How will a farm prosper with a fat, dressed up, over beaming pig whom always gets his way? Will his power always corrupt? Does absolute power always corrupt? Well Animal Farm by George Orwell, proves that in fact absolute power does always corrupt as a leader, as seen through the character Napoleon who is based on Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union.
First from chapters 1-5 the author George Orwell has showed how the farm has gone from Jones’s hands to the animals hands. After Old Major passed away and the animals took over the farm, the pigs are considered as the “smart” ones. Or in a higher class then the other animals at the farm. The pigs ruled the farm, from the Seven Commandments from giving out instructions to the other animals. The two main pig’s names were Snowball and Napoleon. “The explained that by their studies of the past three months the pigs have succeeded in reducing the principals of animalism.” (Orwell 42) Why do the pigs get to make the rules, why can’t the other animals join in with them? Later on in …show more content…
Snow ball and Napoleon were partners at the beginning of the story, but later on Napoleon takes charge of the farm himself. After Snowball’s expulsion, things change around the farm. Napoleon gained more power by using squealer who represents propaganda, and uses the propaganda fear by saying “You don’t want Mr. Jones to come back do you? As Napoleon becomes more powerful, hope for the animals fade away. Napoleon also makes new rules to the working hours. "In august Napoleon announced that there would be work on Sunday afternoons as well. This was strictly voluntary, but any animals who absented himself from it would have his rations educed in half." (Orwell 73) Even though the work was "voluntary if the animals don’t show up their food rations will be reduced in half. So it is not voluntary. Things start to change after the rule on extra labor
First from chapters 1-5 the author George Orwell has showed how the farm has gone from Jones’s hands to the animals hands. After Old Major passed away and the animals took over the farm, the pigs are considered as the “smart” ones. Or in a higher class then the other animals at the farm. The pigs ruled the farm, from the Seven Commandments from giving out instructions to the other animals. The two main pig’s names were Snowball and Napoleon. “The explained that by their studies of the past three months the pigs have succeeded in reducing the principals of animalism.” (Orwell 42) Why do the pigs get to make the rules, why can’t the other animals join in with them? Later on in …show more content…
Snow ball and Napoleon were partners at the beginning of the story, but later on Napoleon takes charge of the farm himself. After Snowball’s expulsion, things change around the farm. Napoleon gained more power by using squealer who represents propaganda, and uses the propaganda fear by saying “You don’t want Mr. Jones to come back do you? As Napoleon becomes more powerful, hope for the animals fade away. Napoleon also makes new rules to the working hours. "In august Napoleon announced that there would be work on Sunday afternoons as well. This was strictly voluntary, but any animals who absented himself from it would have his rations educed in half." (Orwell 73) Even though the work was "voluntary if the animals don’t show up their food rations will be reduced in half. So it is not voluntary. Things start to change after the rule on extra labor