No animal shall wear clothes.
No animal shall sleep in a bed.
No animal shall drink alcohol.
No animal shall kill any other animal.
All animals are equal.”
― Animal Farm
“Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
― Animal Farm
― Animal Farm
“The distinguishing mark of man is the hand, the instrument with which he does all his mischief.”
― Animal Farm
― Animal Farm
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
― Animal Farm
― Animal Farm
“Four legs good, two legs better! All Animals Are Equal. But Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others.”
― Animal Farm
― Animal Farm
“Only old Benjamin professed to remember every detail of his long life and to know that things never had been, nor ever could be much better or much worse--hunger, hardship, and disappointment being, so he said, the unalterable law of life.”
― Animal Farm
― Animal Farm
“Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished forever.”
― Animal Farm
― Animal Farm
“Windmill or no windmill, he said, life would go on as it had always gone on--that is, badly.”
― Animal Farm
― Animal Farm
“Comrades!' he cried. 'You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege? Many of us actually dislike milk and apples. I dislike them myself. Our sole object in taking these things is to preserve our health. Milk and apples (this has been proved by Science, comrades) contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig. We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organisation of this farm depend on us. Day and night we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink the milk and eat those apples.”
― Animal Farm
― Animal Farm
“If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
― Animal Farm
― Animal Farm
“His answer to every problem, every setback was “I will work harder!” —which he had adopted as his personal motto.”
― Animal Farm
― Animal Farm
Reading Progress
Finished Reading
December 22, 2017
– Shelved as:
to-read
December 22, 2017
– Shelved
June 24, 2018
– Shelved as:
ideology-for-bigger-brains
December 31, 2020
– Shelved as:
read-eons-ago-80-s-90-s
