Animal Farm - Ch 1 Close Reading

1. We get the impression that he is a very bad drinker this is indicated by the barrel of bear. 2. “He was very highly regarded on the farm” because non of the other animals had any problem with the way that there were treated until Old Major brought it up. 3. Because of his concern that he will die with out passing a message. 4. How their life was a misery, Metaphoric “keep the breath in our bodies” “Work to the last atom of our strengths.” 5. The rhetorical questions were asked to make them think about what they give and receive. “How many gallons of milk have you given during this last year? … Every drop of it has gone down the throats of our enemies.” 6. They were actually happy and satisfied because they didn’t know any better. 7. They saw man as their enemy. 8. They saw man as beasts “Beast of England, Beast of Ireland, Beast of Every Land” 9. He kills them this suggests that he has no value for them. 10. “Only get rid of man, and the produce of our labour would be our own. Almost overnight we could become rich and free” 11. Never listen to man. He says that man only lives to satisfy himself and is very selfish. 12. “All men are enemies. All animals are comrades” 13. “Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.” 14. He meant that they should never take up the human way of living and must only live like an animal. 15. It is so that the animals have an idea of what humans are and what they are doing to the