Thursday, March 4, 2010

How does Animal Farm connect to my life?

The book Animal Farm relates to me in a specific way. Even though it is about animals that believe they are being mistreated by the farm owner, I still find myself connecting. The animals say that their life is dominated by Mr. Jones, and the pig, named Old Major, believes he can change the way they think about their life style. I relate to the pig in many different ways, which draws me into the story. Like Old Major, I wish to change the way that people think about their self worth and what they deserve. Many people find that they are putting themselves down and caring less about how they feel, which is not okay with me. The pig tells the animals this dream he has about a perfect world, known as Utopia. I also have a vision of everyone believing in themselves, but I know that it is just a wish that will never come true. Until people want the violence to stop and long for harmony between every individual, there will be no Utopia. This book will make you realize just how much you have been used or mistreated, and to be honest it makes you angry. You wonder why you deserve this and how you can change it. By listening to Old Major speak I think of all the ways I want this world to be different and all the ways that it will never be. There is too much cruelty in the hearts of man to change what has always been, and this book makes you realize that. All the animals talk about humans in a way that we are too foolish to understand on our own. We have been selfish, and we have let ourselves get so caught up in our own lives that everyone else just seizes to matter. I have a vision, like Old Major, that we will own up to the way we treat OURSELVES. That is the difference, on the farm the animals are being mistreated, but in our life we are mistreating ourselves. Everyone needs to realize that we deserve better, and when you do maybe it will become clear that we can change this life. If we really try.


Until next time,
Mw3

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