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Examples Of Foreshadowing In Animal Farm

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“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 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.” Orwell is able to manipulate strong uses of foreshadowing throughout the book. The prime spot where you can find a lot of foreshadowing is the first chapter. In the first chapter, we are introduced to “Old Major” who is a prize-winning boar and is highly respected throughout the farm. He depicts a dream that he had a couple nights before and talks about why the animals should rebel and why man is so evil. They talk about how man “is the only thing that consumes …show more content…

This quote takes place during the night on Manor Farm (Jones’ farm) and is given by Old Major. Old Major, in particular, says this because he wants if and after the revolution, he wants all animals to be equal in “perfect comradeship” where everybody contributes and everybody is equal. Primely, this is representing a utopia ( a society where everyone is equal but is impossible to obtain), because we see that at the final chapter, one of the commandments change to “All animals are equal but some are more equal than others,” hinting that indeed this “perfect comradeship” is indeed impossible. We also can see Old Major talking about how all men are enemies. This is an example of verbal irony but does not kick in until the final chapter. In the final chapter, the reader can claim to read “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible

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