Monday, February 05, 2007

Q8

Put entry of your choice.

The novel Animal Farm is not much of a great book to read but it is one of the best books for reading in an English class because it has many tricky, thoughtful and deep meanings that you have to fish out of the book, and talk and discuss with the class and I have failed to do get the meanings and the major points that the book is trying to say because I never got to enjoy the book and I think it is one of the most boring books I ever read. There are infinitely many reasons why I hate this book but first of all, I heard another part of me in mind saying, ‘Hey Brian, I bet twenty thousand dollars that this book is going to be boring,’ when I read the whole idea of animals uniting themselves and causing a revolution and driving out the evil farmer out of the farm. Just like when people stop listening to a person giving a speech with a weak attention getter, the book failed to get my attention from the beginning of the book and all the way to the end of the story. I also do not like books with very weak credibility of something happening that is totally illogical. For example, the idea of pigs walking on their hind legs is exaggerated way too far. The idea of a hero and an army of 200,000 troops defeating the enemy of 450,000 troops in a realistic setting sound pretty awesome and catches the attention of the readers immediately, however. For instance, Splinter Cell would be a fiction work with high credibility and supported with facts. Thus, I really do not like the novel Animal Farm.

3 comments:

Sukkyeong* said...

Really? I enjoyed 'Animal Farm'. I didn't understand the major theme of this book at first, but my second time reading it, I was amazed by the hidden theme!
Also, I enjoy illogical books. Stories that are creative! I mean, stories related to the REALITY is really boring, since there is nothing special and different happening! 'Animal Farm' would be one of my favorite books. I really do respect the author. His creativity is amazing!
If you did not enjoy 'Animal Farm', you probably won't like 'Fahrenheit 451' either. 'Fahrenheit 451' is a book about the future, and it is not adventurous at all. Maybe you should try 'Lord of the Flies'. I heard that the book has many adventurous events about teenagers!

Suzie said...

I thought that this book was interesting, because it was kind of funny putting animals as characters. Moreover, because it was reflecting Russian Revolution, I thought that it had many deep meanings inside the story. Also, the scene of pigs walking on their hindlegs is very drastic, and it shocked me a lot. I thought it added the pigs to look more mortal.

Steve Youngsang Doh said...

I am currently reading Animal Farm for my second blog book, but in my opinion, this book seems quite interesting because the author uses "animals" to reflect Russian Revolution. The novel seems kind of unrealistic and uillogical because the "animals" are used, but I find it very exciting.