A Rhetorical Analysis Of George Orwell's Animal Farm

When Mr. Jones, the owner of Manor Farm, finally goes to bed, Old Major calls all the animals to the barn for a meeting. Even though Old Major is getting old and may die soon, he wants to share his thoughts with the animals of the farm. He tells them how “The life of an animal is misery and slavery” and how Man only takes from the animals and barely provides for them. According to Old Major, overthrowing the humans is the ultimate goal for the animals, and it would lead them to their freedom. He demonstrates his ideas through a song called Beasts of England. This song gives the animals a sense of hope for a better future that would benefit them all. Three nights after Old Major gives his speech, he dies, and the animals unite. Being the smartest animals on …show more content…
Jones is a strict master, he forgets to feed the animals one day. They broke into the store-shed, and Mr. Jones and his men come out and start whipping the animals. All the animals soon retaliate. The humans see they are no match for them and retreat the farm. The next morning after their victory, the pigs write seven commandments for the farm: whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy, whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend, no animal shall wear clothes, no animal shall sleep in a bed, no animal shall drink alcohol, no animal shall kill any other animal, and all animals are equal. Although the work on the farm is laborious, all the animals are more than happy to take part in it. Boxer is a very hard worker and always says the phrase “I will work harder.” Instead of working on Sundays, the animals gather together and attend a meeting to plan for the following week. Even though Snowball and Napoleon disagree on many subjects, Snowball creates a committee to help animals read and write, which helps Benjamin, the cynical donkey, be able to read just as well as the pigs. Snowball also teaches the sheep the phrase “Four legs good, two legs bad” because they cannot memorize the