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|[[George Orwell]]

|[[George Orwell]]

|One of the classic books by Orwell, it tells the story of a farm run by [[socialist]] animals. The animals rebel against its owners and set up a new farm under socialistic ideas. Although it seems to be more pro-socialist, as the book goes on it begins to show the dangers and corruptness that arises through [[communism]]. Its based on the beginning of the Soviet Revolution, and every character represents either a prominent Soviet leader or a group of Russian citizens (Such as the elderly or workers).

|One of the classic books by Orwell, it tells the story of a farm run by [[socialist]] animals. The animals rebel against its owners and set up a new farm under socialistic ideas. Although it seems to be more pro-socialist, as the book goes on it begins to show the dangers and corruptness that arises through [[communism]]. Its based on the beginning of the Soviet Revolution, and every character represents either a prominent Soviet leader or a group of Russian citizens (Such as the elderly or workers).

|Political Satire

|Political Satire

|1945

|1945

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|''[[Watership Down]]''

|''[[Watership Down]]''

|Richard Adams

|[[Richard Adams]]

|This book tells of a band of British rabbits led by two brothers - clever leader Hazel and prophetic Fiver - as they journey to a new home when their old home is bulldozed. Once they reach their new home, they spend the novel building it up by recruiting more rabbits to join them, as well as fend off an attack from an aggressive neighboring warren. The book promotes upholding traditions, though the rabbits are not afraid to break tradition once in a while to make their new home (for example, females do most of the digging for their babies, but the males that made it through the journey decide to dig in their place), thus showing conservatism as being more traditional and slowly being progressive. Totalitarian rule is condemned in the form of the book's villain: General Woundwort, who rules Efrefa with an iron paw; he keeps his rabbits in seclusion in Efrefa to the point of them overcrowding and allows his council to rip the ears of another rabbit named Blackavar for trying to escape. Courage, loyalty, and fighting for one's home are shown in a positive light, an example being Bigwig (a friend of Hazel's and an officer in the "Owsla") helping his friends defend their new home and fighting Woundwort himself. Hazel and Fiver share a strong brotherhood; while they have their differences in ways of thinking (Hazel being more daring and Fiver being more cautious), they ultimately respect each other and care for each other, showing brotherhood in a good way. Finally, while there is a hint of environmentalism in the book (though the humans are portrayed as mainly apathetic to the daily lives of rabbits, and Richard Adams was condemning urbanizing the countryside), it does show that humans can be good to rabbits, as seen when a girl named Lucy saves Hazel from her cat and releases him back into the wild.

|This book tells of a band of British rabbits led by two brothers - clever leader Hazel and prophetic Fiver - as they journey to a new home when their old home is bulldozed. Once they reach their new home, they spend the novel building it up by recruiting more rabbits to join them, as well as fend off an attack from an aggressive neighboring warren.

 

The book promotes upholding traditions, though the rabbits are not afraid to break tradition once in a while to make their new home (for example, females do most of the digging for their babies, but the males that made it through the journey decide to dig in their place), thus showing conservatism as being more traditional and slowly being progressive. Totalitarian rule is condemned in the form of the book's villain: General Woundwort, who rules Efrefa with an iron paw; he keeps his rabbits in seclusion in Efrefa to the point of them overcrowding and allows his council to rip the ears of another rabbit named Blackavar for trying to escape. Courage, loyalty, and fighting for one's home are shown in a positive light, an example being Bigwig (a friend of Hazel's and an officer in the "Owsla") helping his friends defend their new home and fighting Woundwort himself. Hazel and Fiver share a strong brotherhood; while they have their differences in ways of thinking (Hazel being more daring and Fiver being more cautious), they ultimately respect each other and care for each other, showing brotherhood in a good way. Finally, while there is a hint of environmentalism in the book (though the humans are portrayed as mainly apathetic to the daily lives of rabbits, and Richard Adams was condemning urbanizing the countryside), it does show that humans can be good to rabbits, as seen when a girl named Lucy saves Hazel from her cat and releases him back into the wild.

