Old Major was a well-respected boar on Animal Farm. He
recently had a dream and felt the need to share this "vision" with the other animals on
the farm, a vision of the animals overthrowing their human oppressors and running the
farm themselves.
He began to describe to the animal
assembly that man is their enemy and no animal is free until they rid themselves of him:
"Man is the only enemy we have. Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger
and overwork is abolished forever" (29).
He continue his
disapproval of man and rallies the animals to begin planning for a rebellion-maybe not
anytime soon, but he stressed the need for it sometime in the future. He teaches them
the rally song "Beasts of England" during the meeting, which gets the animals all
excited, awakening Mr. Jones, the farmer.
It can be argued
that Old Major represents Karl Marx, and that his speech motivated the animals to take
action and rebel against their oppressors.
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