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April 17,2025
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Reading for the future, Animal Farm, 1984, Woke, You Will Own Nothing, and the future is ......crap!
April 17,2025
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DNF. I struggled to get into this book because the writing felt too old-fashioned for me. I also found the story a bit exaggerated and hard to follow.
April 17,2025
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Dirbi kaip arklys? Tik svarbu nepasikiaulink. Nesi juk kvailas, kaip avis, tai ko žiūri į mane kaip karvė į naujus vartus?
Kaip atsiranda patarlės ir pasakymai, kuriuos naudojame savo kalboje dažniau nei apie juos susimąstome? Ar dirbti sunkiai kaip arkliui reiškia tą patį 1943 ir 2021 metais?
Kad ir kaip ten būtų, George Orwell savo knygoje "Gyvulių ūkis" šmaikščiai, tiesmukai ir stipriai kritikuoja valdžią sakytum perdėm nekaltu kūriniu apie tai, kaip gyvuliai sukilo ir nuvertė Ūkio šeimininką, o valdžią paėmė į savo (rankas juk negaliu sakyti... tai...) kanopas (?).
Kadangi kūrinys buvo parašytas 1943 - 1944 metais, pirmiausia man atėjusi mintis - "kaip jis "praėjo" pro cenzūrą". Visgi, autorius - The Times tituluotas antru iš 50-ties geriausių Britų rašytojų nuo 1945, matyt nebuvo cenzūruojamas kitų to meto "didžiųjų jėgų". Ir kokia laimė mums - skaitytojams. Satyra, kurią naudoja George Orwell lygiai tokia pat tinkama ir šiandienos valdžios aktualijoms. "O taip, taip, būtent taip jie ir daro..." galvojau skaitydama.
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Jei nebūtume kvaili(ai).
April 17,2025
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dok ne postanu svesni, neće se nikad pobuniti, a dok se ne pobune, neće moći da postanu svesni
April 17,2025
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I’m rating this as just 1984 so I can put down I read two books lol
April 17,2025
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This was a reread for both books but 1984 is without a doubt the best work of fiction ever written in my opinion. One quote that stuck out especially to me, given current events is, "and the people under the sky were also very much the same - everywhere, all over the world, hundreds of thousands of millions of people just like this, people ignorant of one another's existence, held apart by walls of hatred and lies, and yet almost exactly the same - people who had never learned to think but who were storing up in their hearts and bellies and muscles the power that would one day overturn the world."
April 17,2025
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Most entertaining history lesson I’ve ever had. Had some essays by Orwell after the story itself. Gave up around the middle of a 50 page analysis of Charles dickens
April 17,2025
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Always a good one to reread and remind ourselves of the future (now!)
April 17,2025
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This book did not disappoint! Absolutely loved it.
April 17,2025
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1984: 4,5 starts

“To hang on from day to day and from week to week, spinning out a present that had no future, seemed an unconquerable instinct, just as one's lungs will always draw the next breath so long as there is air available.”

Ma arvan, et see raamat oli kogu selles “kogumikus” mu lemmik - ma suutsin nagu kokku viia ajastu ja peategelase käitumise sarnasused. Raamatu üldpilti vaadates oli peategelane see good guy siin raamatus. Vähemalt minu vaatepuntkist. Raamat tundus ajalooliselt nagu see oleks võinud päriselt ka juhtuda. Ja selle raamatu nagu fictional truth oli nii deep. Kristin ja Kendra tegid nalja selle üle et see deep minu jaoks oli, aga ma vahepeal kahtlesin meie eksistentsis (väga filosoofiline lol). In my opinion väga hea ajaviite romaan, väga raske järge pidada polnud, aga kindlasti oli vaja mingit aimu, milline maailm võis olla aastal 1984.

Animal Farm: 3 stars

"Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. 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. He sets them
to work, he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving, and the rest he keeps for himself,”

Raamatu algus oli jällegi väga “deep” ja mõtlemapanev, aga oi (kurat) kuidas raamatu tegelased mul harja punaseks peale mingi kaht peatükki ajasid. Lugu muutub nagu iga lausega aina poliitilisemaks ja manipuleerivamaks. Mulle meeldisid suht kõik peale sigade. See on kõik mis ma ütlen. Overall - kui läbi loete, siis saate aru mu järgmisest mõttest - ma olen õnnelik, et meie riigiga ei juhtunud sama mis juhtus lõpuks nende farmiga.
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