Topic > Orwell's Animal Farm - 1091

Old Major's speech started the Animal Farm rebellion with great hatred towards humans and anything associated with them. One of the main points that bring hatred to Mr. Jones is found on page 30: "Is it not, then, very clear, comrades, that all the evil of this life of ours comes from the tyranny of human beings? Get rid of Man only, and the product of our work would be ours.". This quote aroused great hatred towards Mr. Jones because it brought out the tyranny he subjects animals to, as well as the fact that Mr. Jones takes the fruits of their labor. Old Majors' main goal in this was to get the other animals to all take each other's side and turn against man. Elsewhere in the story, found on pages 28 and 29, it states: "Since almost all the product of our labor is stolen from us by human beings, behold, comrades, it is the answer to all our problems. It is summarized in one the word Man. Hands is the only real enemy we have. Remove Man from the scene, and the main cause of hunger and overwork will be abolished forever. This gives us another sign of Man's weakness. Seeing that man is the one keeping them at bay and taking everything they have worked for in their life brings great hatred to the farm. So, at the end of the speech, all man is hated by all animals. Napoleon's vision, and response to everything that happened, could be attributed to the fact that he had little, if anything, to do with the rebellion in the beginning. This is shown on page 27, the quote reads: "The two horses were lying down when a brood of ducklings, who had lost their mothers, came into the stable, chirping feebly and wandering from side to side to find a place where they would not they would be trampled Berta made a kind of wall around them with her big foreleg, and the ducklings nestled inside it and immediately fell asleep Mollie, the stupid, pretty white mare who was pulling Mr.'s trap Jones entered nimbly, chewing a sugar cube, took a seat at the front and began to shake her white mane, hoping to draw attention to the red ribbons with which it was braided...