Examples Of Power Corrupts In Animal Farm By George Orwell

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First of all, according to the book, “Animal Farm,” by George Orwell, a piece of evidence that would support the claim: Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely would be, “So it was agreed without further argument that the milk and the windfall apples should be reserved for the pigs alone.” This shows that the pigs had so much power they started using it negatively towards other animals, but positively for themselves, by reserving what’s nutritiously best for themself, and feeding the others the leftovers.Also, they think that no one could stop them, due to the fact that they thought of themselves as the leader or the master of the farm and its animals. Now that they have so many animals to follow their directions, all they

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