A Report On "irony" In "the Animal Farm" By George Orwell

The first meeting with Old Major 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. (Orwell, 4) No expression of hate or anger was brought out by Old Major in the speech, but a pretty strong irony was given out, without giving a chance for the animal in the whole farm to notice.