An animated movie based on the book premiered in 1978, which (while portraying the same values as the book) is remembered for being pretty graphic and violent. A three-season animated TV series was released in 1999, being the most family-friendly of ''Watership Down'' adaptations. BBC released a CGI Netflix miniseries in 2018. A sequel to the book called ''Tales of Watership Down'' was published in 1996.

An animated movie based on the book premiered in 1978, which (while portraying the same values as the book) is remembered for being pretty graphic and violent. A three-season animated TV series was released in 1999, being the most family-friendly of ''Watership Down'' adaptations. BBC released a CGI Netflix miniseries in 2018. A sequel to the book called ''Tales of Watership Down'' was published in 1996.

|''Warriors'' (or ''Warrior Cats'')

|''Warriors'' (or ''Warrior Cats'')

|Erin Hunter

|Erin Hunter

|''Warriors'' is a book series (with seven six-book arcs, eleven stand-alone books, manga series, field guides, and novellas) about four colonies (later five) of feral cats living together and fighting for survival. The series starts out pretty neutral, one example being that while first arc main character Rusty/Firestar questions why the Clans don't just become one big Clan, he ultimately respects Clan traditions. The earlier books also say that even if the Clans are staying separate, they can still come together to fight whatever threatens all the Clans, including Scourge and his BloodClan cats as well as the Dark Forest (the cat version of hell). Family is portrayed positively in Firestar agreeing to adopt his sister's firstborn kitten Cloudtail so that he can be a warrior like him. Totalitarianism is condemned through leaders like Brokenstar, who kills kittens during battle practice and forces his cats to constantly go to war.

|''Warriors'' is a book series (with seven six-book arcs, thirteen stand-alone books, four manga arcs and two stand-alone manga novels), five field guides, and eighteen novellas) about four colonies (later five) of feral cats living together and fighting for survival. The series starts with a house cat named Rusty leaving his owners to join one of these Clans, and later books include much more characters.

 

The series starts out pretty neutral, one example being that while first arc main character Rusty/Firestar questions why the Clans don't just become one big Clan, he ultimately respects Clan traditions. The earlier books also say that even if the Clans are staying separate, they can still come together to fight whatever threatens all the Clans, including Scourge and his BloodClan cats as well as the Dark Forest (the cat version of hell). Family is portrayed positively in Firestar agreeing to adopt his sister's firstborn kitten Cloudtail so that he can be a warrior like him. Totalitarianism is condemned through leaders like Brokenstar, who kills kittens during battle practice and forces his cats to constantly go to war.

However, it's become more liberal in later books, encouraging more open borders (as RiverClan leader Mistystar's decision to close her Clan's borders and look after her own cats first is portrayed as negative) and moral relativism (an example being the author portraying the murderous manipulator Mapleshade as sympathetic by making everyone around her even worse). There seems to be a pro-anarchy message in the form of Needletail, who refuses to take responsibility for helping the sixth arc's villain, Darktail, take control of ShadowClan due to resentment towards their leader Rowanstar. ''The Raging Storm'' portrays a not-so-subtle jab at Donald Trump's 2016 slogan "Make America Great Again" by painting Tigerheart's line "Make ShadowClan great again" in a negative light. Finally, the series promotes a slight environmentalist message in glorifying the wild cats' harsh way of life while having the Clan cats look down on house cats and their safer and saner lifestyle, as well as scoffing at the ways of humans.

However, it's become more liberal in later books, encouraging more open borders (as RiverClan leader Mistystar's decision to close her Clan's borders and look after her own cats first is portrayed as negative) and moral relativism (an example being the author portraying the murderous manipulator Mapleshade as sympathetic by making everyone around her even worse). There seems to be a pro-anarchy message in the form of Needletail, who refuses to take responsibility for helping the sixth arc's villain, Darktail, take control of ShadowClan due to resentment towards their leader Rowanstar. ''The Raging Storm'' portrays a not-so-subtle jab at Donald Trump's 2016 slogan "Make America Great Again" by painting Tigerheart's line "Make ShadowClan great again" in a negative light. Finally, the series promotes a slight environmentalist message in glorifying the wild cats' harsh way of life while having the Clan cats look down on house cats and their safer and saner lifestyle, as well as scoffing at the ways of humans.