Theme of Social Classes — Inevitable Social Classes in Animal Farm
Over the years, many movements have risen up attempting to eliminate social classes. They have come through social endeavors and political moves. Some have even come through religion. Yet no matter how much people try to erase those lines, they always appear. Many pieces of literature have addressed this. One of the most prominent is Animal Farm by George Orwell.
The Differences Made Visible
The story begins with the articulate speech by the wise old boar, The Major, where he points out the differences between the animals and the humans. While the animals slave away and are given just piddly amounts of food if they are fed at all, their humans are living it up with as much food as they want, as much drink as they want, and reaping the financial benefits of the work done all by the animals. It was an obvious injustice that any reader could see. The human master of them, Mr. Jones, was one of the lowest of farmers and shouldn’t ever have been in that position. What reader could argue that?
Let’s stop to examine that aspect. The animals saw themselves as the humans and the animals. Nothing more at this point. There were no grey areas. Humans bad. Animals good. We can almost excuse the animals feeling that way. The only humans they encountered were lazy, selfish and…
