tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28905643.post8310583459308776830..comments2023-10-31T00:53:21.064+11:00Comments on Kez's Blog: Book #2 - Animal Farm by George OrwellKezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15915193876879614644noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28905643.post-44987578908540366182009-08-30T01:10:14.152+10:002009-08-30T01:10:14.152+10:00I love this book, and I had a great time sharing i...I love this book, and I had a great time sharing it with my older kids last year. I didn't know there was a version illustrated by Quentin Blake -- what a treat!Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06932060902413958983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28905643.post-84925659388364393612009-08-20T10:30:38.615+10:002009-08-20T10:30:38.615+10:00I love Animal Farm, it was a required reading text...I love Animal Farm, it was a required reading text in my secondary education way back in the early 70s so it has stuck with me. Great to see you enjoyed it so much. Reading it in the middle of the Cold war was interesting as it was the the height of the Red Scare and Commies were the real baddies, now you could equally apply the same orwellian principles of all animals are equal but some are more equal than others to the mega-capitalist bankers and speculators who have ruined our economies! I loved 1984 and Homage to Catalonia by Orwell too,and recommend them, if you are looking to expand your reading of his books. <br />Have fun in your own enlightenment journey, learning is indeed life-long, I never stop. (I went to Uni for the first time age 47!) <br />Catherine.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116884676266268214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28905643.post-68125327184130065322009-08-06T20:15:24.192+10:002009-08-06T20:15:24.192+10:00Yeah I remember we had that discussion about 1984....Yeah I remember we had that discussion about 1984. I have read it before - twice I think - but it's on my list for another go!Kezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15915193876879614644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28905643.post-708016717574564512009-08-05T07:49:37.785+10:002009-08-05T07:49:37.785+10:00I read this and thought it was brilliant. If you h...I read this and thought it was brilliant. If you haven't already, I suggest you read 1984 (I think I may have already told you about that one??)<br /><br />MelHome Educator's Helperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04190793427289609274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28905643.post-17097654097887812632009-08-03T20:29:53.680+10:002009-08-03T20:29:53.680+10:00I haven't read this one either. Thanks for the...I haven't read this one either. Thanks for the synopsis. I will likely pick it up now.Danahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02613498311261495939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28905643.post-32657819887453699132009-08-03T15:05:35.737+10:002009-08-03T15:05:35.737+10:00I think it's great that you've decided to ...I think it's great that you've decided to work on your own education from a personal level. I look forward to seeing how it goes. So many times people think 'oh i'd like to read that or do this' but we never do.<br /><br />I have heard of this book but haven't read it. It seems like one I'd enjoy I'll have to add it to Mount To Be Read though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com