Animal Farm by George Orwell

Shortly after, Napoleon takes the spot light and takes charge along with the other pigs. He argues that dishonesty becomes present within the environment and their ideas and their views are all different. In this story the animals send away the unkind humans out of the farm, and change the name of their home from Manor Farm to Animal Farm. George Orwell embodies the Russian corruption of communism into the pigs upon the farm. Mr. Jones was irresponsible to his animals by letting them starve, and very cruel by beating them with whips.

Once one person or group is given a small privilege, the power hunger is inevitable. Political corruption is defined as the use of governmental powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain. By completely altering and depleting the once almost sacred 7 Commandments, the pigs (Napoleon) have done a spotless job of creating and leading a politically corrupt society. The justice of all of the hardworking, devoted animals on the farm has been obstructed. In this case, the law and order of Animal Farm has been changed to the pig’s advantage and tragically, the other animals are oblivious to the fact until it’s too late.

The pigs misused the power because they wanted to be in control and rule over others. All the other animals on the farm were mistreated because the pigs were in control of everything. Social class was very unfair. All the animals, except for the pigs, had to follow the commandments and work a lot. Language was also very important.

Napoleon became a very mean pig that he ended up lying to all the farm animals and saying one thing and then doing another thing. Napoleon mainly just be treated the animals and started treating them bad. He would treat them like slaves in other words. So ever since the animals started to take control of the farm and the animals they finished up changing everything. The animals even ended up changing the farms name from “Manor Farm” to “Animal Farm”.

However, they did not start out like this during the revolution, only after they had taken a position of power, were they corrupted by their thirst for more power. The main characters are: Napoleon, the pig who is recognized as the leader of animal farm, he is extremely crafty, vindictive, dictating, and proves himself to be more perfidious then his comrades. Snowball, is an intelligent, passionate pig that constantly fights Napoleon for power. He is very fanatical about the cause of Animalism and only wishes to ... ... middle of paper ... ...hip. Then the people realize something is wrong, then unhappiness reaches a critical point and the government is overthrown or replaced by someone who promises “change”.

They set up a commune under the control of the pigs soon afterwards. But the pigs abuse their power and the animals end up being no better off than they were under Farmer Jones. Animal Farm, a parody of the Russian Revolution, is Orwell’s attempt to inform others about a purveying truth regarding human nature- that power is, by its very nature, corrupting. This is why “history consists of a series of swindles where the masses are first lead into revolt… and enslaved all over again”. Old Major, representing both Marx and Lenin, is the catalyst for the revolution.

After a while “Animal Farm” begins to go down hill there is food shortages, hard labor, and death. However, because Napoleon is intelligent he uses his and Squealer’s knowledge to undermine the other animals that are not so bright. Napoleon’s complete power only results in the destruction of the society. Only the pigs are well cared for and the other animals work all day and everyday thinking that they are happy even though they are not. The book Animal Farm is a great example that if one person has complete power only destructive things will end up happening because that one person is only thing of themselves.

Napoleon is the evil character in this novel. He is almost like an animal version of Adolph Hitler because he is doing wrong behind everyone’s back and all the animals still love him but only because they have no idea what Napoleon is really about. Theme In every society there are leaders who, if given the opportunity, will likely abuse their power. Napoleon takes over the farm but in the process he becomes exactly like the humans by mistreating the other animals and actually becoming friends with a human that owns a farm nearby. He breaks the laws that the animals made for everyone.

It is soon decided that the pigs are the most intelligent, and shall be the "brainworkers". Among the pigs, two leaders emerge - Snowball and Napoleon. Problems arise when Snowball and Napoleon disagree on the plan to build a windmill on the farm. Snowball, a talented speaker, easily gains the support of most of the animals. But, unfortunately for him, Napoleon plays dirty and Snowball is chased away from the farm.

Snowball was animated... ... middle of paper ... ...ed Napoleon and was sold to the "knackers". Animals were meant to retire but they worked past their set limits. The pigs traded material with neighbouring farmers and befriended "Man", who was once their sworn enemy. The commandment, "all animals are equal" was the most fundamental rule, and the first to be broken. It was the foundation of Animalism, and once that rule was destroyed, corruption was exposed and Animalism ceased to exist.