January 2017 ... Animal Farm (1 Viewer)

[Hils and Glenns]

need to realise we can never get back to what this country was when I was young .

I don't think politically it was any better. There was terrible poverty at the primary school I went to and even as a small child I could see it. But we didn't have the same access to information about what was going on in the world so we lived in ignorance of what our political leaders were up to.

 

[movan]

I don't think politically it was any better. There was terrible poverty at the primary school I went to and even as a small child I could see it. But we didn't have the same access to information about what was going on in the world so we lived in ignorance of what our political leaders were up to.

Yes.. that's what she says .. I know our town was better off then .. and I can physically see it degenerating back in parts to when I was very little as unemployment grows.

I always feel so very guilty about one very thin and scrawny little girl in my class when I was about 7. I can remember name to this day. Her clothes were ragged and way too big for her little body .. Her hair was matted. .. and she was so thin. She never joined in with us at playtime and I never knew how to approach her. She looked so sad. One day she disappeared .. we were never told why and I am welling up now thinking about her. I wish I had had the courage to talk to her, to be her friend, to ask her to play with us ...

One of my first regrets in life when I think back over the years.

 

[Hils and Glenns]

I wish I had had the courage to talk to her, to be her friend, to ask her to play with us ...

I know. I have the same with a girl who I still remember who was very frail and died of leukemia.

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[movan]

I know. I have the same with a girl who I still remember who was very frail and died of leukemia.

 

[Hils and Glenns]

Hey I need cheering up now. Moving on to Three Men in a Boat

 

[movan]

It is funny ... and very poetic in parts.

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[Portland]

I haven't read the book I will read it asap but the film was really funny I would say hilarious if I could spell it. Enjoy it

 

[Dizzy Izzy]

I too had read this book in school but enjoyed it more this time around,perhaps because I wasn't being forced to read it!Even though I enjoyed reading it,I did find it depressing as really nothing ever changes,the people in power will always manipulate society to their own benefit...."all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others"

 

[CWH]

Just finished Animal Farm - I was determined to listen to it as an audio-book, preferably in one hit, so I needed a 3-hour slot - got it this afternoon/ evening while I was making soups!!!
If I hadn't been doing something productive I'd have ended up soooo depressed. It's difficult to know what this story best relates to: politics, religion, society.
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men."

Will it never be possible for people to live harmoniously? I suspect not; those who try to make it happen will, I believe, always be at the mercy of those who bully, because they won't fight dirty.

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[Allan & Loren]

Was this your first experience of an audio book @CWH ? How would you rate it versus reading? I've never tried one but I must admit it appeals as I have really loved listening to stories on the radio when I've caught them now and again.

 

[CWH]

Was this your first experience of an audio book @CWH ? How would you rate it versus reading? I've never tried one but I must admit it appeals as I have really loved listening to stories on the radio when I've caught them now and again.

Yes it's the first time I've "read" an audiobook, but like you I've enjoyed listening to 'book of the week' & other stuff on radio 4 so I thought I'd like it. I did; it made a change from singing to myself while I was working which has to be an improvement. I tend to read very slowly - the same speed as I talk - and I often have to go back and re-read bits to get more meaning out of it, and I only read when I go to bed - so actually this was much quicker for me - just 3 hours, whereas if I'd been reading text it could have been a whole week.
So yes, I did enjoy this as an audio-book - Timothy West was brilliant - and I'll certainly try more of them.