George Orwell's Book Animal Farm Used to Define Power and Corruption

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Power, a simple word that can either destroy a person or save them. Society today thrives on power, whether it is good or bad. George Orwell’s Animal Farm is used to define power and the corruption that comes from absolute power. Orwell used animals to portray humans to prove how power leads to corruption. The quote, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely,” by Lord Acton is demonstrated in Animal Farm perfectly, and concisely as the characters, plot, and themes show how power can absolutely corrupt. Orwell uses animals to represent humans. Through this he demonstrates the corruption of humans. The animals mimic humans, including the flaws, which show the extremity of human corruption. As each animal has an opportunity to seie power each uses it for good and bad. Snowball was a character, that was an equal to Napoleon, with the same amount of power and such, but he was also the only leader that did not become corrupt with power. Snowball was the one everyone could trust, and the one that would always be there with advice. He spoke the truth and only the truth, and made promises that he could keep, unlike the other leaders. As Napoleon was one of the co-leaders at this time, Snowball did not possess absolute power. When Napoleon gained power, he brought with him corruption into the story. At the first look Napoleon seemed like he didn’t want the responsibility and power of being a leader. It is shown later that he planned to have more power later, where it would be more important. He had used fear as a way to make himself more powerful, by using the dogs to attack at any moment. This proved that Napoleon had become so greedy and obsessed with power he would do anything to maintain it at all costs. Almost every single character in the story is corrupt, but some develop later while other earlier. Mr. Jones would be one of the characters that
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