11/23/2023 0 Comments Animal farm audio chapter 1The song excites all the animals but their meeting ends with Mr.Jones waking up from his sleep and firing warning shots. The old boar then tells the animals about his dream in which he remembered the old song called Beasts of England which his mother and other pigs used to sing. All his animal brothers and sisters which he addresses as comrades were living lives that were short, laborious and miserable.īut it is not their natural way of life, Humans have made enslaved them and have taken away the resources that were meant for them, He declares humans as the real enemy of animals. In the meeting, The Old Major tells the animals that through his vast experience of living, he has understood the nature of life on earth. Dogs, Cats, Cows, Pigs, Hens, Pigeons, Horses, Mares etc and all of them were present at the meeting except a black raven whose name was Mosses. There were all sorts of domestic animals on the farm. All the animals were gathering for a meeting in which the Old Major, a wise pig, was going to communicate about a strange dream that he had last night. This notion that "All Animals Are Equal" becomes one of the tenets of Animalism, the philosophy upon which the rebellion will supposedly be based.After Mr.jones (Owner of the Manor farm) fell asleep, His farm started buzzing with activity. By addressing his audience as "comrades" and prefacing his remarks with the statement that he will not be with the others "many months longer," Major ingratiates himself to his listeners as one who has reached a degree of wisdom in his long life of twelve years and who views the other animals as equals - not a misguided rabble that needs advice and correction from a superior intellect. However, Major's speech is the most important part of the chapter, and through it Orwell displays his great understanding of political rhetoric and how it can be used to move crowds in whichever direction the speaker wishes. All of these characteristics become more pronounced as the novel proceeds. The animals assembling in the barn are likewise characterized by Orwell in quick fashion: Major is old and wise, Clover is motherly and sympathetic, Boxer is strong yet dimwitted, Benjamin is pessimistic and cynical, and Mollie is vain and childish. Indeed, the first chapter presents Jones as more of an "animal" than the animals themselves, who reacts to any disruption of his comfort with the threat of violence, as indicated by his gunfire when he is awakened from his drunken dreams. His unsteady gait (suggested by the "dancing lantern" he carries) and snoring wife mark him immediately as the epitome of all that Major says about mankind's self-absorption and gluttony. In addition, Jones' very name (a common one) suggests he is like many other humans, and the tyranny of all mankind is an important theme of Major's speech. Jones, for example, is presented as a drunken, careless ruler, whose drinking belies the upscale impression he hopes to create with the name of his farm. Several of the novel's main characters are introduced in this chapter Orwell paints their dominant characteristics with broad strokes. Frightened by the shot, the animals disperse and go to sleep. He then teaches the animals a song - "Beasts of England" - which they sing repeatedly until they awaken Jones, who fires his gun from his bedroom window, thinking there is a fox in the yard. After elaborating on the various ways that Man has exploited and harmed the animals, Major mentions a strange dream of his in which he saw a vision of the earth without humans. Major delivers a rousing political speech about the evils inflicted upon them by their human keepers and their need to rebel against the tyranny of Man. Jones, the owner of Manor Farm, falls asleep in a drunken stupor, all of his animals meet in the big barn at the request of old Major, a 12-year-old pig.
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