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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...

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 ...