<Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Revolutionary Leader of Animal Farm </Td> </Tr> <P> Old Major (also called Willingdon Beauty, his name used when showing) is the first major character described by George Orwell in Animal Farm . This "purebred" of pigs is a kind, grandfatherly philosopher of change . </P> <P> Old Major proposes a solution to the animals' desperate plight on Manor Farm under the Jones administration and inspires thoughts of a rebellion . The actual time of the revolt is unsaid; it could be tomorrow or several generations down the road . Old Major dies three days after delivering his speech and the animals, stirred up by this speech, set to work immediately on the bringing about of the Rebellion . </P> <P> Shortly after his death, the animals rise in revolt and oust the humans from power . This rebellious act is so quick that many do not realize it has happened until it is over . The animals drive Jones and the farmhands off the farm and remove many of the implements of his rule . </P>

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