Old Major's Speech Flashcards
1
Q
“our lives are miserable, laborious and short”
A
Harsh, short adjectives
2
Q
“we”, “comrades”, “this life of ours”
A
Uses inclusive pronouns: Is an empathetic leader
3
Q
“the root cause of hunger and overwork”
A
Says of man- hatred for man
4
Q
“our labour tills the soil”
A
Key idea that working class are the real power of an economy that keep everything going.
5
Q
“cows”, “milk”, “hens”, “eggs”, “Clover”, “foals”
A
Appeals to each individual animals exploitation
6
Q
“in fighting against man, we must not come to resemble him”
A
Warns against tendencies for despotic and exploitative leaders emerging within the animals
