Animal Farm Power Corrupts

Power Corrupts those who Possess it John Dalberg-Acton once said, “Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely”, this means that the more power that a person has the more corrupt the person will become. This statement is obviously correct especially if the person with absolute power has tendency towards corruption. The book, “Animal Farm”, by George Orwell, has many examples of how power is gate way to corrupt leaders because they have some tendencies towards corruption. Introduction Power corrupts those that possess it; this is a very important theme in Animal Farm.

Squealer is always making up excuses and bending the rules to make it seem as though Napoleon was the lord and savior of the entire farm. He once gave a short speech and said, “No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and when where would we be?”

‘surely there is no one among you who wants to see Jones back?’” (36). Squealer knows that the animals will do everything in their power to keep Jones from coming back, and he uses this knowledge to convince them that the extra apples are not a big deal compared to Jones. Since this argument proved successful, Squealer uses it again after Snowball is kicked out of the farm: “‘Suppose you had decided to follow Snowball, with his moonshine of windmills- Snow, who, as she now know, was no better than a criminal… Surely, comrades, you do not want Jones back?’”

”(Orwell ) This quote shows how Mr. Jones was a corrupt leader with all the power he possesses

Animal Farm, a fiction novella by George Orwell, displays a political satire reflecting the problems and ironies in the Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union. Animal Farm follows the animals of Manor Farm, who revolt and take over the farm from their cruel owner. Eventually, the pigs (particularly Napoleon) become the leaders of the farm plummeting the originally republic rulership into a dictatorship. The corruption of power between the pigs leads to the ultimate suffering of the rest of the farm animals. At the end of the book, the farm animals are looking into a window where the pigs and humans are having a meeting and realize, “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.” (Orwell 141). This scene conveys to the readers that not only have the pigs abused their power, but the animals only realized once it was too late. The pigs exploit the animals several times throughout the story, most apparently through the alterations of the original rules set in place by the pigs themselves. The repetition of lying to the remaining animals shows the pigs’ fraudulence in their

In Animal Farm Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer all use Fear propaganda to convince the animals to do what they want or to believe what they want them to believe. One example of this is when Squealer is talking about the milk and apples. His reasons are that many of the pigs actually dislike milk and apples. He also says that milk and apples contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig, and he says, “Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back! Yes, Jones would come back! Surely there is no one among you who wants to see Jones come back?”. He is saying jones will come for a reason. Squealer is trying to use fear propaganda to make the animals do what he says. When he says

Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back?” This quote takes advantage of the other animals being dumber and uses the animals trust in the pigs against them. This quote also invokes fear in the animals as Jones becomes almost like a symbol of fear or terror for the animals. This shows how Squealer used fear and the animal's trust to control them.

Animal Farm by George Orwell is an allegory about farm animals that rebel against their human farmers seeking to find a society where they can all be free and equal. Unfortunately, once their society starts up, things take a turn. The pigs of the farm wind up

They give two options of what could happen even though there are other solutions. Squealer says “ Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back!”. This isn’t the only thing could happen but the animals don’t realize this and only remember what it was like when Jones was there. They are willing to do anything to prevent Jones from coming back.

This is a concern, not just for novels, but also for many countries in the real world, where some international leaders are slowly being corrupted by their power. His corruption by his power was present and growing,

Jones would come back!...” (Orwell 27). Squealer knows that the animals do not have the true understanding what he is explaining nor do they have the sources to prove him wrong. Squealer uses the animals loath for Mr. Jones with ending his speech with the threat of Mr. Jones returning would guarantee the animals accepting his reasoning,and clarifications without a second thought. Squealer proved how persuasive he is by explaining why the pigs need the milk and apples.

Animal Farm by George Orwell is about the Russian Revolution shown by animals. Farmer Jones was always drunk and a mean farmer. Napoleon the pig kicked out Snowball who was also a pig, and only cared about himself and the other pigs on the farm. Power corrupts is shown by Jones wanting more and more power, Napoleon kicking out Snowball and Napoleon only caring about the pigs on the farm.

Animal Farm is a novel written by George Orwell. The story takes place in a farm full of animals. Eventually, the animals rebel against the humans, which leads them the make their own government. As the book progresses Orwell uses many types of literary devices to communicate his opinions and thoughts specifically about the government in the society. In Animal Farm Orwell uses satire through the animal allegory, and irony, commenting on the the Russian Revolution, to show a connection between the individuals of a society and a totalitarian government and to create a cautionary tale that warns the readers about abuse of power.

‘Loyalty and obedience are more important... I believe the time will come when we shall find that Snowball’s part in [the Battle of the Cowshed] was much exaggerated... One false step, and our enemies would be upon us. Surely, comrades, you do not want Jones back?’ (Orwell

Animal Farm written by George Orwell is an animal fable happens in a farm where animals start building a communism society, but end up being totalitarianism, hinting obliquely at the communists in the real world. The gaps between pigs and other common animals, demonstrate the theme that the corruption of power appears when majority is ruled. The intelligence superior allows the pigs placing themselves at a position which is closer to the power and which is more easily to corrupt. The inability to question the authorization makes the other common animals becoming the naïve working class who suffers the corrupting influence of power. The nature of pigs, greed, is the source of their undying lust for ultimate power. At the end, the