Chapter 7-8 (First Book) and Chapters 1-2 (Second Book)

"But he knew the rest of the catalogue. There would be mention of the bishops in their lawn sleeves, the judges in their ermine robes, the pillory, the stocks, the treadmill, the cat-0'-nine-tails, the Lord Mayor's Banquet, and the practice of kissing the Pope's toe. There was also something called the just prime noctis, which would probably not be mentioned in a textbook for children. It was the law by which every capitalist had the right to sleep with any women working in one of his factories."

In this passage Orwell is trying to explain to his readers about the capital and the powers they have over everyone. Basically they are very men with top hats who can do basically what ever their hearts desire. They are also cold hearted and don't care about anyone but themselves, as long as they have the power. This passage in the book really stood out to me because it reminded me of today and how those (men) with land and/or power sometimes takes advantages on women in inappropriate ways. For example, a most recent situation was with a Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. Where Mr. Weinstein was blacking mailing female actresses, he would try and sexually abuse these women and if they didn't go along with what he wanted their career would go down the drain.Lots of those actresses were brave enough to come out and share their story to prevent it from happening to other women. Sadly their are probably more like him out their and not only in that industry.