This is a common scenario in a totalitarian regime, where working-class people are treated as if they exist only to serve those privileged with “leadership.” Whereas, in the revised version, the word “some” marked the pigs as privileged compared to other working-class animals.

This line appearing in Chapter 10 is a revised version of the original phrase “All animals are equal.” The original phrase expresses the Old Major’s ideals that made all animals equal where an individual or a group will not oppress another. “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” This was what happened during Ishar’s rule in Russia, happening whenever a government becomes totalitarian by extracting work from its subjects without giving back anything for their betterment. This attitude and laziness cause distaste among animals who in turn decides to revolt against him. He hadn’t even to feed them well in turn what he enjoys from them. These lines express how the animals on the farm were exploited by Mr Jones to work hard while he rested in the farmhouse.

Yet he is lord of all the animals.”Īppearing in the first chapter, these words explain the Old Major’s observation of Mr Jones, their farmer, and man in general. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. “Man is the only creature that consumes without producing.

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