Great Leaders In Animal Farm

Final Animal Farm Research In the book Animal Farm, the pigs were horrible leaders who should have never been trusted with a position of power. These pigs manipulated many of the animals to do and say whatever they wanted them to without question. This characteristic is the exact opposite of what a strong leader should have. Martin Luther King Jr. is an excellent example of a strong leader; he knew what he wanted to accomplish and set goals for himself and other citizens. Unlike the pigs in Animal Farm, Marin Luther King Jr. embodies the characteristic of a strong leader because he was passionate, shared a vision and an action, and cared about equality. One of the ways King was an outstanding leader is that he was passionate about what he wanted to accomplish and never gave up- even when times got tough. The pigs showed a poor representation of this characteristic when they say, ”No animal shall kill any other animal without cause”(Orwell 54). The reason this shows the pigs bad leadership characteristics is because they changed the commandment from,”No animal shall kill …show more content…
However, the pigs never considered the other animals rights. In Animal Farm, the pigs “Ordered the hens’ rations to be stopped, and decreed that any animal giving so much as a grain of corn to a hen should be punished by death,”(Orwell 46). These pigs are being genuinely unfair to the hens by cutting off their food supply and are punishing the other animals that are trying to help them by killing them without reason. In August 28, 1963, King and “Over 250,000 black and white citizens assembled in Washington, D.C., for a mass civil rights rally, where King delivered his famous “Let Freedom Ring” address,”(“Martin”). He wanted to “Let Freedom Ring” in everybody and in all types of races, and that is exactly what he accomplished. That day is still one of