Russian Accent? How can you pick up an accent from a book? They language used was pretty normal to me.

Animal farm is an okay pook if you are looking for a satryical view on the russian revoluation. I found it kinda funny, "four legs good, two legs bad". But if you veiw it in retrospect, its kinda brutual. They overthrow one ruler only to place their own rulers in power which turn out to be far more brutual than the old ruler ever could dream of being. Orwell was trying to make people understand how the russian revolution happened. And well, evidently his goal worked since all American high school students are forced to read it.

Well, it is pointed at the Russian Revolution - but more towards communism. Orwell loathed the outcome of communism, and did not agree with it's practice.

The characters in the book are all archetypical representations of specific "citizens" of the Soviet State.

As you watch the breakdown of the ideals, and the more the animals suffer under their animal "brothers," you can also draw into comparisons of the human condition.

There was certain words in the book that could be conceived as a Russian Accent, and also are you forgetting the movie?

There were a few different movies made one this. One was a terrible animated on where it is pretty much a musical, the other is not so bad. And really there are no accents other that the pigs snorting every once in a while.

The "Real Life" version is the one I am referring to.

Yeah there are indications that Orwell is referring to Russian politics. He doesn't have the pigs speak with a Russian accent, but the use of the word 'comrad' seems to indicate that the pigs are fashioned after Russian communists.

Yea I read this book for class. Its a pretty good book pretty horrible too what the animals have to go through.

"Benjamin was the only animal who did not side with either faction. He refused to believe either that food would become more plentiful or that the windmill would save work. Windmill or no windmill, he said, life would go on as it had always gone on—that is, badly."

This book is required reading for those who take reading seriously.

To quote myself,

Right now, my favorite book would probably be "Animal Farm," by George Orwell (partly because of its satirical nature, partly because of its brevity, partly because it portrays political leaders as pigs).

It is hard to believe that this thread has not received a reply in three years.

To those wondering: Yes, Animal Farm ridicules Soviet totalitarianism, and there are many allusions to famous leaders and events.

Just to be clear, which part did you agree with?

I have yet to sing "Beasts of England" to the tune of "Clementine" or "La Cucaracha," but I tend to sing it with a strained English accent (a bad one, I might add). XD