Role Of Corruption In Animal Farm

Corruption is usually seen in societies where there is one person with all of the power. This type of corruption is present in Animal Farm by George Orwell. The animals on the farm break away from their controlling owners to experience more freedom. The farm is controlled with seven commandments that represent animalism, which all animals must follow. The pigs on the farm, especially Napoleon, quickly gain power due to their higher intelligence. Throughout the story, corruption can be seen in the society when Napoleon orders the changing of set rules and manipulates the minds of other animals. After the pigs are established in being the “brain workers”, Napoleon rises to power with his trained guard dogs protecting him from anyone that stands in his way. He eventually changes rules that were initially set in order to benefit him and the other pigs. One …show more content…
The animals on the farm spent a great amount of time building a windmill that would help out the farm by providing power. After the windmill that all the animals worked so hard on had been destroyed by a storm, the incident was blamed on Snowball. While all the animals were gathered around the fallen windmill, Napoleon explains, “Snowball has done this thing! In sheer malignity, thinking to set back our plans and avenge himself for his ignominious expulsion, this traitor has crept here under the cover of night and destroyed our work of nearly a year” (82). Seeking to gain more support from the animals, Napoleon lies to them and instead of admitting that the windmill had been taken down by the storm, he claims that Snowball was responsible. Napoleon attracts more animals to his way of thinking and hatred towards Snowball by saying that all their hard work was ruined by him. This manipulation is a way for Napoleon to gain more power and trust from the people he wrongly