Animal Farm Leadership and Corruption
The Russian Revolution was a very big part of the Russian history and . The novel includes many examples of how power leads to corruption and ruins people. This has been shown many times throughout history. Animal Farm by George Orwell, the pigs take power too far and use it and the animals to their advantage. Orwell displays how power and leadership can generate corruption in our world.
The pigs took the luxuries like apples, milk, and the house with their power. This power and ability to confiscate the goods from the animals corrupted the pigs. They began taking away products and items away from the animals such as the milk and eggs for unnecessary reasons. Napoleon stated, “ It is for your sake
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Napoleon did no work except give orders for the other animals to do the work. “Nevertheless, towards the end of January it became obvious that it would be necessary to procure some more grain from somewhere. In these days Napoleon rarely appeared in public, but spent all his time in the farmhouse, which was guarded at each door by fierce-looking dogs. When he did emerge, it was in a ceremonial manner, with an escort of six dogs who closely surrounded him and growled if anyone came too near. Frequently he did not even appear on Sunday mornings, but issued his orders through one of the other pigs, usually Squealer,” (Jones 75). Napoleon scarcely was seen in public at all through the end of the novel. He ordered his followers to do the work on the farm without him contributing any work himself. In the beginning everybody contributed work with the pigs doing very little of it. Corruption fortified in Napoleon's mind and grew larger every day until him and the other pigs did not contribute any help to the good of the farm. Another example of the authorities like the pigs doing no work and being corrupt is a quote from narrator talking about Mr. Whymper inspecting the farm saying, Today he and his friends had visited Animal Farm and inspected every inch of it with their own eyes, and what did they find? Not only the most up-to-date methods, but a discipline and an orderliness which should be an example to all farmers everywhere. He believed that he was right in saying that the lower animals on Animal Farm did more work and received less food than any animals in the county,” (Jones 137). Napoleon specifically set the farm up so that he can do no work and profit from it the most. Also, so that the animals who do the work get the least amount of profit. This corruption built up from the beginning and got worse as time went
In order to secure a life of luxury for he and his fellow pigs, Napoleon, along with Squealer as his spokesman, uses language that intimidates, language that distorts the truth, and language that appeals to the emotions of the others to manipulate the gullible animals of Animal Farm. Napoleon's life of luxury included the milk, human beds, alcohol, money, a par education, and the surrounding of his fellow pigs to emotionally and physically stabilize him. However it tampered with a more crucial goal, which was the goal for the equivalent animals lesser than him to prosper equally with him as well. His abuse of his absolute power by ordering his guard dogs to drive his adversary out of competition, and his tactics to silence the animals from rebelling again made his leadership corrupt, and the entire existence of the post-rebellion corrupt as well.
...d have his rations reduced by half” (Page 40). Here, Napoleon’s forces the animals to work and controls them while hiding behind the façade of the fact that the work is voluntary. Thus, Napoleon does not set himself as a target for the animals and, hence the animals do not aim for him or try to revolt. Overall, Napoleon’s use of coercive power allows him to exercise control over the society of Animal Farm.
By looking at and comparing characters from the book and people from the past, George Orwell, the author of Animal Farm, shows that if one takes too much power, they will be removed from their position and the same thing will happen to the next one. In the Russian Civil War, many lives were taken away like in Animal Farm just because people tried to overthrow Mr. Jones and Czar Nicholas.
Under Napoleon’s leadership the animal’s condition never improved. He and the remaining pigs became more and more like humans. At the e...
The animal are got treated the same as they were with Mr.Jones when with Napoleon because Mr.Jones under fed the animal overworked them sold what they did, like Mr.Jones napoleon except worse because the animals had to work the field they had to do what the humans did and build a windmill so all there hard earned work all the food they planted went to the pigs and the pigs would sell it and kept the money to himself they also got fed the same as they did with Mr.Jones. Napoleon and Mr. jones were both tyrants.
To make sure no one would continue to bring it up, he also threatened that the animals “would see Jones come back” (52) if the pigs did not eat the apples and drink the milk. Later on, Napoleon decided that there would be a need for trade with humans, to obtain “certain materials which were urgently necessary” (76). The animals once again became uneasy at the idea, because the system they had set up had never required trade with humans, and one of the main principles of Animalism was to never “touch money, or engage in trade” (31). These were only the beginning actions of what would eventually be the downfall of the prosperity of Animal Farm.
