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 Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:20 pm
Yep. Pretty much. Animal Farm was a good example of that. sweatdrop
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:33 pm
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Le Duke of Undertaker Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 5:22 pm
... The book, Animal Farm? sweatdrop
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:29 pm
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Le Duke of Undertaker Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:33 pm
Are you serious? You've NEVER read the book? Or watched the movie? I am both shocked and amazed about that. It was required reading in my school... sweatdrop
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:34 pm
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Le Duke of Undertaker Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:43 pm
Sure! "Fueled by Orwell's intense disillusionment with Soviet Communism, Animal Farm is a nearly perfect piece of writing, both an engaging story and an allegory that actually works. When the downtrodden beasts of Manor Farm oust their drunken human master and take over management of the land, all are awash in collectivist zeal. Everyone willingly works overtime, productivity soars, and for one brief, glorious season, every belly is full. The animals' Seven Commandment credo is painted in big white letters on the barn. All animals are equal. No animal shall drink alcohol, wear clothes, sleep in a bed, or kill a fellow four-footed creature. Those that go upon four legs or wings are friends and the two-legged are, by definition, the enemy. Too soon, however, the pigs, who have styled themselves leaders by virtue of their intelligence, succumb to the temptations of privilege and power. "We pigs are brain-workers. The whole management and organization of the farm depend on us. Day and night, we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples." While this swinish brotherhood sells out the revolution, cynically editing the Seven Commandments to excuse their violence and greed, the common animals are once again left hungry and exhausted, no better off than in the days when humans ran the farm. Satire Animal Farm may be, but it's a stony reader who remains unmoved when the stalwart workhorse, Boxer, having given his all to his comrades, is sold to the glue factory to buy booze for the pigs. Orwell's view of Communism is bleak indeed, but given the history of the Russian people since 1917, his pessimism has an air of prophecy." --Joyce Thompson
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:57 pm
You totally stole that from either wikipedia or the back of the book. xd
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Le Duke of Undertaker Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:01 pm
Dude. I put it in quotes. I didn't steal it, well, I did, but in a "scholarly" way. xd
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:10 pm
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Le Duke of Undertaker Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:12 pm
Exactly. cool It's what we BS holders do best. BS, that is. xd
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:25 pm
You have a bachelors degree? In what?
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Le Duke of Undertaker Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:27 pm
Human Development and Family Studies. 3nodding
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:37 pm
...In english please. rofl
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Le Duke of Undertaker Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:40 pm
That... is English, but sure. It's basically a degree in life span studies and those of the collective family sphere. My emphasis was on Early Childhood. Did that help? blaugh
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