Submitted by poips11 on 04/30/2008 07:13 PM Flag This Paper
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Animal Farm
Animal Farm, by, George Orwell should be read by future eighth graders, because it teaches a great lesson. When this book is read by soon to be eighth graders it is easy to understand the plot. It should be read because it portrays a lot heroism by one of the characters, the book teaches a great lesson that no body can forget, and the conflict is easily understandable by eighth graders.
The book setting is in southern England at one of the many farms. An old pig named Major tells the animals there, of one of his dreams. The dream shows all the animals free from human control, and the humans are gone. So gives the animals a dream of rebellion against the humans. As they first drive the humans off Manor Farm they re-name it Animal Farm. The pigs are the brains of the farm, as they are the smartest. So all is well on animal farm commandments are made, the animals are happy, they get more food, But soon the downfall of Animal Farm is first seen when the pigs take all the apples and milk for themselves. From then on the pigs get corrupt fat and power-hungry. As the leader Napoleon drives off, and kills many animals without being stopped the residents of animal farm are powerless, as their farm is slowly driven to ruin.
Boxer, the strength of animal farm, is naive of the pigs to the end of his life. Boxer is the strength of the farm. He is the equivalent of the horses. He goes working to the end of his life .he is also very innocent, he believes what the pigs say to the end. And has his mottos that help cause his downfall, “I will work harder,†and “Napoleon is always right. He believes everything the pigs say including all the obvious lies told by Squealer the pompous pig. Boxer has his strength to the end and helps build two windmills which probably could not have been made with out him.
Boxer is not the only character to be so naïve, almost the whole farm goes through the book without questioning anything. They noticed that things were wrong on...