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Animal Farm Dreams, Hopes, and Plans Quotes Page 1
Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
| Quote #1 "Comrades, you have heard already about the strange dream that I had last night. But I will come to the dream later. I have something else to say first. I do not think, comrades, that I shall be with you for many months longer, and before I die, I feel it my duty to pass on to you such wisdom as I have acquired. I have had a long life, I have had much time for thought as I lay alone in my stall, and I think I may say that I understand the nature of life on this earth as well as any animal now living. It is about this that I wish to speak to you." (1.6) |
Old Major establishes a theme of inevitable future outcomes by predicting his own death.
| Quote #2 "Is it not crystal clear, then, comrades, that all the evils of this life of ours spring from the tyranny of human beings? Only get rid of Man, and the produce of our labour would be our own. Almost overnight we could become rich and free. What then must we do? Why, work night and day, body and soul, for the overthrow of the human race! That is my message to you, comrades: Rebellion! I do not know when that Rebellion will come, it might be in a week or in a hundred years, but I know, as surely as I see this straw beneath my feet, that sooner or later justice will be done. Fix your eyes on that, comrades, throughout the short remainder of your lives! And above all, pass on this message of mine to those who come after you, so that future generations shall carry on the struggle until it is victorious. (1.11) |
Just as old Major must die, so must die the control of Jones. This inevitability extends into the rest of the story, but shifts towards negative outcomes.
| Quote #3 Beasts of England, beasts of Ireland, |
The world painted by "Beasts of England" is an world idealized to the point of impossibility. Because of his impending death, old Major carries no personal responsibility to actually see the dream through to its realization.
