TheOldMajorsdreamversusinthereality

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Beastsofeverylandandclime,
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Ofthegoldenfuturetime

Doyoueverthinkthatwhenyouhaveyourowndreamandyouwantittohappenbut
ithappenedintheoppositeway?Inanimalfarm,OldMajorgavetheideaabouttheworldof
Utopia.Theworldthatallanimalarefreefromhumanandhavingagoodlife.Nevertheless,
inthereality,theOldMajorsdreamisimpossiblebecauseallanimalsarefamiliarwithliving
withhuman,thecorruptionoccursonthefarm,Napoleonisobsessedwithpower.

Animalsarefamiliarwithlivingwithhumans,OldMajorsdreamislivingwithout
humanandanimalsinthefarmwishithappensbutsomeofthemthinkthattheycannotlive
withoutthem.ThefamiliaritybecomesthereasonthatmakestheOldMajorsdreamis
impossible.Forinstance,Mr.Jonesfeedsus.Ifhegone,weshouldstarvetodeath(p.16
17).Thesequestionsshowthattheycannotlivewithouthumanandtheyscaredwhatwill
happenaftertherebellion.Allanimalsusedtoliveunderhumancontrollingandsomeof
themdotheworklessthanothers.Aftertherebellionallanimalneedtoworkhardthan
beforewhichsomeofthemthoughtthatthatcannotdotheworkharder.Thus,itsimpossible
foranimalsthatusedtoliveunderhumancontrollingandfamiliarwitlivingwithhumans.

Thecorruptionoccursonthefarm,thepigsuseOldMajorsdreamtocorruptthe
farminthewaythattheywantittobefortheirconvenience.Donotimagine,comrades,
thatleadershipisapleasure!Onthecontrary,itisadeepandheavyresponsibility...(p.55).

Thisquoteprovesthatthepigsusetheirspeechtomaketheanimalsbelieveinthembyusing
reliablespeechtoexploittheanimals.Besidesnotonlythespeech,itsalsotheactionofthe
pigs.Thepigsdontdoanything.Theyuseonlytheirbraintocontrolthefarmandcommand
theanimals.InequalityinthefarmmakestheOldMajorsdreambecomesimaginary
thinking.

Napoleonisobsessedwithpower,whentheNapoleonbecomestheleaders,heuses
hispowertocontrolthefarminthewayhewantsandwhateverhedoesisalwaysright.
Manyofusactuallydislikemilkandapple.Idislikethemmyself.Oursoleobjectintaking
thesethingsistopreserveourhealth(p.35).Thisquoteshowsthatheistryingtohidethe
truththatheateapplesbyusinghisstateandpower.Thisactionalsoshowsthatheis
selfishnessandhedoesntfollowthecommandments,healwayslienotonlythistimebecause
hewantstogetconveniencemorethanothersanimals.Hemadetheutopiaforhimselfnotfor
everyone.Hence,thecommandmentthattheymadeistoleadthefarmgetclosertheOld
Majorsdreambutifnoonefollow,itshardtomakeithappen.

Asaresult,thedreamisnotgoinginthewaythattheanimalsexpect.TheOld
Majorsdreamthatallanimalswishforisequalityandgettingindependencefromhuman
controlling.Besidesinthereality,itsoppositefromthedreamcompletely.AfterNapoleon
startedtocontrolthefarminthewayhewants.Allanimalsfollowedthecommandmentand
dotheworkhardbecausetheyrelyonNapoleon.Theybelievethattheleaderwillbringa
betterlifetothem.AsweknownNapoleonisnotagoodleader.Thefarmisgoingtoanother
way,thewaythatNapoleonwantsnotallanimalwants.Whenwechosethechoicethatwe
thinkthatitsgoodforus,weneedtoaccepttheresultfromitevenitsnotinthewaywe
wantittobe,astheanimalschosetobelieveintheNapoleon.