Hannah Whatley

@bluejay, @kate-flournoy, @hannah-c Are any of you writing tonight?

@spradlin ahhhhhhhhh… yes. That does make sense. Very much sense. 😉 Thanks for your input. 😀

*nods head sagely* We approves of all this most wholetheartednessly. I won’t repeat it all— I’d sound like a broken record. But one thing I noticed about AF (can we use initials please? Thanks) is that because Orwell simply states the facts without making it clear what his true opinion is, the book is more easily molded to suit the worldview of…[Read more]

I also noticed that Orwell did a good job with chapter breaks. The first chapter break ends the resolution on what is to be the conflict and also reminds us of the carelessness of the farmer who is the animal’s main enemy. The second chapter break is great because he ends it with one short line that totally changes everything from going perfectly…[Read more]

Wow, so many great thoughts, I’m not really sure I have much to add. (I have already read the entire book so it’s pretty hard to narrow it down to just the first few chapters.)
I really like those question @spradlin. To answer one of them, if you do take away the political aspect of the book there really isn’t much there. I doubt it would stand on…[Read more]

@gretald Alright, that’s fine.

@Daeus I just remembered that I have something to do at that time. Sorry! 🙁

@gretald That should work.

@Daeus Hmm, maybe…let’s say 3:00 until 3:30? Does that work for you?

Well, having read the story before, I know what his point (at least the one that ended up coming across) is and I would say he makes it very strongly.

It’s hard for me to imagine Animal Farm outside of its allegory. I guess if I had never heard of Communism, I would still think it was a great story, but that would just be me not noticing the…[Read more]

@gretald I should be able to write this afternoon. What time are you thinking of?

@Daeus I have homework to do right now, so I can’t. Will you still be writing this afternoon? I could maybe write then. 🙂

@spradlin Those are some great thoughts to chew on. 😉 I think that Orwell is telling the story for his readers, mostly. His main objective in writing this story seems to be to convince others of whatever points he’s trying to get across in his writing. It’s a little to early in the story to tell exactly what points he’s trying to prove. @Daeus…[Read more]

Quick call out everybody. I’m writing now if you want to join me.

@sarah-h Unfortunately, Wattpad isn’t the safest place in the world, but I think it can be used and enjoyed if done carefully. My two concerns are that a lot of the books on there look like junk and there doesn’t appear to be much to say what can’t go on a cover, or at least the website is just bad at filtering that stuff. The good news is that…[Read more]

@jadamae Good point. I definitely agree with you about that. 🙂

Interesting thoughts, everyone!
As far as writing goes, I noticed that there was a lot of telling in the beginning, too, but as you said @daeus, I don’t think that it was necessarily a bad technique. As a reader, I was engaged the entire time. And that’s really all that matters, right? 😉
The characters are great. Each animal has a strikingly…[Read more]

I think all the animals have some sort of symbolism. The raven for instance. And Boxer is another good one. He is a picture of such powerful industry that he can support the weight of communism, but eventually, it wears him out. (getting a little ahead of myself there)

@hannah-krynicki I think that’s a good guess, though if I hadn’t known Orwell’s own beliefs, I would have guessed it was against any form of socialist/communist government whatsoever. If you approach the book from a purely logical standpoint, I think you will find that it teaches the risk of attempting a communist society is greater than any…[Read more]