Old Major‘s Speech
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 months
 not many months before he dies
 pass
 feels duty to pass on his…
 wisdom
 …wisdom he has acquired
 life
 understands the nature of life
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 lives
 lives are miserable, laborious, short
 cruelty
 slaughtered with hideous cruelty
 happines
 no animal knows the meaning of
 truth
happiness or leasure
 plain truth: life is misery and slavery
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 soil
 the soil is fertile
 food
 could afford food in abundance
 number
 farm could support many animals
 stolen
 produce of labour stolen by humans
 enemy
 Man = only real enemy
 remove
 remove Man > hunger is abolished
forever
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 consume
 Man consumes without producing
 lord
 cows
 hens
 Clover
 reward
 no milk, does not lay eggs, weak to
pull the plough
 Man is lord of animals
 cows are not given their milk
 few eggs hatch into chickens
 Clover will not see her foals
 their only reward are bare rations
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 reach
 no animal reaches their natural span
 knife
 no animal escapes the cruel knife
 porkers
 porkers end at the block within 1 yr
 horses
 horses are sent to the knacker
 dogs
 old, toothless dogs are drowned
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 tyranny
 all evil springs from Man‘s tyranny
 overthrow
 „work night and day, body and soul,
 rebellion
 justice
 message
for the overthrow of the human race“
 rebellion will come, no matter when
 justice will be done
 the message must be passed on to
those who come after
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 resolution
 resolution must never falter
 lies
 interests
 unity
 comrades
 no argument must lead them astray
 Man tells lies
 speaking about common interests of
humans and animals
 there must be unity and comradeship
 animals are comrades, men are
enemies
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IDEAS (click here to show):
 rats
 dogs saw them
 vote
 majority
 dogs
 cat
 rats disappeared into their holes
 it was put to the vote
 are wild creatures comrades?
 overwhelming majority agreed, only
four dissentients
 dogs
 cat voted on both sides
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 rules:
 two legs
 four legs
 vices
 tyrannise
 kill
 whatever goes upon two legs = enemy
 equal
 no animal must tyrranise over their
 four legs or wings = friend
 must not adopt the vices of Man
 live in a house, sleep in a bed, wear
clothes, drink alcohol, smoke tobacco,
touch money, engage in trade
own kind, or kill any other animal
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 dream
 dream of the earth when Man has
 vanish
vanished reminds him of a song
 mother and other sows sang it
 in his dream the song and the
forgotten lyrics came back
 song
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 song
 Old Major sings in a hoarse voice
 exitement
 animals are excited, start singing
 unison
 interrupt
immediately
 stupid ones pick up the tune
 clever ones remember the song within
minutes
 sang in unison five times
 interrupted by a shot
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Beasts of England, beasts of Ireland,
Beasts of every land and clime
Hearken to my joyful tidings
Of the golden future time
Soon or late the day is coming
Tyrant Man shall be o‘erthrown
And the fruitful fields of England
Shall be trod by beasts alone.
Thank you for your attention
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