Animal Farm (the movie)

The Animal Farm movie was not the best movie, but it wasn't bad either. The voices of the characters made the movie a bit... weird. For example, Napoleon's voice was very strange and was somewhat creepy. I found it strange that Jessie was one of the main characters, whereas in the book she was only mentioned once or twice. The fact that Napoleon used a movie set in the movie, to show the deaths of animals and the announcements wasn't very effective. This movie mainly stuck to the main point, so I found it okay.

The movie Animal Farm, and the book itself were different. First of all, Jessie was never mentioned in the book except for in the beginning when George Orwell was introduced the characters to the readers. Also, in the beginning when Old Major was talking about being free and sang the song, the entire song was different. Instead of "Beasts of England", they sang something else.Something called, "Beasts of the World". The cat wasn't even mentioned in the movie. Also, after the revolution, there was a flag. In the book, there was no flag whatsoever. In the movie, there was a television used to entertain the animals. In the book, there was a mention of a television when they explored the farmhouse, but there wasn't any mention of it being used to entertain the animals. Also, when the traitors were killed in the movie, it was by hanging and it was shown on film. In the book, the dogs (chekka)killed the traitors right in front of the other animals' eyes. When things got bad in the movie, Jessie took some of the animals to a hide-out. There was definitely no mention of a hide-out in the book. Also,in the movie, we never found out what happened to Molly. The book ended with Mr. Pilkington and Napoleon playing cards. The movie, however, ended with Jessie going back to the farm with the animals and meeting her puppies again.



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Feedback February 4th

In one of my countries, The Netherlands, it is not compulsory to perform two years of military. Whereas in Thailand, at the age of twenty-one, it is compulsory to perform two years of military service. This isn’t fair, because I also have a dream as well as the other people in my country to have a career. It’s also understandable, because Thailand needs more people to defend their country. If I necessarily HAVE to do this, I would, because I believe in my country.

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WWI Poem (rough draft)

I’ve been surviving in this trench for days
Like a rat in an alley.
And like a small child,
I wait impatiently for something.
Some hope.
Some help.

Way back home
is where I think my family waits.
Letters and letters have been sent back
But there haven’t been any replies yet.

When I look up at the sky,
I think of the people who’ve died and suffered.
Yet I can’t help but wonder if
Anyone else watches the sky like I do.

However, when I stare at the barbed wire,
I direct my thoughts to the enemies.
The enemies who’ve been watching us
Like a teacher watched a naughty student.
Their hearts as cold as ice.

I suddenly hear a click,
But show no attention what so ever.
Before I know it, people are sprinting away from me
as if I was a monster.
They start yelling at me with desperate faces.
I show no attention.
Just when I realized what’s happened it’s
Too late