4. What is the climax of this novel? What happens? How do the events of this novel make you feel?
The climax of this novel is when the animals start to realize that they have less freedom because of Napoleon’s bossy ruling style. Since Napoleon carried on a plan to take over the farm and since his plans worked pretty well, he began to have more pride in himself and began to control other animals because he thinks that he is the most powerful. However, the animals didn’t feel content about their lives.
The events of this novel make me feel very unpleasant because I didn’t like the idea that animals want to rule over human’s property. Also, seeing farm animals suffering from daily routine made me to feel very sorry for them.What is the major theme of this novel? Why is this theme important to a teenager
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
5th Blog- Question 2
2. Are there are any current situations in the world that relate to the novel? What are they, and how do they relate? Does the novel shed any light on how current situations could be resolved or "fixed"?
Many teenagers these days want to live independently by running out of their house because they think it’ll be happier to live without parent’s scolding or pressure. However, most of them regret when they go out of their comfort zone. And they later realize that living peacefully with family was much enjoyable than living by themselves. This issue is very much related to the problem in Animal Farm because the animals regretted living without humans. This solution can be solved by understanding and realizing the importance of their situation.
Many teenagers these days want to live independently by running out of their house because they think it’ll be happier to live without parent’s scolding or pressure. However, most of them regret when they go out of their comfort zone. And they later realize that living peacefully with family was much enjoyable than living by themselves. This issue is very much related to the problem in Animal Farm because the animals regretted living without humans. This solution can be solved by understanding and realizing the importance of their situation.
4th Blog- Question 5
5. What is the mood of this novel? Do you find this novel saddens you in any way? Why?
The mood of this novel in the beginning was very enthusiastic and cheerful because the animals were joyfully planning about how to take over the farm. The mood sounded joyful in this part because the animals were discussing about all the happy events that’s going to happen once man leaves the farm.
However, as the story proceeds, the mood saddens because the animals couldn’t get better lives as they have expected. Instead, they had to work like slaves to live without humans.
3rd Blog- Question 7
7. Are there any settings in this novel that you have found to be beautiful? Or disturbing? Or memorable? Describe these settings and comment on why they were meaningful to you.
One of the settings that I found very disturbing was: “The fields were full of weeds, the buildings wanted roofing, the hedges were neglected, and the animals were underfed.” The reason why these descriptions were disturbing for me was because it shows how the house was very dirty and unorganized. Just thinking of my house full of weeds and weak structure made me to feel unpleasant.
One of the settings that I found very disturbing was: “The fields were full of weeds, the buildings wanted roofing, the hedges were neglected, and the animals were underfed.” The reason why these descriptions were disturbing for me was because it shows how the house was very dirty and unorganized. Just thinking of my house full of weeds and weak structure made me to feel unpleasant.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
2nd blog- Question 6
6. Please choose one passage from the novel that is significant to you. Why is this passage meaningful? Please type it into one of your entries and comment on what you think about the passage.
“Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove man from the scene and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished forever…He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals.”
This passage was very significant for me because it seemed to reveal God’s power when he was creating all the living creatures. He gave each animal special gift such as giving milk, laying eggs, strength, and running fast. And he gave humans ability to control all these animals and make everyone peaceful. However, the animals decided to have revolt against humans because they couldn’t understand what gifts humans got. Another reason why this passage was meaningful to me was because it seemed to show how people these days abuse animals. Human’s job is to take care of animals but many people now days abuse them and even do experiments on them. Just because humans are “the lord of all the animals,” we shouldn’t think of animals as slaves or toys.
“Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove man from the scene and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished forever…He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals.”
This passage was very significant for me because it seemed to reveal God’s power when he was creating all the living creatures. He gave each animal special gift such as giving milk, laying eggs, strength, and running fast. And he gave humans ability to control all these animals and make everyone peaceful. However, the animals decided to have revolt against humans because they couldn’t understand what gifts humans got. Another reason why this passage was meaningful to me was because it seemed to show how people these days abuse animals. Human’s job is to take care of animals but many people now days abuse them and even do experiments on them. Just because humans are “the lord of all the animals,” we shouldn’t think of animals as slaves or toys.
1st blog- Question 3
3. Who are the main characters in the novel? Do you like them? Why or why not? What is special about them? What do they reveal about the universal human experience?
The main character of this novel is Napoleon, the pig who becomes the leader of all animals by revolting against humans. At first, I liked him a lot because he was very confident and brave. He also had great leadership to lead all animals to make better lives. However, as I realized that he becomes very bossy because he thinks that pigs are the most intelligent animals, I started to lose interest in him. I really didn’t like how he bossed other animals to work all day when only thing he did was directing. And his actions of making animals unfortunate made me to disagree with the idea that pigs are the most intelligent animals. Napoleon’s actions reveal about the universal human experience because many selfish leaders these days make wrong decision and make everyone around him to suffer.
The main character of this novel is Napoleon, the pig who becomes the leader of all animals by revolting against humans. At first, I liked him a lot because he was very confident and brave. He also had great leadership to lead all animals to make better lives. However, as I realized that he becomes very bossy because he thinks that pigs are the most intelligent animals, I started to lose interest in him. I really didn’t like how he bossed other animals to work all day when only thing he did was directing. And his actions of making animals unfortunate made me to disagree with the idea that pigs are the most intelligent animals. Napoleon’s actions reveal about the universal human experience because many selfish leaders these days make wrong decision and make everyone around him to suffer.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
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