"Power tends to corrupt ; absolute power corrupts absolutely". This affirmation by Lord Acton, sent in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton on April 5, 1887, is explaining how people's ethics reduce while their power expands. This is seen in various forms of life, like in the Stanford Experiment. Where the guards, were said to be average human beings, but as soon as the uniform came on, they occurred to be power hungry. Additionally, seen during Joseph Stalin's life, he took away the forms of Christianity. Destroying everything, and ordered everyone, to put up his picture instead of God, so he could have more power. This corrupted power is distinguished a lot throughout the entire book of Animal Farm, especially through Napoleon. Many people admit that the pigs possessed all of the power in Animal Farm. "The pigs did not work but directed and supervised the others"(Orwell 21).
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"... Squealer , attended by two dogs ... he announced that ... Beasts of England had been abolished " ( Orwell 63 ). Right after Napoleon had his massacre, the animals were in terror and began to sing Beasts of England, yet Squealer said it was now abolished. It was abolished because the animals would soon realized that this was not what was supposed to come out of the rebellion, and they would soon rebelled against Napoleon. When Boxer was being sent away it displayed how the animals are victims, " Fools! Do you not see what is written on the side of the van?... Alfred Simmonds, Horse Slaughterer ... They are taking Boxer to the Knacker's ! " (Orwell 87). Napoleon told the animals that Boxer was getting picked up by a doctor, but when it was too late the animals realized Boxer would be going to a horse slaughterhouse. The animals will soon realize that they are victims of the pigs and their power, but it will be too late to change
"... Squealer , attended by two dogs ... he announced that ... Beasts of England had been abolished " ( Orwell 63 ). Right after Napoleon had his massacre, the animals were in terror and began to sing Beasts of England, yet Squealer said it was now abolished. It was abolished because the animals would soon realized that this was not what was supposed to come out of the rebellion, and they would soon rebelled against Napoleon. When Boxer was being sent away it displayed how the animals are victims, " Fools! Do you not see what is written on the side of the van?... Alfred Simmonds, Horse Slaughterer ... They are taking Boxer to the Knacker's ! " (Orwell 87). Napoleon told the animals that Boxer was getting picked up by a doctor, but when it was too late the animals realized Boxer would be going to a horse slaughterhouse. The animals will soon realize that they are victims of the pigs and their power, but it will be too late to change