Has Old Major’s Ideology Come Into Practice in the First Six Chapters?

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Old Major was a highly respected pig; in fact, every animal was ready to lose an hour sleep in order to hear him out to the last word. Three nights before his death he called the animals together to explain to them a world that he dreams about, he tells them of his dream of a world where the tyrannical humans are no more and every animal is their own. He provides them with a list of acts that they are never to commit, one being to never tyrannise his own kind. Old Major’s ideology was that of a farm run entirely by animals for animals. After Old Major had said that no animal should ever kill another, three rats join the rest of the animals, prompting the three dogs to attack them, showing that even before it started, Animalism had no chance to work. Three days after the speech he died in his sleep, the animals remain unfed and rebellion is stirred, Jones is expelled from Manor Farm. Directly after the Rebellion the animals, led by Napoleon, make a round of the farm to insure that there are no more humans on the farm. When the inspection is completed the animals are given double rations, once again, by Napoleon. In Chapter Two it can be seen in those mere moments after the Rebellion Napoleon has already assumed the position of leader, not yet breaking any of the laws set by Old Major. So far in Chapter Two, Major’s ideology has been recognised, the farm is run by the animals. It is revealed that the pigs are literate; they had spent the prior days condensing Old Major’s speech into the Seven Commandments of Animalism. Afterwards these are written on the far wall of the big barn, after this Snowball milks the cows and exclaims "to the hayfield! Let us make it a point of honour to get in the harvest more quickly than Jones and his men could do." Napoleon stays behind while the animals are in the fields, upon returning the animals find that the milk had mysteriously
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