Knowledge and Power: Absolute Corruption?
In a world where more is never enough, we are persistently being driven by the need for an increased amount of knowledge and understanding of the world. Yet, when that unquenchable thirst gets out of hand, the consequences may be dire, and can result into unprecedented results.
George Orwell demonstrates in the novella Animal Farm, that the pigs omniscient behavior is what drove them to their ultimate corruption. The more knowledge the pigs obtained, the further they were driven towards controlling all the animals. Ultimately increasing the control and power they had resulted into absolute corruption. As the saying goes, “power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”, this age old maxim, …show more content…
This is highlighted when the animals call each other comrades, a fellow soldier or member of an organization. This clearly signifies that they regard each other as equals, no one is better than the other. This ideology is also clearly stated in one of the seven commandments, “all animals are equal”. All these measures are put into place to highlight the stark contrast between when the animals had a human leader comparing to when they lead themselves. Without one supreme being, they could treat each other the same, no one was deserving of better or less …show more content…
Although Mr. Jones is gone, we can infer that it will not be long until the pigs take his place. They begin by taking the apples and the milk, claiming they need it in order to think, since all the work the pigs do involves their brains. At this point, it is clear that the pigs have started to undermine the intelligence of all the other creatures.
Since, the pigs are the quickest to pick up information and are able to understand things clearer, they do none of the laborious work and are cooped up in the barn doing all the “hard work” of making plans and figuring out the future of Animal Farm.
As life on Animal Farm progresses, the animals see no change as to how they are treated, the amount of work they have to do, and the rations of food they get. Their only solace is they are a group of animals leading themselves, with no human to guide and direct them.
However, the animals begin to feel uneasy when Snowball is kicked out of the farm by Napoleon’s dogs. Yet, the manipulation continues by the pigs, in order to keep the animals in the dark. Squealer makes the animals believe that Napoleon is making a great sacrifice in taking the leadership responsibilities upon himself and that, as the cleverest animal, he serves the best interest of all by making the
In a world where more is never enough, we are persistently being driven by the need for an increased amount of knowledge and understanding of the world. Yet, when that unquenchable thirst gets out of hand, the consequences may be dire, and can result into unprecedented results.
George Orwell demonstrates in the novella Animal Farm, that the pigs omniscient behavior is what drove them to their ultimate corruption. The more knowledge the pigs obtained, the further they were driven towards controlling all the animals. Ultimately increasing the control and power they had resulted into absolute corruption. As the saying goes, “power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”, this age old maxim, …show more content…
This is highlighted when the animals call each other comrades, a fellow soldier or member of an organization. This clearly signifies that they regard each other as equals, no one is better than the other. This ideology is also clearly stated in one of the seven commandments, “all animals are equal”. All these measures are put into place to highlight the stark contrast between when the animals had a human leader comparing to when they lead themselves. Without one supreme being, they could treat each other the same, no one was deserving of better or less …show more content…
Although Mr. Jones is gone, we can infer that it will not be long until the pigs take his place. They begin by taking the apples and the milk, claiming they need it in order to think, since all the work the pigs do involves their brains. At this point, it is clear that the pigs have started to undermine the intelligence of all the other creatures.
Since, the pigs are the quickest to pick up information and are able to understand things clearer, they do none of the laborious work and are cooped up in the barn doing all the “hard work” of making plans and figuring out the future of Animal Farm.
As life on Animal Farm progresses, the animals see no change as to how they are treated, the amount of work they have to do, and the rations of food they get. Their only solace is they are a group of animals leading themselves, with no human to guide and direct them.
However, the animals begin to feel uneasy when Snowball is kicked out of the farm by Napoleon’s dogs. Yet, the manipulation continues by the pigs, in order to keep the animals in the dark. Squealer makes the animals believe that Napoleon is making a great sacrifice in taking the leadership responsibilities upon himself and that, as the cleverest animal, he serves the best interest of all by making the