Stefkus reviewed Farm der Tiere by George Orwell
Farm der Tiere
4 stars
"Alle Tiere sind gleich aber manche sind gleicher"
139 pages
Spanish language
Published July 6, 2015 by Debolsillo.
"Esta sátira de la Revolución Rusa y el triunfo del estalinismo, escrita en 1945, se ha convertido por derecho propio en un hito de la cultura contemporánea y en uno de los libros más mordaces de todos los tiempos. Ante el auge de los animales de la Granja Solariega, pronto detectamos las semillas del totalitarismo en una organización aparentemente ideal; y en nuestros líderes más carismáticos, la sombra de los opresores más crueles."--Amazon.
"Alle Tiere sind gleich aber manche sind gleicher"
I love George Orwell. This is a beautiful allegory of communism through the eyes of a mid-twentieth century writer. It's not hard to see parallels to our current political situation.
This tale highlights how an idealistic revolution can turn to a dystopia worse than the oppresion from before. There are many parellels to the story of the Soviet Union which makes it especially interesting for history nerds.
3.5 stars
Power tends to corrupt, tale as old as time...
Good read, expected more on Benjamin aka "Donkey George."
4/5
i really miss snowball
update march 20 2022:
woah, i didn't notice that i started reading this exactly one year ago today. it took me an entire year to get over snowball's death it seems, haha.
Un classique de George Orwell, toujours plaisant et intéressant à lire.
Animal Farm's satire makes the novella interesting to read. Written after Bolshevik revolution and no reason why lot go over gaga. Confining to Bolshevik revolution is tunnel view. The core of the novella resembles with lot of today's politics and ancient kingdom. For a moment forget about the bolshevik revolution. Rebellion outbursts, the leader comes to power and slowly vanquishes non believers in ideas or voices. Slowly becomes benevolent dictator for life, corrupt and power moves from people to few hands. Change the word rebellion to whatever it is/was called during the time period. Isn't this the perfect politics all over the world ? Think of Indian political parties, Tamil Nadu parties. You got it right ? It rises few questions can some one have too much of power ? Rather than human, an organization can have (some say it is already at place) all power at disposal controlled by …
Animal Farm's satire makes the novella interesting to read. Written after Bolshevik revolution and no reason why lot go over gaga. Confining to Bolshevik revolution is tunnel view. The core of the novella resembles with lot of today's politics and ancient kingdom. For a moment forget about the bolshevik revolution. Rebellion outbursts, the leader comes to power and slowly vanquishes non believers in ideas or voices. Slowly becomes benevolent dictator for life, corrupt and power moves from people to few hands. Change the word rebellion to whatever it is/was called during the time period. Isn't this the perfect politics all over the world ? Think of Indian political parties, Tamil Nadu parties. You got it right ? It rises few questions can some one have too much of power ? Rather than human, an organization can have (some say it is already at place) all power at disposal controlled by few.
It boils down to humans thirst of power, leverage the power, ride on others work and lead king size life!
a biting satire of Stalinism and the rise of authoritarian governments. Shows perfectly how popular revolution can be used to keep the "pigs" in power. Don't think this just applies to the USSR, though! this is as relevant now in America as it was to the Soviet Union before its collapse.
Wow! Orwell is a genius. I'd seen the animate movie years ago and that just doesn't capture what the book is about, I thought from the movie it was about pigs having a laff and a few beers. But this book is a scarily accurate portrayal of those in charge and of how they treat the working folk. I think if Orwell was alive today he would be pretty depressed on how the world has evolved and took his book as a manual.
Such a depressing read and you can't help but feel helpless whilst you read about Boxer. I thought the book was going to be too short, just over 100 pages, but it has been perfectly edited. Orwell is one of my favourite authors, not read anything bad by him.
Interesting fable portraying the abuse of power, and how it corrupts those who possess it: leading to greed, discrimination and betrayal.
After WWII, Russian Communism was consider an ideal form of government and George Orwell tried to show, through his book, that it was not a true socialist society, but a ruthless tyranny. It also addresses the criticism of totalitarianism of any kind (common theme in the works of George Orwell) and examines the movement and handling operations for the historical truth in times of political transformation.
Given the open and universal character of this message, the story transcends beyond time to make a strong criticism of corruption and exploitation in any society.
wonderful book.. in all honesty this book as relevant today as it was the day it was written..