George Orwell's 'Important Quotes From Animal Farm'

Important Quote 2:

“‘And remember, comrades, your resolution must never falter. No argument must lead you astray. Never listen when they tell you that Man and the animals have a common interest, that the prosperity of the one is the prosperity of the others. It is all lies. Man serves the interests of no creature except himself. And among us animals let there be perfect unity, perfect comradeship in the struggle. All men are enemies. All animals are comrades.’” pg. 10

This quote is important because it tells the animals to never get distracted from their goals, and it further strengthens their desire to become free of the farmers clutches. In addition, it introduces a basic version of the “4 legs good, 2 legs bad” slogan of animalism.

Important

Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished forever. Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. 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. Yet he is lord of all the animals. He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving, and the rest he keeps for himself.’” pg. 7

This quote explains the root of all problems in the farm. The animals are tired of being treated like garbage, even though they are the ones that do all of the work on the farm. In a way, this foreshadows the exposition to the story because it pushes the animals on the farm to

It showed the pigs’ true intentions in that they do not care about the animals. They simply wanted the milk and apples for themselves and they lied to all the other animals to get what they wanted. It also gives an example of how persuasive Squealer can be, which may benefit him in the future.

Figurative Language:

“All through that summer the work of the farm went like clockwork.” pg. 28

This is a combination of both an idiom and a simile. The idiom is like clockwork, which means for something to run smoothly, easily, or as planned. The simile comes from the fact the summer work on the farm is compared to clockwork using the word “like”. This means that all of the work on the farm ran smoothly. The author means to show that when the animals first took control of the farm, they all worked together to get their work done in a timely manner, so everyone was happy.

Historic Connection 1:

“The Beasts of England” represents “The Internationale”, which was an anthem for and helped to spread the socialist movement, much like how “The Beasts of England” spreads throughout many other farms and encourages them to overthrow their current “government” in which they are being strongly oppressed. This spreads the animal farm’s new way of government around the country of England.

Historic Connection