LOG 1
Hello, my name is Diogo and I’m a member of this group. We read George Orwell’s book, and now we want to give our impressions and reflexion about the book. Mine, I can ensure you, is very very good, but I will explain why, later. I hope you to read this log until the end and of course read “Animal farm”. ;)
LOG 2
Animal Farm is a book written by George Orwell that talks about a revolution led by animals against the Humans. Due to maltreatment, injustice and unfairness a pig called Old Major that was about to died, gives a speak to all animal community talking about a dream that he had and how is important assume the power of the farm and start new lives for animals safety.
The rebellion takes place and the animals succeed. They stipulate some rules called the seven commandments and they lead by that ideology.
1. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.
3. No animal shall wear clothes.
4. No animal shall sleep in a bed.
5. No animal shall drink alcohol.
6. No animal shall kill any other animal.
7. All animals are equal.
Some years passed and the pigs assume the control of the farm, all decisions were taken by them and every animal have to obey to the pigs. Napoleon takes control of the farm and educates some dogs since the day that they were just puppies, to defend him. He introduces a regime and became equal then men.
Characters:
Mr. Jones: Human, Farmer, married; Likes to drink
Mrs. Jones: Human, woman, wife of Mr. Jones; snores
Old Major: Male pig, 12 years old; Isn’t that fat anymore, majestic-looking, tushes never been cut, benevelopt, good talker wise
Blueball: Dog
Jessie: Dog
Pincher: Dog
Boxer: horse; Enormous beast, 18hands high, strong, white stripe on his face Stupid, steady, works hard
Clover: Horse, stout; Kind of fat; ‘Protector’ of smaller animals
Napoleon: Pig; large; Not much of a talker
Muriel: White goat
Benjamin: Donkey, oldest animal on the farm; Bad tempered, doesn’t talk too much, never laughs, friend of Boxer
Squealer: Pig; Round cheeks, twinkling eyes, shrill voice
Mollie: horse, Pretty, white mane; Wants attention, foolish, dumb
Snowball: Pig; Good talker
Moses: Raven, Mr. Jones pet; Clever talker
LOG 3
My impressions about the book are very positive. This book became one of my favourites. The rebellion that the book talks about begins because of the maltreatment and the injustice that the animals suffer. After the pigs take the leadership of the farm they start to do the same thing that humans did to them. How can they talk about justice and fairness if they don’t respect each other? This is the main point of the book.
The seven commandments were rules to be severely followed, and in the end all the rules were changed and the based principles were broken. There are a lot of connections with the real life and with humans. The most important is the connection between Napoleon and Joseph Stalin. Napoleon is an allegory of Joseph Stalin, the change of the laws signify the change from communism to Stalinism at the end no one remembers the old days.
To conclude, this book is a mirror of reality, and the message that conveys is very deep.
