Struggle For Power In George Orwell's Animal Farm

During the year of 1945, when George Orwell published his novel Animal Farm, the world was in the midst of witnessing shocking events: the suicide of Hitler, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, and the surrender of Germany to end the second World War. Coming out of one of the most horrific ages of our time, the common people were shocked at the human potential for destruction; Occurrences such as the Holocaust, Nazi Germany, the widespread bloodshed of World War II, and the atomic bombings revealed a degree of damage thought to be unimaginable to humanity. This shock to humanity fueled a heated debate between the opposing political structures of capitalism and communism. Orwell examines the human greed for power that ultimately defeats the potential

If Jones were to come back to the farm and take over once again, the

Often times in a communist society, a leader’s use of language can lead to abuse of power. In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the farm leaders, the pigs, use unknown language, invoke scare tactics, and create specific laws, thereby enabling them to control other animals, to suit their greedy desires, and to perform actions outside their realm of power. Because of the pigs’ use of broad language, implementation of scare tactics, and creation and manipulation of laws, they are able to get away with avoiding laws and convincing other animals into believing untrue stories and lies that are beneficial to the pigs.

“The pigs did not actually work, but directed and supervised the others. With their superior knowledge it was natural that they should assume the leadership”- Pages 27-28. The book that this is present in, is Animal Farm by George Orwell. George Orwell wrote Animal Farm hoping his readers would see the comparison to the Soviet Union through allegory, and symbols. The Animal Farm was ultimately a failure because of power; more specifically, because the obstruction of power. Throughout the book it is seen how most animals in power obstruct certain rights, this greatly impacts the influence of power on the animals. The majority of the downfall of Animal Farm is based around how the animals have

“Remember that all things are lawful to me” (Tranquillus). These words by Gaius Caesar Germanicus, more commonly known as Caligula, epitomize the corruption caused by absolute power. Under his rule, the Roman treasury was emptied, people suffered from seemingly random acts of brutality, and Rome was ruled by an emperor who thought of himself as a god. Similarly, in the novel Animal Farm, the Manor Farm is taken over by its four-legged inhabitants. Their equal government is soon taken over by a power-hungry leader, a young boar named Napoleon. George Orwell’s fictional dictator Napoleon in the allegorical novel Animal Farm and the lavish life of the Roman Emperor Caligula both prove that power always causes corruption.

Language is a powerful tool, some abuse it to obtain power and some use it to inspire movements and bring change. I believe that language is more powerful if you use it to control a population via lying, manipulation, and fear. There have been many instances of individuals and groups using fear and language for control.

Having so much power is not always a good thing. In George Orwell's classic novel Animal Farm, this is proved to an extent where the characters are mainly animals, not people. In this novel, the animals speak to each other as humans would talk to each other, making the novel very intriguing to read. The point I am trying to make here as it is proven time and time again in history, as well as in this book, is that absolute power corrupts; and it corrupts absolutely. I personally have chosen the topic that power corrupts, if given to much power it corrupts you by making you greedy, violent and egocentric.

As a political writer and socialist of the time, Orwell turns the tragedy of the Russian people, whose dreams of a communist utopia were crushed by the Stalin regime, into a message to society. These people of the Russian Revolution were treated just as poorly, if not worse, than before the revolution because of political innocence and an authoritarian government. With his novel, Animal Farm, serving as allegory for the Russian revolution, Orwell warns that any society that gives the leader absolute power is fated to become corrupt and oppressive because of the inevitability of a leader manipulating his power for personal gain. Even revolutions that have the best intentions will ultimately fail if the leaders are not held accountable.

Power corrupts those who possess it. George Orwell wrote the book Animal Farm in 1945. The book is about animals on a farm that are tired of being taken and stolen from. The animals rebel against Mr. Jones, their farmer and raise their own ‘animal farm’. Power corrupts those who possess it because, everyone has to follow them, they don’t get told no, and they forget what it’s like to work.

People used to live in oppression and still do till this day. In Syria, people live in oppression. They have to follow rules and the people there are forbidden to do many things. A book that shows what people living in oppression is really like is Animal Farm. One theme in the book is, “People’s ignorance, or their not being educated, contributes to their being oppressed by other.” People are oppressed by others because they are either uneducated or they just ignore the issues in their society/country and will not do anything about the situation.

"Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. 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 133). In George Orwell's allegorical novella Animal Farm, a successful rebellion, was held against the Mr. Jones (the farm owner), as he mistreated the animals. After the expulsion of Mr. Jones, the farm lacked a figure of authority, so the pigs stepped up to that position as they were the most literate and the cleverest among the animals. Slowly it progressed to a state where the pigs had absolute power over the lives of the animals and the farm. Which led to a

Power is desired in society today. How to get power is the real question. Everyone seeks power in some way, shape, or form. In the book Animal Farm power is everything. George Orwell is comparing a common farm to society today.

Animal Farm, a complex allegory for the Russian revolution and the events that follow, is a novel by George Orwell that has a myriad of sensitive topics and situations such as the usage of power and its effect. These topics and situations can be found in the real world: such as the one I said before, power. Power can be defined in many ways, but the interpretation in the novel is the ability to rule and change multiple people’s lives for better or worse, mostly used by a leader. In other words, a leader could change people’s lives wielding that power. Take Kim Jong Un, for example: he has the power to control what people say, eat, do, and see. His decisions affect people on a day to day basis, through the use of his power over North Korea.

Question 1 A theme that I might analyze in my final project is that people tend to abuse power. I was able to find this theme in the move by analyzing Napoleon's character and his leadership skills. In the book and movie you see that the animals really respect and look up to Old Major. Once he dies, the animals immediately look to Napoleon and Snowball because they were pigs like Old Major.

Corruption of power happens often, from political standpoint to a simple business. In the story, the animals were gathered together by Old Major to rebel against humanity, who had abused their powers over animals. Old Major help implant the idea of rebellion that will happen soon. The animals are given the realization that they were not being treated equally as the humans and the pigs, the smartest animals, start planning a rebellion against humanity. In Animal Farm, George Orwell asserts the idea that absolute power results in corruption. Napoleon and the other pigs, interested in remain superior, persuade the other animals by using intimidation and emotional appeal in order to keep control of the gullible animals.