Today our group did a review on the fourth to seventh chapter of "Animal Farm" by George Owell. Our group decided to read on until we finish the book. Lots of things happened in these chapters - the humans attack the farm to try and regain control but are defeated by the animals; the idea of constructing a windmill was proposed by Snowball and he starts planning out the structure, hoping it would make life easier for all the animals on the farm; Napoleon went against Snowball's idea and unleashed three fierce dogs at him in a meeting, chasing him out of the farm; later it is "revealed" that Napoleon was the one who actually designed the windmill and Snowball was just copying his ideas; it was about then that the pigs moved into the farmhouse and started taking up residence there; the constructing of the windmill starts and all the animals work hard to get it finished as soon as possible; however, one night there was one heavy storm and when the animals hurried to the windmill the next morning, there was nothing but debris left; Napoleon claimed to have picked up Snowball's scent around the mess, declaring that the culprit is indeed him and will award any animal that captures him.
In these chapters, we can see that the pigs are starting to become more and more like the human beings who have once tortured them to no end. They order the other animals around, threaten to slaughter the ones who betray them, take in all the best harvest for themselves, and even reside in the farmhouse, the home of their enemies! At the start, they made a law that they must never use the farmhouse in any way, but now they themselves are the ones breaking the rules and making up excuses. What do you think is going to happen next? Read the book to find out!
The story gets more and more interesting as I flip through the pages of the book and makes me want to keep on reading it. The plot and the character setting are amazing, and the twists and turns surprise me greatly. Also, I realised that the story is based on the actual happenings of World War 2 - the argument between Snowball and Napoleon (which ended with Napoleon taking control of the farm on his own) had happened in reality between two generals who were fighting for control over a country.
The genre of this book is fiction and is also thought-provoking because things seem to be getting worse than it was when Mr. Jones was still reigning over the farm. The prime reason is due to the pigs' dramatic change. Fighting over leadership, residing in the farmhouse which has once been their enemies' home; they have definitely dropped to the level of the humans they hate. This was what generated the most discussion in today's Literature Circle. If the pigs continue doing this, the farm will soon be a chaos with animals fighting against each other for harvest, leadership, and maybe even start a rebellion.
I would recommend this book to teenagers and above due to the
complicated language used, as I mentioned in my previous review.
Reading between the lines is very essential if you want to fully enjoy
the story, so it will be difficult for a young audience to understand the content of this
book. The storyline is really good though, and the author's style of
writing is really interesting. Lots of new vocabularies can be learnt as well! Really fascinating book, read it and be amazed.
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