Changes: Old Major

PERFORMER	Peter Ustinov voice
DEBUT	1999

Revision as of 21:39, 29 June 2015

Old Major is an aging prized show pig in Animal Farm. Nearing the end of his life, Old Major wishes to impart wisdom to his fellow animals, encouraging them to rejoice in the nobility of their "animalism," care for each other collectively, and fight to eventually be freed from men. His memory is honored by the animals, his skull is later dug up and put on display after the rebellion.

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-'''Old Major''' is an aging prized show pig in ''[[Animal Farm]]''. Nearing the end of his life, Old Major wishes to impart wisdom to his fellow animals, encouraging them to rejoice in the nobility of their "animalism," care for each other collectively, and fight to eventually be freed from men. During the meeting at the barn, Jones (who is attracted by the noise) goes to investigate, he slips in mud and fires his gun, hitting Old Major in the rear. Major then falls back off of the loft to his death. His memory is honored by the animals, but later abused by [[Napoleon (Animal Farm)|Napoleon]], who goes so far as to bring the rotting head of the boar, saved from the Jones' icebox.
+'''Old Major''' is an aging prized show pig in ''[[Animal Farm]]''. Nearing the end of his life, Old Major wishes to impart wisdom to his fellow animals, encouraging them to rejoice in the nobility of their "animalism," care for each other collectively, and fight to eventually be freed from men. His memory is honored by the animals, his skull is later dug up and put on display after the rebellion.
-In the original George Orwell novel, Old Major was largely inspired by Karl Marx.
 [[Category:Creatures]]
 [[Category:Animal Farm Characters]]