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I think that this book is very sad. It makes me sad that all the animals got slaughtered so viciously. It makes me sad that Boxer works so hard and has no reward for it. It makes me sad that Napolean is a ruthless leader and does not care about the other animals. It reminds me of the people in Hatti and how their government is now charging custom taxes upwards of thousands of dollars to get much needed supplies into the country. They don't seem to care about their people either. It makes me sad that the other animals are ignorant and can't help themselves. It kills me that they get so close to figuring something out just to get talked out of it by the smooth talking- poison tounged Squealer! (Clover going over to read the commandments to see if the pigs should be sleeping in the beds or not). Do our senators and congressmen talk to us like that? Smooth things over and tell lies? I would venture to say yes, alot of the time they do. I know our goverernment is not as bad as it could be, I am just making a few parallells. Napolean is spreading so many lies. Telling the animals that Snowball was in league with Jones from the beginning and that he knocked down the windmill. Did everyone forget the storm the night before or did Snowball knock down the tree too?! I read both Shyla's and Karen's take on Boxer and I am not sure which one I agree with. I will have to think about it some more. I am grateful he is willing to work so hard and sacrifice for his comrades (and the bird that wakes him is sacrificing too, we can't forget the little people who do the things most people don't want to do but that need doing) but I wish he could think a little for himself. However, if he could think then things would be different. Overall I am liking the book and am very interested to see how it ends up. I hope there is another rebellion but this time against Napolean.