Animal Farm Quote Analysis

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power,” is a famous quote from the influential Abraham Lincoln. Power has corrupted numerous amounts of people throughout history. A fine example of how power corrupts is demonstrated in Animal Farm written by author, George Orwell. As the story progresses the reader can observe the changes in Napoleon as he yields more power. The corruption of Napoleon causes him to selfishly take food, break and bend the seven commandments, and betray his own kind.

To begin with, Napoleon decides to take most of the food on the Animal Farm for his own. In the beginning of Animal Farm, the farm animals notice that the milk has disappeared. Napoleon secretly took the

To illustrate, in the seventh chapter Napoleon commands three fierce dogs to attack Boxer because Napoleon wants answered who is working for Snowball. Boxer makes it out of the onslaught alive, but Boxer kicks and injures one of the murderous dogs because Boxer is far more stronger than the dogs. I know this because the author writes, “Boxer looked at Napoleon to know whether he should crush the dog to death or let it go.” (Orwell 83). Another way Napoleon betrays his comrade is through the fact that Boxer works the hardest of all animals on Animal Farm, he is not rewarded. Boxer is a enormous animal who needs a great amount of food to work at his best, but Napoleon makes Boxer work the hardest without an adequate amount of food. This is true because Orwell states, “Boxer was an enormous beast, nearly eighteen hands high, and as strong as any two ordinary horses put together.” (Orwell 5). In the end, Napoleon sends the farms favorite horse to his death. Everyone on the farm thought that Boxer was pleased with his last days of earth. They thought this because Napoleon lied and said that Boxer was given the most expensive opiates and care. (Orwell 125). In reality Boxer was sent to a slaughterhouse for money Napoleon used to buy alcohol. As a result of all of Napoleon’s power he executes his own friend,