Animal Farm And Greed Analysis

“Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist”, is what Andrew Weil said, explaining the effects of greed and the result that they can have on mankind. Green is commonly known to have effects on humans that in most cases, turn out to be negative. This idea even dates back to the story of Adam and Eve, the first man and woman of existence, who became greedy and got in trouble with God for, against orders, retrieving something they wanted, but did not at all need. This idea of greed and the consequences that it brings with it has been known for many hundreds of years, yet even to this day, normal people make choices that can easily be described as selfish and greedy …show more content…
This idea of being more greedy, as in wanting more land, came originally from a thought that Pahom had when the two women were talking in the beginning of the story of whether or not living in the city gave more benefits than living on the farm and barely having enough. Whether or not this argument was settled, Pahom had an idea in the middle of it, stating, “Our trouble is that we haven’t land enough. If I had plenty of land, I shouldn't fear the Devil himself” (Tolstoy). This quote from Pahom is the beginning idea that creates the theme of greediness is the story, and by saying this he is being greedy and implying that if he had more land, he would have no troubles at all and would not need God’s help or protection in anyway ever again from the …show more content…
As Pahom is going on his journey to create the borders of his land throughout the day, he realises that the more land he walks, the more he will have gained and thinks that he will be happier because of this. He walks faster and faster and decides to push even a little bit farther at each turn just to get more land. At noon he realized how far he has gone as a result of his own greed, but still needs to get back to his starting position in order to keep his land. The factor he did not predict was how little energy he would have on the return home trip, compared to when he left. Tolstoy writes that Pahom was to greedy in the first half of his day, which would act negatively on Pahom and make his work harder on the way home than he actually had the energy for. Pahom even tries to self motivate, saying to himself, "An hour to suffer, a life-time to live", except the issue in that is that at one point or another, Pahom realizes that literally going the extra mile in this case was not a good thing, even though it might give him slightly more land in the long run (Tolstoy). Tolstoy writes, "Oh dear, if only I have not blundered trying for too much! What if I am too late. Though afraid of death, he could not stop" (Tolstoy). Readers see that the end result of Pahom’s greed caused him to perish, but at his own