Abraham Lincoln once said, “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” ("Abraham Lincoln Quote"). Lord Acton also said, “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” (“Lord Acton Quotes”). Both of the quotes show that power is not always a good thing, and can sometimes make good people, do bad things. Animal Farm by George Orwell is a novella about animals rebelling against humans on a farm in England. The novella has been said to be directly related to the Russian Revolution of the early 20th century. Immediately after the animals gained power, the pigs took over as the leaders of the animals. The pigs became corrupt with the power, and may have made conditions worse than they were with humans
"All that year the animals worked like slaves”.(51) They worked throughout the whole Winter trying to make Napoleon happy. Jobs were not always fair, some animals including the pigs never touched a shovel. Boxer being the hardest worker picked up the slack from other animals. Naplon liked feeling power and control and sometimes worries about snowball coming back, so he continued to make up lies about him. Life was hard for the animals but they just kept going.
...their greedy eyes they saw no reason to save the other farm animals. The book gives as little evidence of any pig showing protest to Napoleon’s actions except of course Snowball and the other three executed pigs.
From then on, Napoleon had complete control over the farm. Anyone who went against him would no doubt feel the wrath of his army of dogs. Eventually, Napoleon went so far as to change the ...
As it rolls down that hill, it picks up more snow and slowly gets bigger and bigger, to the point of where no one else can stop it from rolling down. This is what Napoleon started. To begin with, Napoleon created the snowball (i.e. corruption) on Animal Farm by taking the puppies, ”As soon as they were weaned, Napoleon took them away from their mothers, saying that he would make himself responsible for their education”(pg 35). This started the corruption because he lied about his purposes for the puppies. He said he would educate them in the ways of Animalism from birth.
Napoleon was a leader who led with an iron fist. A fist he used to secretly abuse his fellow animal. He began by raising several ferocious dogs to aid him in enforcing his rules, laws, and expectations. Using them, he abruptly ended Snowballs reign by using the dogs to exile him from the farm. Shortly after, he halted the construction of the windmill. More often than not he would cleverly work his way around the seven commandments by altering them to his pleasure. For example, 'Now animal shall drink alcohol to excess.'; Or 'No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets.'; Napoleon grounded the rations of each and every animal. The farm slowly fell into a dark abyss with every wretched move Napoleon made.
They were shaken and miserable. They did not know which was more shocking- the treachery of the animals who had leagued themselves with snowball, or the cruel retribution they had just witnessed,” (93). None of the animals of the farm would have ever thought that one of their own would do such a thing. Napoleon started off as an innocent animal who wanted to fight for the equality and rights the animals deserved, but somewhere along the way, he gets carried away with the power, and becomes selfish. The remaining pigs become exactly like the humans who had once been their enemies.
At the beginning on the text, after the rebellion, the animals are all seen as equal, with a high quality of life. Napoleon and Squealer often mentioned how important it was for all animals to do their equal share of work; however they often did little to no work. They were able to do this by Squealer acting as the media and reminding the animals that the hard work that the pigs did deserved a larger break then everyone else. As the text progressed, Napoleon and his small group of pigs slowly changed the commandments to suit themselves. Many animals didn’t question the change in commandments; and when they did they were either proven wrong or made an example of via public executions. During chapter 6, the pigs are questioned after allegedly breaking the 4th commandment “no animals shall sleep in a bed”. Squealer was quick to react, by stating that the pigs required extra rest due to how smart they were. When Muriel goes to read the commandments to prove that what the pigs are doing is wrong, she finds that the board now states “no animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets”. Through this, the pigs where able to gain control at a rapid pace and adjust the rules to have the most benefits in their
Without the rural setting of this farm, Napoleon would not have been able get the power he so desperately wanted through this revolt. The revolt would not have occurred if this novel had been set in an urban area or city, which in result would stop Napoleon from leading this group of confused animals and gaining his overwhelming power over them. Napoleon was only happy looking over and down at the less intelligent animals. If he was some how forced to be on the same level as the other animals, who knows what would have come of him.