# 1984  or Animal farm ?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 18, 2009, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1984-or-animal-farm/506829 "2009-08-18T09:06:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![pipperroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@pipperroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pipperroo)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1984-or-animal-farm/506829/21 "2009-08-19T02:11:30Z")

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> [@kunilou](#):
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> I have to say Animal Farm because it’s a “simple” fable. It hits you on a more elementary level. I think it’s a much better book to introduce a young 'un to sophisticated ideas and political commentary.

Speaking of elementary 🙂

I read Animal Farm when I was in third grade, it had been left behind in the summer cabin we rented. I was very indignant about how the mean pigs treated the horses and other animals.

I thought it was a fairy tale about talking animals :smack:

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**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1984-or-animal-farm/506829/22 "2009-08-19T04:25:57Z")

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> [@pipperroo](#):
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> Speaking of elementary 🙂
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> I read Animal Farm when I was in third grade, it had been left behind in the summer cabin we rented. I was very indignant about how the mean pigs treated the horses and other animals.
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> I thought it was a fairy tale about talking animals :smack:

Haa! I’m cracking up. I first read it when I was about 10. Found it in the attick while I was looking through my dad’s ‘nasty magazines’. Read it cover to cover, thinking it was a book for kids.

When I read it again much later, I’m afraid to admit, much of the meaning still escaped me. Finally started dawning on me _after_ people explained it to me. You know, I never was the brightest bulb.

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**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1984-or-animal-farm/506829/23 "2009-08-19T05:31:51Z")

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Both, but if only one, then 1984. Keep in mind, however that Animal Farm is a much easier read.

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**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1984-or-animal-farm/506829/24 "2009-08-19T05:38:00Z")

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Animal Farm, definitly. I found 1984 terribly unrealistic, and that kept pulling my focus away from the book. YMMV, though.

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**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1984-or-animal-farm/506829/25 "2009-08-19T08:57:06Z")

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> [@Yossarian](#):
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> Neither: _Homage to Catalonia_!

I guess your favourite book is …22 😃

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**Author:** ![silvermist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@silvermist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silvermist)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1984-or-animal-farm/506829/26 "2009-08-19T15:00:40Z")

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Read them both years ago. Liked Animal Farm best. 1984 was depressing but interesting.

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