In the first three chapters of Animal Farm, a lot happens. The book opens with a wise pig named Old Major having a dream about an Earth with no humans. Old Major gathers the animals and gives a rousing speech about his dream. Shortly thereafter, Old Major dies and the rest of the Pigs honor his memory while planning a rebellion. The pigs form a philosophy called Animalism and educate the rest of the animals about their beliefs. The animals finally strike back after their alcoholic owner, Mr. Jones, neglects to feed them. The animals run Mr. Jones off of the farm and make a pact to live by the seven commandments of Animalism, which a pig called Snowball simplifies to “Four legs good. Two legs bad.” Snowball and another pig named Napoleon seem to control the farm. The other animals all work hard to support the farm while all of the pigs take advantage of them by stealing their food and being lazy. …show more content…
However, Old Major died which left the rest of the pigs to interpret his teachings. I think that by killing Old Major, Orwell was commenting on religions such as Christianity and Buddhism. I believe he was trying to represent how he felt that worshipping one person that died is ignorant, and that the worshipped person’s views will become twisted by other’s interpretations. I also feel that the author was trying to communicate his feelings about the human race. By representing the animals as literate and complex thinkers he’s trying to represent that all beings are equal, or rather that humans are all wild animals on their most basic