Words in Hand

Gerry: It really is difficult, a difficult book for people to read. Because I feel that it sometimes relates to human beings and what can happen all throughout the world. At one stage it is good and the second stage, it's destroyed, it's destroyed their lives. It could be like this. it's a good transfer to animals. It's a fabulous book. Do you think it's good?

Clark: It doesn't give the same feeling for people. So he used animals and we have to change our minds to think of it from the perspective of animals, the view of the animals. And it means we have to forget our way and look at it from the animals' viewpoint and what they think of man, and in that way we can understand better about ourselves Also understand better about revolution. Revolution itself, because the revolution always fails in the end. From the point where it starts well, it progresses and then comes back onto itself and there's the proof in the book. It's a revolution against man, but then they want to become men again, so what's it about it's marvellous book!

Clive: I read that book myself a long time ago and that brings back memories in my mind. I can remember the part of the book where (about) the pig is arranging, ordering the slaughter. He arranged and negotiated about the slaughter of the horse and that was for food and things like that, I seem to remember that. Really George Orwell was an amazing man. Some man! Wow! It's interesting the link with animals, it makes me think that when he wanted to talk about revolution, as what Clark mentioned, he's talking about the farm. It has a variety of ideas and when people read the book it really isn't amazing.

Gerry: I really believe that the author who wrote the book, what made him write it in that way? Because one day maybe he was depressed and upset and he escaped into the countryside, and he was thinking. He was looking at the animals, the different animals and he transferred it into his mind and that's what made him write it in that way.

Clive: I think it's very good for school for education, it gives the children a lot of discussion with the teachers. I think some day in the future, later, I hope that in deaf schools, the teachers will educate and explain about 'Animal Farm'. I think it's very good.

Clark: I agree with Clive because I strongly encourage teachers to encourage children to read. In that way, in that way that Clive mentioned, it can encourage the children to discuss and make them think for themselves. Because in the past, I myself, never had that chance, never, till I left school and I started reading books a lot. And I was lucky, I had friends like both of you, who I could share the ideas with, but I wish that had happened at school earlier. So I agree with what Clive said, we must encourage that in schools.