Animal Farm: Utopia :: Animal Farm Essays

Animal turn UtopiaThe definition of Utopia is "no place." A Utopia is an ideal society inwhich the social, political, and scotch evils afflicting human miscellany have beenwiped out. This is an idea displayed in communist governments. In the novel,Animal Farm, by George Orwell honest-to-goodness Majors ideas of a Utopia are changed becauseof short sleeps bad leadershiphip.     Old Major explains his dreams and ideas to either the animals before hedies. At his speech totally in all the animals go to hear what Old Major has to say. Thishappens on the night that Mr. Jones comes dental plate drunk. Old Major explains hisideas to all the animals Man is the only creature that consumes withoutproducing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is withal weak to pullthe plow, he cannot run fast enough to let rabbits. Yet he is lord of all theanimals. (p.19) This speech gets all the animals steamed up and sends thetoughts of getting rid of man. Old Major then teaches them the tune the Beastsof England which teaches them the "great" life without man and with no more than badleadersBeasts of England, beasts of Ireland,Beasts of every land and clime,Hearken to my joyful tidings,Of the golden future time. shortly or late the day is coming,Tyrant Man shall be oerthrown,And the fruitful fields of England,Shall be trod by beasts alone.Rings shall vanish from our noses,And the harness from our back, irregular and spur shall rust forever,Cruel whips no more shall crack.Riches more than mind can picture,Wheat and barley, oats and hay,Clover, beans, and mangel-wurzelsShall be ours upon the day...(p.22-23)After the song the animals were fifty-fifty more excited. They sing the song so loudit wakes Mr. Jones up. Mr. Jones starts firing his grinder into the darkness. Thisquickly scatters the animals.     Three days later Old Major dies so Snowball and Napoleon way out over butNapoleon wants all the power . Snowball does a lot of research and planing butNapoleon wants to take over completely by himself. So Napoleon frames Snowballso he can become the leader. Orwell tells about the meeting to discuss thewind generator By the time he had finished speaking, there was no dought as to whichway the vote would go. But just at this moment Napoleon stood up and...uttereda high pitched whimper of a kind no one had ever heard...nine enormous dogswearing brass extend collars came...they dashed strait for snowball. (P.57)This scene shows Napoleon is a tyrant and wants all the power to himself and