tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post6530554649100660354..comments2024-03-26T13:05:44.788-04:00Comments on The Once Lost Wanderer: Animal Farm by George Orwell (7 down, 93 to go)Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466108789532345790noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-27521234672860044032014-12-07T19:25:34.961-05:002014-12-07T19:25:34.961-05:00You're right of course...there could be no her...You're right of course...there could be no hero, especially since it is an allegory of early Soviet History. The farm commune would have to struggle along miserably for a half century....and then a pig named Gorby could be the hero.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00466108789532345790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341752236357006509.post-7497279848762750072014-11-21T15:24:17.493-05:002014-11-21T15:24:17.493-05:00I like your thoughts about how there is no hero. T...I like your thoughts about how there is no hero. The thing is, what would a hero look like in this context? They could not act alone - they would need to be persuasive. Sway the sheep, perhaps, and it doesn't help that the pigs have those guard dogs at their disposal, keeping the other animals in a state of fear (and a constant fear like that doesn't really allow for steady contemplation).<br /><br />I also like your observation about revisionist history. So true. I wonder some times if people want to know what happened in the past, or if they're content with making up their own very simple version of it.HKatzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17653570160517335758noreply@blogger.com