According to George Orwell, "In a time of universal deceit- telling the truth is a revolutionary act." In other words, when everyone is doing the "wrong thing" doing the "right thing" can cause positive change. Orwell's claim is justified because when the government feeds society lies, denouncing them could spark a revolution. This statement is supported by the political satire Animal Farm by George Orwell. Orwell's sentiments are demonstrated when Old Major exposes the truths about the animals' lives, the fear the animals feel due to the use of scare tactics by Napoleon and the false hopes Squealer feeds the animals.
Old Major exposes the evils of mankind and starts a revolution, proving Orwell's quote. Old Major starts a revolution against the unjust humans, and is unafraid to reveal the "universal deceit" by which the animals have oppressed for their entire lives. He states thinks that under the rule of the humans, the lives of the animals are meaningless.
He expresses how life would be without the humans. Old Major explains if mankind has dispelled, the chickens will get to keep their eggs and hatch their chicks, and the cow's milk can nourish the calves' instead of going to the non-producing humans. He further explains that "This single farm of ours would support a dozen horses, twenty cows, hundreds of sheep--and all of them living in a comfort and a dignity that are now almost beyond our imagining" (28) Mr. Jones can be related to Czar because he neglected the animals as Czar neglected his people. Old Major sparks a rebellion, just as the Bolsheviks did. The Bolsheviks challenged Czar Nicholas II because they felt they were being oppressed by the Czar which in the novel would be equivalent to Jones and the animals and Old Major to...