The major themes that the book, Animal Farm, by George Orwell mainly portrayed was Power and Totalitarianism.
1. “Why then do we continue in this miserable condition? Because nearly the whole of the produce of our labour is stolen from us by human beings.” (Chapter 1, page 7)
This part of the speech by Old Major on Chapter 1 explicates how farmers dominate and take over the farm. They are the leaders and controllers of the ranch, and the humans, like Mr. Jones, transform the farm into a dictatorship. While the animals work diligently on the fields, Mr. Jones would take their eggs, milk, etc., and he would sell it to the other farmers or the market to obtain money for whiskey and alcohol or use the items for himself. Old Major elucidates to the animals how humans are the only creatures who consumes without producing. He says how humans does not give milk, does not lay eggs, is too feeble to pull the plough, and how he cannot run quick enough to capture the …show more content…
The boars have higher privileges and are able to make all of the rules. For example, on page 68, they were now able to awaken an hour later than the other farm animals. Furthermore, as time went on, the food, such as milk, apples, and barley, are reserved merely for the pigs. The animals working hours on the farm increased immensely, and while they are starving and hungry, the boars are still eating until they are replete. The implication of this quote to the the overall message the novel is attempting to deliver is how the pigs are now the masters and the rulers of Animal Farm, or Manor Farm. This decree and only commandment written by Squealer was to certify to the other animals that the boars are superior, and in control of the rest of them. Squealer was trying to show that even though all of the animals are similar and equivalent to one another, the pigs and dogs have a greater advantage, and more freedom than they
1. “Why then do we continue in this miserable condition? Because nearly the whole of the produce of our labour is stolen from us by human beings.” (Chapter 1, page 7)
This part of the speech by Old Major on Chapter 1 explicates how farmers dominate and take over the farm. They are the leaders and controllers of the ranch, and the humans, like Mr. Jones, transform the farm into a dictatorship. While the animals work diligently on the fields, Mr. Jones would take their eggs, milk, etc., and he would sell it to the other farmers or the market to obtain money for whiskey and alcohol or use the items for himself. Old Major elucidates to the animals how humans are the only creatures who consumes without producing. He says how humans does not give milk, does not lay eggs, is too feeble to pull the plough, and how he cannot run quick enough to capture the …show more content…
The boars have higher privileges and are able to make all of the rules. For example, on page 68, they were now able to awaken an hour later than the other farm animals. Furthermore, as time went on, the food, such as milk, apples, and barley, are reserved merely for the pigs. The animals working hours on the farm increased immensely, and while they are starving and hungry, the boars are still eating until they are replete. The implication of this quote to the the overall message the novel is attempting to deliver is how the pigs are now the masters and the rulers of Animal Farm, or Manor Farm. This decree and only commandment written by Squealer was to certify to the other animals that the boars are superior, and in control of the rest of them. Squealer was trying to show that even though all of the animals are similar and equivalent to one another, the pigs and dogs have a greater advantage, and more freedom than they