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Young Sheldon- Review

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Young Sheldon is a seven season long series directed and produced by Jon Favreau. He has directed some of the most famous Hollywood movies like Iron Man, The Jungle Book and The Lion King.  Young Sheldon is a prequel of the famous Big Bang Theory.  Jim Parsons, who plays the adult Sheldon in The Big Bang Theory, narrates the series and serves as an executive producer.   The story revolves around Sheldon Cooper's childhood, a bone fide genius, who lives in the East Texas. The main plot revolves around him in the initial seasons.  Sheldon Cooper had a twin sister Missy Cooper and an elder brother named George Cooper. Their father was a football coach at a local high school and their mother Mary Cooper was a home-maker. She was a devout Baptist and later started working as a church secretary. Another important character in the series was that of the maternal grandmother, addressed as Meemaw. There are several side characters that appear at regular intervals and their pr...

Animal Farm- Book Review

George Orwell was an English novelist, essayist and a journalist. Animal Farm and 1984 are two of his most famous novels. Both these novels are based on theme of totalitarian government, misuse of language and the limitations imposed on freedom.  The story of Animal Farm is set up in a fictious Manor Farm. It is like any other English farm owned by the drunken owner, Mr. Jones who runs the place along with some incompetent workers. All the animals of the farm are oppressed and unhappy. Realizing the unjust treatment they were receiving, all the animals soon decided to take the matters in their own hands and caused the rebel. The rebel was led by the two cunning pigs named Napoleon and Snowball. It was about time when the animals found themselves to be further unhappy and weak as compared to before. They were manipulated and gaslighted to the limit that they began to doubt their own understanding and memory.  Although it's a short novel, it is not a quick read, as the plot dema...