Project Animal Farm

理想成真後，是新的權力秩序——紛亂世代最值得讀的一部經典——同袍，我們的苦難皆因人類反抗，唯有將人類視為敵人才有安養天年的可能，但切記絕不可像人類一樣，沾染種種惡習《動物農莊》是喬治．歐威爾（George Orwell）於1945年出版的反烏托邦小說，出版屢經波折，問世後即成為代表作，另著有以 “Big Brother is watching you” 為人熟知的《1984》。一切的起因是老豬上校臨終前的一番演說，他自知來日無多，決定將畢生智慧傳遞給年輕動物，抨擊農場主不事生產，奪走一切成果，還將年老力衰的動物賣給屠戶，生命是如此悲慘短暫。他號召所有動物團結起來對抗人類，期盼正義終將伸張的那一天。三天後，老豬上校睡夢中安然離世。豬群不忘教誨，驅逐農場主人，將農場改名為「動物農場」，並訂下七大誡律，第一條就寫著「雙腳站立行走的均是敵人」，禁止殺害動物與沾染人類惡習；動物不需要穿衣服，不需要睡在軟床上，那都是人類的生活方式。此時農場百廢待興、前途無量，豬是眾動物中最聰明的，以雪球（Snowball）與拿破崙（Napoleon）為首，雪球研讀農場主留下的書籍，準備大興土木、籌建風車，此時拿破崙的陰謀也正一步步逼近。喬治．歐威爾以寓言形式影射蘇聯政治情勢，書中角色多可對應特定歷史人物。八十年過去，他提出的警訊依然清晰。在當代社會中，無論是網路輿論或電視，大眾圍繞各類議題爭論不休，其中有人是附和的綿羊，有人是有智慧卻冷眼旁觀的老驢，也有專心工作的馬兒，更有受眾人追捧的意見領袖。然而，大眾一腔熱血，缺乏對主事者的監督，習慣了權力不平等，最終便有可能落入《動物農莊》的絕境。【所有動物一律平等，但有些動物比其他動物更平等】大家逐漸認為：豬既然最聰明，自然由牠們主導。但當拿破崙為首的豬群將蘋果與牛奶佔為己用，要大家加班讓風車早日完工，甚至為己利一再違反七誡時，卻沒有站出來大力反對。原本寫在牆上保障大家的七誡，在豬群的強詞奪理、羊群的盲目附和、狗群的尖牙利爪，解釋一再遭到更改，字跡也隨時間斑駁。大家也逐漸淡忘革命前的生活，既無法從過去中學習，也就無從比較目前處境是否更好，只能在遺忘中接受現狀。【辛勤工作全是對退休生活的企盼】馬兒巴克斯（Boxer）是動物中最勤勞，他總是提早上工，最晚下工，期盼風車能早日完工，為農場供電。他身強力壯，豬又是公認最聰明的，大家各司其職，便能建立理想農場。然

Animal Farm, published in 1945, is a satirical novel by British novelist and essayist George Orwell (1903–1950), pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair. Orwell is best known for Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). As a socialist, he was a keen critic of imperialism, fascism, Stalinism, and capitalism. His works are concerned with the sociopolitical conditions of his time. Animal Farm, with great critical and popular success, is a witty, satirical allegory about the failure of Soviet totalitarianism. Some events in the book are based on events from the Soviet Union during the Stalin era.This novel is ostensibly about a group of animals who oust the humans from the farm and run it themselves, only to have it corrupted into a brutal tyranny on its own. This idea of a revolution betraying its supposed aims is a chief issue of Animal Farm. 【故事簡介】No animal must ever tyrannise over his own kind. Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers. No animal must ever kill any other animal. Al

Flip the flaps to match the animal families!Meet seven farmyard animals and their adorable babies in this fun and chunky book. This clever board book lets little readers play a game of SNAP as they turn the pages to match the animal babies to their parents. With big and little pages to turn, this unique board book has great play-value and encourages fine motor skills in babies and toddlers, while teaching the names of baby animals.With a simple description of each animal, older readers will love to shout out the answer as they make a match. Brilliantly illustrated by Mel Matthews, this is the perfect book for playing with together. Also in the series: Animal Snap Jungle

'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others'Mr Jones, the owner of Manor Farm, is a lazy drunk. The animals decide to overthrow him in a revolution that will allow them to run the farm, liberating themselves and creating a new life of equality and freedom. But they have underestimated the pigs.Napoleon and Snowball form an elite and take control for themselves, and the tyranny of the farmer is replaced with another kind of control leaving the animals again subject to a ruthless and cruel authority. Imagined only as Orwell could, this powerful fable is instilled with humour and an underlying urgency that makes this one of the most prescient warnings ever written. 'Surely one of the greatest works of literature of the 20th century, delivering truths about politics that remain, to this hour, horribly disturbing' The TimesWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS