Abuse Of Power In Animal Farm

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Power in a sense has been abused by controlling those intellectually inferior. Through the use of wordings, we are able to identify meanings to understand the words being emphasized, as well as classifications of which word means a higher position e.g. it becomes more absurd to say “more equal” than to say “equal.” This of course depends on the position someone is at in their power to be known for being “more powerful” rather than just saying “powerful”. The core ideals shown in Animal Farm is “rebellion” has a strong abhorrence towards human nation in which progressively become corrupted. An example of this is when the animals repeat, “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” ~ chapter 10. Therefore, the language used is to show how a chant is lead through the use of …show more content…
This means boxers use of words indicate how he has been manipulated into repeatedly chanting “Napoleon is always right”, this of course shows an example of Napoleons great power to control those who are inferior (boxer). A similar example of abuse of power by controlling those inferior is in divergent, representing Jeannine being controlling over Caleb prior which has become a member of erudite not long after the aptitude test. She had him turning against his blood faction, the faction both parents are still a part of, Abnegation. He believed faction before blood was true (Jeannine’s words). She turned him into someone he wasn’t. As a member of erudite, Caleb is required to “enforce the law” as what Jeannine makes clear of, by doing so he must follow Jeannine’s orders, being adapted to the fraction Caleb is distinguished based on what he’s controlled to

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