Q. Are there any settings in this novel which you have found to be beautiful? Or disturbing? Or memorable? Describe these settings and comment on why they were meaningful to you.
A. Personally, the animal farm, which is the only setting, was memorable to me, not because it is beautiful, but it represents something else. I think in this novel, the Manor Farm represents the world, because it has everything in it. It has all kinds of animals, which symbolizes many types of people, food, water, and land. The Manor Farm is literally a miniature version of the world.
This setting was particularly interesting to me because I think the writer described the world well. Probably because of academics, my primary interest right now is writing skills, I feel that this author is surely a great writer. It seems that he blindly selected, and made a farm as a setting, but I think there is something behind it. The farm in the novel is thoroughly designed, and has deep thoughts in it. I think the author; George Orwell tried to illustrate many kinds of people by describing most of the animals one by one. The pigs represent the intelligent people. Molly and Clover are related to people who do physical labor, and the specialization of animals represents the specialization in the world.
I think this book is filled with symbolism. It even starts from the purpose of this novel, which is to criticize the communists. The farm represents the world or a specific nation, and Animalism directly relates to communism. Animals relate to people living in the world or the nation, and the fall of the farm is the fall of communism. Because I am not a good writer, who could create such metaphors and symbolism on paper, I admire writers who could write such things, and that is why I really liked the setting of this novel. Of course, I like the overall story too. The story is interesting, fresh, and makes us think.
A. Personally, the animal farm, which is the only setting, was memorable to me, not because it is beautiful, but it represents something else. I think in this novel, the Manor Farm represents the world, because it has everything in it. It has all kinds of animals, which symbolizes many types of people, food, water, and land. The Manor Farm is literally a miniature version of the world.
This setting was particularly interesting to me because I think the writer described the world well. Probably because of academics, my primary interest right now is writing skills, I feel that this author is surely a great writer. It seems that he blindly selected, and made a farm as a setting, but I think there is something behind it. The farm in the novel is thoroughly designed, and has deep thoughts in it. I think the author; George Orwell tried to illustrate many kinds of people by describing most of the animals one by one. The pigs represent the intelligent people. Molly and Clover are related to people who do physical labor, and the specialization of animals represents the specialization in the world.
I think this book is filled with symbolism. It even starts from the purpose of this novel, which is to criticize the communists. The farm represents the world or a specific nation, and Animalism directly relates to communism. Animals relate to people living in the world or the nation, and the fall of the farm is the fall of communism. Because I am not a good writer, who could create such metaphors and symbolism on paper, I admire writers who could write such things, and that is why I really liked the setting of this novel. Of course, I like the overall story too. The story is interesting, fresh, and makes us think.
4 comments:
Even though i have not written a response on this question, i thought the same way of the setting you have chose. The farm symbolized the world, but in a miniture form, because basically almost everything was comprised in the farm: animals, people, food, water, land, etc. The different classes of animals represented the world's jobs. The higher in rank we were, the more reputed and fame we earned. I was curious for the simple fact that only one setting was concentrated until the end of the entire book.
I don't think that the author had changed the setting because then that would lead to confusion of the story. Primarily he wanted to focus in one setting to get the readers motivated in the book. Maybe he created the setting of the farm because the setting to regulate the plot of the story. I do not know,,
as you said, the world was described well through the imagery of the farm...
I enjoyed reading your response, nice-written response!
Yes, it is correct that the manor form itself represents the world that we live in. Just in case you don't know, these types of novels are called 'ALLEGORY' novel. However, seeing it as the 'world' will be too broad for the setting but seeing it as a single 'society' with independent ideal would be the right definition and analysis for it (because manor farm wasn't the only farm with ideology and lifeforms).
The author desingated this novel to be an allegory and speak out the truth that he sees within a human society. So the author emphasized on one setting with an ideology called Animalism.
To be precise, this story is an allegory that shows the Russian Revolution and its history (characters are very similar and the events such as windmill constructions refer and fits frighteningly well with the Russian History)
Yes, George Orwell is indeed, a good writer. I perfectly understood your setting of Manor Farm as the miniature view of the world. However, my opinion is different. The whole world was not happening like the animal farm. George Orwell tried to symbolize the event in Russia; the struggles with communism. Though there were other countries being governed by communism, many nations were stepping forward for democracy. The world changes as time passes. It did, and it will. So, I believe that the book shows how the working class was being ruled and gave readers to think about the proper solution to solve the crucial problem. Brian you're a good writer too. Keep up the good work!
Exactly what I thought about the setting. George Orwell, who is a great writer, described the whole story fully and greatly. Although Animal Farm is just a typical setting with no special things to look upon, he made it look extraordinary by his writing talent. In this book, a normal Animal Farm turns out to represent the human society and the hidden opinions behind it. I couldn't see how he could turn one setting to another and captivate the readers through the typed words of a common book titled 'Animal Farm'. This was really surprising, for I haven't expected to have Animal Farm like the world we are living in.
These are the reasons why I agree with you. I enjoyed reading your post. Good job!
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