Animal Farm Government Rule

In the book Animal Farm by George Orwell many government rules that apply to us are broken. The first rule is term limits and voting this means the person was fairly voted into office and has a set amount of time to serve in office. Another equally important rule is Checks and Balances this rule makes sure no one person (or branch of government) gets more power than another. The last rule is the Separation of Powers this rule gives each person (or branch of government) its power and how to use it. A main character named Napoleon breaks all these rules that are applied in the United States Government such as term limits, voting, Checks and Balances, and the Separation of Powers. The pigs in the book Animal Farm gain superiority over the other animals after Old Major died because the were seen as smarter and they were compared to wise Old Major. The pigs specifically Napoleon and Snowball were not voted to be in charge the just took charge (Orwell, 2.34). This violates the voting laws because the …show more content…
The rule “no animal shall drink alcohol” (Orwell, 2.37) was changed after the pigs were caught brewing beer to “no animal shall drink alcohol to excess” (Orwell, 8.129). The money from boxers sale to the slaughter house went to whiskey for the pigs and humans to enjoy. The pigs also changed the rule “no animal shall sleep in a bed” (Orwell, 2.37) to “no animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets” (Orwell, 6.84) after they realized how much more comfortable the bed were. This relates to separation of powers because Napoleon doesn't fairly give jobs to each animal he give the pigs the advantage over all the other animals. The most important rule changed was “four legs good, two legs bad” (Orwell, 3.46) this commandment was changed to “two legs good, four legs better” (Orwell, 10.155) when the pigs started walking on four legs and the humans were brought back into the