George Orwell s The Barn - 1784 Words

The animals of Manor Farm behave like animals that we are familiar with today. They work quite a bit for the farmer, are fed, shown off/sold to others. On the other hand, the animals are able to communicate amongst themselves, and are capable of planning and complex thinking, like humans are. Old Major’s speech in the barn seems to inspire the animals to rebel against the human who appears to make their life harsh, miserable, and insufferable, who we know as Mr. Jones. The animals take it to heart, and sincerely commit to this new idea. Old Major’s speech in the barn seems to inspire the animals to rebel against the human who appears to make their life harsh, miserable, and insufferable, who we know as Mr. Jones. The animals take it to†¦show more content†¦The rebellion changed a lot of things on the farm. The animals changed the name of the farm, the people (Mr. Jones and Mrs. Jones) are driven out, and the things they used are not to be touched or used, and the house is turned into a type of preserve. The animals are extremely pleased. The strong idea here is that you should not do anything pertaining to mankind, because man is evil and cold. Man is wrong, but animal is right. Man is cruel, animal is kind. According to dictionary.com, marxism is the system of economic and political thought developed by Karl Marx, along with Friedrich Engels, especially the doctrine that the state throughout history has been a device for the exploitation of the masses by a dominant class, that class struggle has been the main agency of historical change, and that the capitalist system, containing from the first the seeds of its own decay, will inevitably, after the period of the dictatorship of the proletariat, be superseded by a socialist order and a classless society.. In other words, Marxism is a theory of economics and of history that says that all of history consists of conflict between various classes. The farm might have been a perfect place for a utopian community if you were an animal. As you can see, from the animal’s viewpoints, life is terrible because of the humans. It is perfect, and it offers freedom, and being able to do things of your own free will. If the animals had come up with another way to govern