Chapter 8 Animal Farm

With my reading thus far, Animal Farm revolves around the uprising revolution between the "animals" and Mr. Jones. Animal Farm involves Old Major , a twelve year old pig, who is known to be wise. Within the first chapter, Old Major gives a speech to all of the animals in the farm. This is when the themes that are going to outline the story starts to unfold. Deceit, power and order, and social stratification play a major affect within the first paragraph.
To commence, Old Major is clearly seen as the one "animal" to guide others. He is the one who deliberately gives his speech, which not only reflects the "farm" community, but also integrates the deceitful community in which they all reside in. According Old Major, he preaches, "Never listen when they tell you that Man and the animals have a common interest, that the prosperity of the one is the prosperity of the others. It is all lies. Man serves the interests of no creature except himself" (Orwell, 4). Here the twelve year old pig, expresses his views of the
According to Old Major, he deliberates, "Let us face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short" (Orwell, 3). Within this piece of the first chapter, Orwell starts to make the audience question whether or not the animals are really animals. For instance, Old Major continues, "No animal in England knows the meaning of happiness or leisure after he is a year old. No animal in England is free. The life of an animal is misery and slavery: that is the plain truth" (Orwell, 3). Here, is when the comparison between "animals" and "humans" come to play. Because of the power that Mr. Jones posses, the animals are restrained and in desperate need to be free. In other words, the people in England are not happy. Me. Jones is someone who holds control and power over