Power Is Corrupted In George Orwell's Animal Farm

Do you think power is corrupt? It seems as if George Orwell thought so. He often wrote about the darker side of politics. In Animal Farm he wrote about the darker side of Soviet Communism. George Orwell’s Animal Farm shows power is corrupt by giving a closer look at animals that broke away from humans to govern themselves, but face many hardships. In Animal Farm, the pigs overworked the animals, the pigs starved the animals, and they started breaking their own rules.

The pigs overworking the animals shows power is corrupt because the pigs took advantage of the animal’s trust in them and made them believe they need to do all of the work on the farm. For example in Animal Farm George Orwell shows how all of the animals work hard, but the pigs don’t. “The pigs did not actually work, but directed and supervised the others.” (Orwell 27) This is important because it shows how the pigs fooled the animals to …show more content…
The pigs came up with the commandments of Animalism, but by the end of the story they broke all of the commandments. For example in Animal Farm the pigs started to kill other animals and act like humans even though the commandments said not to. “The Seven Commandments:
Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend. No animal shall wear clothes. No animal shall sleep in a bed. No animal shall drink alcohol. No animal shall kill any other animal. All animals are equal.” This quote is important because it shows the rules that the pigs set for themselves and the other animals to follow, but failed to do so. The pigs broke The Seven Commandments of Animalism when they started to sleep in beds, wear clothes, befriend humans, drink alcohol, and kill other animals. The pigs also changed the commandments to fit their needs. This shows power is corrupt because power changed the pigs to do things that went against their original