Greed In George Orwell's Animal Farm

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When the other farmers found out about the rebellion that happened at Animal Farm, they all wanted to have Mr. Jones’s farm under their own power, “At heart, each of them were secretly wondering whether they could not somehow turn Jones’s misfortune to his own advantage” (Orwell 24). The power hungry farmers deeply demonstrate how they have no pity for the loss (loss of the farm) of his friend, but instead they feel greed. Because of the greed infested farm caused my Mr. Jones, both farmers who still had their farms were too blind to notice all the corruption that was taking place on Animal Farm. Instead they were focused on gaining as much wealth and power as they could, result in greed being such a big flaw that was spread across the entire

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