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In the newly named “Animal Farm” there are rulers, assistants, and helpers. Napoleon has emerged as the leader of the farm after the rebellion in chapter II, and there is a slight foreshadowing of what he is going to do at the end of the second chapter. After the other animals left for harvesting fields, Napoleon lags behind and drank the milk that the cows had just milked for sharing between the animals. This foreshadows …

…what he needs to do for him and trust the pigs. Old major is in a way a slight fake; as his speech progresses he implies that he hasn’t gone through the terrors he is telling the animals that all animals will face. He claims a false friendship or brotherhood with the other animals in order to garner their loyalty for his vision. I think old major represents a socialist telling of the future.