This one was nearly in the can a week ago, but I've been swept up in other activities. I've always thought of Animal Farm as for the kids and 1984 for the adults, and therefore 1984 was the better of the two books, but I may have to stand corrected after this most recent reading of Animal Farm. Like I've said a million times before, it's crazy to teach the classics out of context. No book stands out of time and the greatest books are often the product of their times. The brilliant slow reversal of the thrill of Animalism to the return of business as usual at the farm should be a lesson for all of us to be more aware of the world around us, especially those we call our leaders, willingly or not.
Monday, April 7, 2014
Animal Farm (George Orwell, 1945)
This one was nearly in the can a week ago, but I've been swept up in other activities. I've always thought of Animal Farm as for the kids and 1984 for the adults, and therefore 1984 was the better of the two books, but I may have to stand corrected after this most recent reading of Animal Farm. Like I've said a million times before, it's crazy to teach the classics out of context. No book stands out of time and the greatest books are often the product of their times. The brilliant slow reversal of the thrill of Animalism to the return of business as usual at the farm should be a lesson for all of us to be more aware of the world around us, especially those we call our leaders, willingly or not.
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