Animal Farm

In Animal Farm, how does Old Major's death add to the theme?

Here are the assignment details: show a specific death scene(death of Old Major) helps to illuminate the meaning of the work as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary.

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Old Major's death is effectively the death of his vision of an animal utopia. Socialism will fail because animal nature, which is actually human nature, is inherently corrupt.