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

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The King is DEAD!!! = )

Considering that I wasn’t here for the last week, I’ll have to talk about these last few days. When I first heard about the taxes, I almost immediately thought of the taxes that the thirteen colonies had to pay, such as the tea act and stamp act. Like the colonists, I thought the taxes were ridiculous. It was a definite form of injustice. King Coyle was a tyrant, because he was unfair to us and held all power. He also didn’t care much about how much money we had or not. I’m sure that King George the Third was also unfair and careless to the colonists in the thirteen colonies. But, when I think about it, the colonists had it much, much harder than we did. Mainly, because we weren’t in any REAL danger or we didn’t REALLY have to pay with REAL money. I’d bet that if you were against King George the Third during that time, your head might have been chopped off. While we were all going through these ridiculous laws many of us had self-determination to make it through or to revolt against the king. The colonist did so too. For example, the Boston Tea Party was planned and completed. This has been one of the most “interesting” simulations yet.
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The Forty-Third War

Jake and I think that the Forty Third War was set in El Salvador, for a few reasons. First of all, El Salvador’s history involves civil wars that lasted for twelve years. These wars started when the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) waged guerrilla warfare against the government. The U.S.A. supported the FMLN. In the book, it mentioned the waging of guerrilla warfare. Also, the geographical features in El Salvador are very similar to the geographical features in the book. Some parts of El Salvador are mountainous, which reminded us of the game that Uno and the rest of the soldiers were playing as a training game. They played this game on the mountainside. Also, in the Nations of the World Atlas, it says that 80% of El Salvador’s religion is Roman Catholic. In the book, the main religion was Christian. On the CIA World Factbook, it says that about 19% of the work force in El Salvador is agricultural, and in the Forty-Third War, Uno worked in the banana plantation, which has to do with agriculture.

London, England) Collins (Firm :. Collins Nations of the World Atlas. New York: HarperCollins, 1996.