George Orwell‚ Animal Farm - “Old Major’s Speech” 1. Who is Old Major? Why does his address the animals? In the story Old Major is a meritorious hog‚ thanks to all the prizes he got on several exhibitions other animals hold him in high esteem‚ as he is clever‚ smart and calm. His age gives him a supremacy in experience over his companions. He calls a meeting to discuss a strange dream he had and as a kind of authority elucidates how unfairly‚ cruelly and sorely all animals are treated
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The bystander effect occurs because there is a lack of social queues for action among strangers. I do feel people feel people are more inclined to divert attention away from themselves in the general public. Said plainly; it is awkward to be in that position. I think most people genuinely believe they would "do the right thing" and are likely to be a proactive citizen in a bystander group. But when the moment comes‚ it really does take a confident and swift thinking individual to rise to the occasion
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100‚000‚000. That is the number of animals being kept in labs being used for animal testing‚ which is not required by law. Animal testing is not necessary. In many cases it does not even benefit people‚ and is not accurate. It only harms the animal‚ and if it happened to a person’s pet‚ it would be considered animal abuse. Animal testing is wrong and only harming animals‚ here is how. In many cases‚ medicines are tested on animals before being used on humans. This is a common argument made by pro-testing
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first step on the path to the workers’ revolution is the elevation of the proletariat to the position of ruling class (“Dictatorship of the Proletariat”).” As the animals was the labor community of the farm they should command‚ "getting rid of Man‚ and the produce of our labor would be our own (Orwell 7).” Just like Karl Marx‚ Old Major also believe that a community should be ruled by those who work for it‚ not the upper middle class. The power concentrated in the hands of the minority was getting
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Old Major Speech Essay The Old Major’s speech was at the very start of chapter one of the book. It illustrates how animal farm was based on the Russian Revolution and how the Old Major character was modeled on Karl Marx who wrote the communist manifesto which was a guiding principle of the Russian Revolution. The Old Major used a huge amount of persuasive techniques in many different ways. He used emotive language to make the animals have an emotional‚ rather than a rational response to his speech
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What would you do if you saw someone harming an animal? Good morning/ afternoon. If you hadn’t already gathered with the “smack in the face” question I just asked I am here today to talk to you about animal abuse and animal cruelty. Imagine if you were the one being tested on‚ imagine your skin being torn off whilst alive‚ imagine your arms and legs being broken and ripped off while you were alive‚ imagine being burnt alive‚ imagine even being killed just to satisfy other species. Doesn’t sound nice
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Identify Old Major(represents Mark)‚ Boxer(represents the people who are believing)‚ Clover‚ Benjamin and Mollie. old major is the old white boar who comes up with the idea to rebel‚ dies in very beginning very smart‚ he was smartest on the farm. Boxer is an enormous beast‚ almost 18 hands high‚ strong as 2 ordinary horses put together‚ white stripe down nose gives a not smart appearance. clover is a stout mouthed mare‚ in the middle of her life. benjamin is a donkey. mollie is a foolish pretty
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Squealer and Old Major: Compare/Contrast Old Major is highly respected among the farm animals‚ as he claims to “understand the nature of life on this earth as well as any animal now living” (28). Major serves as the source of the ideals that the animals continue to uphold even after their pig leaders have betrayed them. Before his death‚ he calls a meeting of all the animals and tells them that human beings are the sole reason that “No animal in England is free” and that “The life of an animal is misery
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Anth 68 Day 4 An Animal’s Place In his article‚ An Animal’s Place‚ Michael Pollan describes the treatment of animals by contemporary meat-processing industries. He starts out by talking about a movement that concerns with better treatment of animals and mentions a book‚ Animal Liberations written by Peter Singer. In the book‚ Singer “demands that you either defend the way you live or change it.” Singer argues along the premise of equality and says “If possessing a higher degree of intelligence does
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How to Become a Drum Major. Is someone close to another‚ wanting to be a drum major? Well‚ they are in luck. Today we are going to talk about becoming a drum major step by step. Drum majors have many responsibilities they have to accomplish. For example: knowing the music for the inside out. Drum majors are more than just a person flapping their arms on a stand. We will learn steps through tryouts‚ practice or football games‚ and competitions. Tryouts is where and how everything gets started. Most
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