As an avid reader, few books have made me stare at the wall and contemplate what I had just read. But one short read of about 10 chapters — George Orwell’s 1945 classic Animal Farm, with its pig on ...
A fifth grader, assigned to read "Animal Farm" years ago, was asked by his teacher what he thought it was "about." "The American revolution," replied the 11-year-old promptly. "No, no, no." The ...