Animal Farm: The AnandTech Way (Apparently Not)

[GL]

I've never read the book, but from what I understand it to be, is today's events not a great parallel to Orwell's literary piece?

-GL

 

[Russ]

No, they are not at all similar.

Russ, NCNE

 

[Killbat]

Animal Farm touches on very basic concepts in human behavior and government. It applies to almost any time.

[edit] Wait, you mean the forums? What the hell?

 

[GL]

Ouch Okay!

-GL

 

[Soybomb]

This place reminds me more of animal crackers....in some twisted way.....but not those frosted ones.

 

[crab]

good book

 

[IcemanJer]

Errrrrrr............ right...........

I've read the book, but I fail to see the analogy here...

 

[Russ]

<< This place reminds me more of animal crackers >>



Or Animal House.



<< good book >>



It is indeed. It was required reading when I was in school.

Russ, NCNE

 

[GL]

I was just thinking in terms of how the disgruntled members are against the moderators which is similar to how the animals were against the farmer. Everyone on the farm was talking about how it used to be good but then it went bad - and I've seen a lot of that on here lately. Also, how there seems to be an effort to create a new, better online forum in much the same way that the animals revolted. There's a character Squealer in the book (i'm just perusing some websites) who masks the evil intentions of the pigs, which is similar to how some of the other members were planning on causing harm to the ATOT forums and it was masked.

I think I see parallels but I suppose they're just commonalities in all stories...I'm starting to sound like a high school level English teacher so I better stop!

Anyways, I wish I had chosen to read that instead. I had the choice of that or the Chrysalids in 7th grade and I chose the Chrysalids. Still a good book but I should've read both of them.

-GL

 

[BarbeQueGuy]

I was thinking more like &quot;Lord of the Flies&quot;


















j/k
I'm out of here when it becomes &quot;Catcher in the Rye&quot;


I woke up singing this morning.
I mean, I was happy and all.
But last night, what I really felt like
was jumping out the window.

All I could see were these phonies -
I never left the house though.
They were on TV, in books and stuff,
acting out madman stuff in the goddam movies.

I swear sometimes I think I'm crazy,
surrounded by these goddam princes
making out like life's perfect and all.
That kills me.

Then someone wakes them up,
and they all get sore as hell about it.
But I lie singing in bed -
there goes my crazy sense of humour again...

 

[RaDragon]

<< I've never read the book, but from what I understand it to be, is today's events not a great parallel to Orwell's literary piece?

-GL >>

nope, not really.

<< It is indeed. It was required reading when I was in school. >>

ditto!

 

[GoldenBear]

I've yet to see beastiality invovled in these forums.

Oh you mean the BOOK..the movie was a bit different :Q

 

[IcemanJer]

LOL @ GoldenBear.


Er... this baffles me more, how the heck did you see Lord of the Flies here??

 

[shiner]

How can you have never read Animal Farm? It's like a 1/2 hour read and is an excellent book. I can't tell you how many times I've read it. In fact I'm on like my 3rd copy because I've worn the others out. It, 1984, Brave New World, Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy, 2001, and Fahrenheit 451 are a group of books that I can read and re-read over and over again.

 

[luv2chill]

maybe 1984 would be a better comparison... at least you got the author right.

l2c

 

[BarbeQueGuy]

Iceman,
I guess I'm the only one that noticed this thread looking like a high school required reading list. Maybe you also missed my note > j/k <

 

[GL]

OK I get the point I'll read it tonight...it better be good! I know my older brother and sister read it, so its got to be a choice of book on our curriculum but I suppose my teacher just never chose it.

In gr. 7 we read Count of Monte Cristo and the Chrysalids...that's the two I remember. I think that's probably when we'd start reading this too. So, almost 10 years after I'm supposed to read it, I'll get to reading it tonight

Red Dawn
I know...I'm not referring to that particular incident, but the entire event as a whole. The animosity between these members and the authority figures here has been brewing for quite some time. Reading through the deleted post that I have on my desktop here (gotta love browser caching)...I'm still largely undecided about what actually happened because I never even realized a lot of these people were disgruntled.

-GL

 

[shiner]

<< Count of Monte Cristo >>



He makes a damn good sandwich!!

 

[cdan]

I saw the movie Animal Farm. Probably a little different from the book. Lord of the Flies kinda fits in. Anand members don't like the rules the mods use. I'm just waiting for them to stick a pig's head on a stick and put it in front of thier door.

 

[00aStrOgUy00]

i never read the book i just watched the movie in my history class...

 

[IcemanJer]

<< Maybe you also missed my note > j/k < >>

Ahhh.. now I see it
it's been a loooooong day..

 

[shiner]

Great...not only are the history classes in public schools taught be incompetent coaches...now they show movies instead of having the class read a book. I weep for our future.

 

[GoldenBear]

<< Great...not only are the history classes in public schools taught be incompetent coaches...now they show movies instead of having the class read a book. I weep for our future. >>

So as a result of one person stating that they saw the movie of this book instead of reading it, the future is down the drain?

Interesting theory Einstein..

 

[XMan]

Animal Farm touches on very basic concepts in human behavior and government. It applies to almost any time.

It was written about the Communist revolution in Russia, actually.

 

[amdskip]

Wow, I just started doing a literary analysis on Animal Farm like two days ago. Anyone wanna contribute some ideas?