Animal Farm Human Nature Essay

In George Orwell’s novel, Animal Farm, he proves that it is inevitable for humans to equate everyone. Orwell explains this by his story which is about a group of farm animals that rebel against their farmer. After he gets kicked out, Napoleon, a pig, takes power and corrupts the farm. His power gets to the point where they were better off with the farmer, Mr. Jones. Orwell also illustrates how it is human nature to make mistakes and take control of power. Summarizing his point, he is saying that everyone is equal but some are more equal than others. One of Orwell’s point is that too much power on one person will corrupt society. “And so the tale of confessions and executions went on, until there was a pile of corpses lying before Napoleon’s feet and the air was heavy with the smell of blood, which had been unknown there since the expulsion of Jones” (Orwell 40). With this being said, Napoleon gradually gains more power and abuses it. The other animals are gullible and fall for everything he says since Napoleon is too persuasive. In …show more content…
With this in mind, being “equal” is too vague of a term. Based on people’s perspectives, “equal” can have many definitions. Being “equal” just defines as everyone having the same rights when it comes down to it. It isn’t possible for everyone to be exactly the same since this world has so much diversity in it. With this in mind, “After the horses came Muriel, the white goat, and Benjamin, the donkey” (Orwell 01). This quote is just a brief description on how Orwell illustrates everyone as a different animal. The different animals represent how a 7 foot tall horse compares to a 2 foot tall pig! It is apparent that they are not both capable of the same tasks but they should both have the same opportunities towards those tasks. With so many differences between the characters in the book and characters in real life, it is impossible for everyone to be