"All men are enemies. All animals are comrades." -Major p.10
(R) These two lines really depict what the Stalin era was about. It spoke of equality for all, regardless of the situation, and group all others that were different negatively. In theory, or even just vaguely, total equality sounds like a good thing, but the way in which it is actually carried out is not.
"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." -Major p.7-8
(R) Orwell did a great job putting this in an animal's point of view. It's true that we use animals in order to facilitate our lives but never do we pay them back in the same amount or abundance as we would one of our own for the same type of labor produced. Although they are animals, at the same time they are our co-workers. We are the weaklings and they are the underpaid majority.
"Now, comrades, what is the nature of this life of ours?" -Major p.6
(E) George Orwell didn't really keep it a secret that this story was intended to reflect Stalinist Russia and its ideals. Now, whenever we see/hear/read/watch anything that has to do with Russia the word "comrade" is always thrown in there somewhere. This word has been linked to Russia in our minds for so long that whenever it is used we can more than likely assume from what country the speaker originates from. By using this word Orwell is able to point out what his story is about in an obvious but also discrete way.
