Animal Farm Critique
A book that changes with age
A look into Communist Soviet Union using animals. The work made learning Soviet history easy and set focus out into what the world can become. Cognitive dissonance, existentialism, fear, and totalitarianism. It coined the new term Orwellian Universe. Great read on so many levels and for all ages. Read it!
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Sid Aaron Hirji
Canadian born man who finds literature and science equally fascinating. Trauma bleeds through generations, words heal the hidden scars.
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Veronika Decides To Die
It has been several years, perhaps a decade when I read this book. A young girl, Veronika, feels like the world is a wasteland. She has a pessimistic view of human nature and feels life is meaningless. She is from Slovenia and sees life as a chore. One day she overdoses on sleeping pills in order to let herself die peacefully in sleep. Upon waking, she finds herself in a mental hospital. The doctor tells her that from the drugs she has sustained necrosis in her heart and has little time to live. She is shocked at the news and she realizes that very soon she will never wake again.
By Sid Aaron Hirji2 years ago in BookClub
Day 4 of Quitting
If this is how sobriety feels, maybe it’s better to go through life a little buzzed… this, along with other hits like, I want to kill myself, I wish I was dead, and I’m going to throw myself off a bridge have been the only thoughts on rotation these past few days. I promise myself that if, in a month, I still feel like this (‘this’ meaning despondent, full of rage, and simultaneously numb) I can go back to smoking. Until mid-February though? Nicotine is off the table.
By sleepy drafts6 days ago in Longevity
Comments (7)
I have not read it but I will!
Outstanding review!!! In the near future, I'll be checking it out!!!
totally agreed!
Agree, the allegory is useful for understanding so many things!
Orwellian universe, I've never heard of it! Sounds so fascinating! I gotta check this out! Excellent review!
Wonderful review! I'll have to revisit this book as I haven't read it since high school. I've been enjoying a lot of books from my past lately, and I'll put this one the list for sure :)
Totally agree, just as much a mess as Putins war..Will it ever end?