I have to read it for school, Ive heard its really boring..

Have any of you guys read it?

No, Never heard of it. What grade are you in?

9th.

It's not boring unless you understand all of the points Orwell is trying to make. It's a short, fascinating read around the time of Stalin. I'm assuming you know what all of this is.

it's actually a good read.


DON'T LISTEN TO THEM.

Boring? f**k that.

I read it in 7th grade, then we read it in class for 8th. Since I'd already read it, I read 1984 instead, which was also fantastic.

It's a great book! Not boring at all but after you're done reading it I'd check out sparknotes to make sure you get all of the symbols and themes. That part might be harder to grasp.

^yea exactly. the book is what u make of it. it's a good book if u take the time to understand it, if u don't understand the meaning behind stuff it's a boring one

I find it so sad when people don't get these things, because I didn't have the remotest bit of trouble grasping all of the concepts in middle school.

I read it in 8th grade and yea it was a pretty interesting read. Plus, it was pretty short, compared to other books I had to read. I think there was a cartoon too. I remembered watching something... I think it was that. Ack it was 6 years ago >_<"


You know what else was a cool book that I read in 8th grade? The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. I gotta read that again. =X

Not a bad book. Just a authors way of poking fun at communism and Stalin.

I remember I tried to start that in 8th grade, but never got around to it. I read for summer reading before 11th, and though I only really had time to skim it, I read a lot more than I intended to because it was pretty good. Thank god for James doing a third of my summer reading work, lol.

Read it, and it was kinda confusing on where the book was going. When I finished it, I had to sit for a bit and think about what it what it was really getting to. lol.

AMAZING BOOK. There are very few "assigned" readings that I liked in school. This is at the top of the list.

Really makes you think. The pivot point of the book made me cry. =( To the GLUE FACTORY?!?!

Boring?! Hell to the no. This book was amazing, one of my favorite reads for school (I had to read it for ap world cultures). Definitely a recommended book, imho.

If you get past how annoyingly easily the animals fall for everything, then it's a pretty good book. Of course, that's one of the points the author is trying to convey, so it's necessary.

It was required reading for the gifted curriculum in 6th grade. I thought it was a fascinating book, and I'm pretty sure I've read it another five times since.

I read it in 11th grade & yes, it was pretty boring but it was a good book overall

i have to read it over the summer for my honors english class, but from what i've heard it's supposed to be a pretty good book.

Agreed... definitely not a boring book. What course is makin you read this book? o.O

Anyone read it before? I have and it was actually a great book in my opinion. It seemed like a big political cartoon with just words and no pictures lol

I had to read it in 10th grade & didn't like it all that much. Didn't the horse get sent to the glue factory?? :[

^yes it did, lol, i dont think it was glue, but i know it was sent away to be killed, :P
&yeeah, me too, it was pretty good[:
partly because it was really short, and easy to understand.
a LOT of symbolism and stuff like that, which you have to
i guess do research on to find the real meaning or everything.
but yeah, it was a good book.

Really? I thought it was pretty good. Interesting how Orwell perfectly portrayed human-like characteristics through animals.

and yea Boxer got sent away...

it was pretty good.
redundant at times, but it wasnt torture.

read it freshman year english. it was ok. it was good at representing stalin nd hitler (not really sure if it repped hitler cuz i dont really remember)

Thanks. I searched for the topic but didn't find it so I made a new one. Sorry about that.

the talking animals in the movie was freaky

I didnt have to read it but i had to watch the movie for my 9th grade economics class.
Most f*cked up thing i have ever seen.

lol I had no idea there was a movie. Is it different from the book a lot?

the movie WAS flippin weird...

Im glad i didn't read it for honors english... I read Dandelion Wine


It looks really hard though.

I didnt find it very hard. In my Honors English class we have a class discussion EVERY day for the entire class. Its interesting to hear different views on the book. Its filled with so much figurative language and symbolism, everyone had different perceptions on what they thought certain things meant.

If no one understood this story or the point it was trying to make, no matter what your 'political' levels of interest are, then seriously you need to wake upppppppp.

This book is an allegory to the Russian Revolution. And it's a brilliant depiction of human nature.