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WE SHOULD ALL BE FEMINISTS by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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    WE SHOULD ALL BE FEMINISTS                         BOOK REVIEW The book is originally supposed to be a TedTalk by the author herself, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and the TedTalk is apparently more engaging.     The book really is more of an essay, and one really good thing about the book was that it was not preachy. It  doesn't preach you about feminism or preach you as to why we should all be feminists. Now, preaching like that would've been boring! What the author has done instead is that, she has recounted experiences from her own life and through these she has tried to point out the sexism, sometimes even stereotype, and so on. I really loved her way of approach. I loved how she recounted her life experiences and how using those, she drew inferences and conclusions. I felt that just made whatever she was trying to say over three times more effective! I also really liked how the author talked a...
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ANIMAL FARM by George Orwell

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            ANIMAL FARM   BOOK REVIEW Animal Farm is an allegorical novella that follows the story of the oppressed animals of Manor Farm defeating and overthrowing their master Mr Jones, and taking over the farm for themselves. They envisage it to be the beginning of independence and abundance. However, when a heartless and devious elite among the animals starts to take control, the animals find themselves helplessly trapped as one form of dictatorship is replaced by another. The story starts off with the animals of Manor Farm getting ready and settling down for a meeting as soon as Mr Jones is done locking the hen houses, pens, etc. and retires for the night. Apparently, Old Major Prize Middle White Boar has had a strange dream and wishes to communicate it to the animals.  Old Major begins by telling the animals how they are exploited and made to toil, while the humans sit back and reap the maximum benefits. Not just that, the animals ...
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The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J. K. Rowling

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     THE   TALES   OF   BEEDLE   THE   BARD      BOOK REVIEW If you're acquainted with the Harry Potter series, you would very well know how The Tales of Beedle the Bard is interconnected to that series. Basically, The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a collection of short stories written by Beedle the Bard. In the wizarding world, stories from The Tales of Beedle the Bard are often narrated as bedtime stories to young witches and wizards. They're considered as parallels to stories like Rapunzel, Cinderella, Snow White, etc. of the muggle world. We first come across the mention of The Tales of Beedle the Bard in the last book of the Harry Potter series, that is, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Coming to The Tales of Beedle the Bard written by J K Rowling... It is a very small book consisting of five short stories and after each story we have some notes by Albus Dumbledore. I think this is done to make us feel like we are...
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