Victor McLindon

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.

Man serves the interests of no creature except himself.

No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.

"Bravery is not enough," said Squealer. "Loyalty and
obedience are more important. And as to the Battle of the
Cowshed, I believe the time will come when we shall find that
Snowball's part in it was much exaggerated. Discipline, comrades,
iron discipline! That is the watchword for today. One false step,
and our enemies would be upon us. Surely, comrades, you do not
want Jones back?"

Squealer made excellent speeches on the
joy of service and the dignity of labour, but the other animals
found more inspiration in Boxer's strength and his never-failing
cry of "I will work harder! "

tried to determine whether in the early days of the
Rebellion, when Jones's expulsion was still recent, things had
been better or worse than now. They could not remember. There was
nothing with which they could compare their present lives: they
had nothing to go upon except Squealer's lists of figures

ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL

BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS

The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man
to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible
to say which was which.

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.

our lives are miserable, laborious, and short. We are born, we are given just so much food as will keep the breath in our bodies, and those of us who are capable of it are forced to work to the last atom of our strength; and the very instant that our usefulness has come to an end we are slaughtered with hideous cruelty.