Originally Posted by
James.
It is clear, that throughout Napoleon's leadership, the pigs escalate in greed and man-like qualities. What do you think the significance of the animals adoption of Mr Jones and man's (negative) qualities are? The opening of the book, including Old Major's speech outlines everything negative about man, yet the pigs slowly begin to adopt more and more of these negative qualities, for example food, luxuries (beds), alcohol and of course everything else in the final chapter.