Leadership In George Orwell's Animal Farm

Leadership is a quality that some leaders do not have. Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, is a satirical book that compares a farm owner to the czar of Russia. Farmer Jones had once been a capable farmer, but in the aftermath of a very damaging lawsuit he becomes an alcoholic and became known for his harsh rule over the animals. Instigated by Old Major [the animals leader], the animals rebel by driving out Farmer Jones, his wife and his workers, and remove him from power, supposedly ending the days of extreme hunger and labor. Animal Farm relates to the February Revolution by lackadaisical leadership of both Russia and the animal's farm. Russian citizens were not ecstatic about their leaders during this time, so they revolt against them …show more content…
He is just looking at better news throwing away that there might be a possible threat for Russia. Though Czar Nicholas II was a bad leader, Farmer Jones follows in his footsteps quite well. Farmer Jones and Czar Nicholas II are both lazy, irresponsible, irrational, and weak. Farmer Jones displays laziness when he locks "the hen-houses for the night, but too drunk" (Orwell 1). His weaknesses include alcoholism and being physically weak. As the animals say man is "too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits" (Orwell 4). Farmer Jones is irrational when drunk talking about the "monstrous injustice he had suffered in being turned out of his property by a pack of good for nothing animals" (Orwell 73). Farmer Jones dreads caring for the animals, does the bare minimum work then goes drinking. Czar Nicholas II weaknesses were his sense of entitlement and his selfishness. He wanted to rule absolutely but the people wanted a representative government. The Czar lived a lavish life while the people of Russia had little work or food. He did not take responsibility for his actions because, as Jim Whiting states in his book The Russian Revolution,1997, "Nicholas