Old Major, an old and respected boar, gave a speech of his dream of the animal’s rebellion against man shortly before his death. He stated, “Even when we have conquered him, do not adopt his vices.” Farmer Jones, the animals’ owner, was very abusive and gave his animals common “floggings” if work was not done properly. They not only were whipped often, but they also received very little food rations. The animals recognized that the men were all getting the best of things doing minimal work while the animals were also working very hard for the comfort of the humans.
As a result of the mistreatment, the animals came together and planned a rebellion against Farmer Jones and his men. The animals rebel one summer day when Jones’ farm wasn’t going well at all, and he had forgotten to feed the cows for two days. The cows were so hungry they broke into the food storage shed with their horns, and all the animals went to eat too. The ruckus disturbed Jones and his men who raced down there and tried to whip the animals, and the animals could not take it and began to fight back. The behavior was so unexpected Jones and his men were frightened and were chased out of the farm by the animals. The rebellion took place because the animals saw that they were receiving mistreatment and the
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He abused and threatened the animals because he probably saw what was needed to exercise continued control over the farm. If he gave the animals better treatment, they already are strong enough to defeat them but if they have enough energy just to do the given labor, then control will still remain strong. However, violence will be needed to enforce fear and make sure that work was done. Napoleon really wanted to continue to have absolute control over the farm and saw the faults of Jones’ power and learned from them but also used