Old Major

• 'Man is the only real enemy we have'- Rhetoric

  This is simple and declarative.

  Ideologies built around simple messages are futile and will not work out.
• 'Man is the only real enemy we have'
• 'The skull of Old Major, now clean of flesh, had been disinterred from the orchard'- Metaphor

  Old Major is the image of animalism.

  His ideology is dead.

  Those that create revolution will not live to see it twisted.
• 'The skull of Old Major, now clean of flesh, had been disinterred from the orchard'
• 'I cannot describe that dream to you'- Symbolism

  The future of animal farm is left open to interpretation.

  There is no clear view of old major.
• 'I cannot describe that dream to you'
• 'All men are enemies', 'All animals are comrades'- Irony

  This is quickly followed by the dogs going after the rats.

  The rats are chased purely because they are different.

  Animalism is doomed from the start.
• 'All men are enemies', 'All animals are comrades'