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Corruption In George Orwell's Animal Farm

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Overall, the book Animal Farm, written by george Orwell greatly depicts the theme of those who are given absolute power will in turn become corrupt, even if their intentions were for the best. When Napoleon becomes leader in the novel, he deliberately uses the animals to get work done and make money, while he relaxes and does nothing. Throughout the novel, everything he does is for a personal gain,whether it’s for money, food, or more power, which shows how having having power will make a person corrupt. The rise of Saddam Hussein also encases the theme that those with absolute power become corrupt. Along his rise to dictatorship, Saddam was extremely dishonest towards his people about food, money, and the killings he placed, in order to better
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The lesson people need an education; otherwise they cannot think for themselves and are easy for others to control is true in George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm because the uneducated animals cannot think or read by themselves which leads to them being manipulated. The animals are manipulated when Squealer changed the commandment from “No animal shall kill another animal” to “No animal shall kill another animal without cause”. The animals had thought that the commandment was “No animal shall kill another animal” but were quickly convinced when Clover got Muriel to read the commandment to her. The animals are also manipulated when Boxer gets injured and the animals are told that Boxer would be sent to the veterinarian, but when Benjamin reads

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A writer once wrote “power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely” (Acton ). Corruption can be defined as: “Having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain” George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” is a well known allegory that projects the influences of power and how it can be used positively and negatively. In book, the character Napoleon is a pig that takes over Manor Farm from the Jones family. Benito Mussolini was leader of Italy in 1922-1943, a prime minister until 1925, when he established a dictatorship. Francisco Franco overthrew the monarchy and became the dictator of Spain in 1939 until his death in 1975.

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All major wars have occurred over the position or want of power. Napoleon Bonaparte, the French conqueror, conquered Europe for the power to rule it. Hitler started up slowly in his political career, and e started World War II, murdering 6 million Jews during the Holocaust. Napoleon in the political rankings of Animal Farm, up to the point which the desire for power corrupted him. Orwell shows how power corrupts a person by turning Napoleon, a good animal, into a monster.

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The ignorance of the animals, led to the pigs’ corruption. The oppression of the animals in the novel Animal Farm is caused by the lies the pigs create to trick the animals into ignorance, giving the pigs more power. The lies told by the animals are not only used to trick the animals into trusting the pigs in the book, but they impact the animals in a negative way. This book, also written as an allegory, parallels the real world, and how ignorance creates oppression. Orwell expresses how the animal’s stupidity causes them to not realize the manipulation and deceit they are under.

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Have you ever read a book which equated an animal farm to the Russian revolution? ‘Animal Farm’ is a book written by George Orwell in 1945, which reflects the Russian Revolution of 1917. The book is about a group of animals who lived on a farm owned by Mr. Jones. Mr. Jones abused the animals which led to the animals rebelling against him. The quote, “ All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others”( Pg 57) can represent ‘Animal Farm’ by the topics of corruption, abuse, and leadership.

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The most powerful people in the world are country and business leaders. To some people when they receive power it makes them feel like everyone's below them. As it was always said with great power comes great responsibility, but some people take that as a joke. For some people, it gives them that mindset where they could get whatever they want. Since the leaders change rules for their best interest, they think they're invincible and that no one will step up and do anything.

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“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely” (Lord Acton). This quote compliments the main message of the novella, Animal Farm by George Orwell, because power can corrupt but absolute power will always corrupt. Animal Farm by George Orwell conveys the main message of power equating to corruption through the allegorical use of Napoleon and Snowball, the other farm animals, and the events in the book itself corresponding with the Russian Revolution. The novella, Animal Farm, communicates the message of power equating to corruption through the leaders that emerged, Napoleon and Snowball who symbolize Stalin and Trotsky. The reader sees Napoleon's representation of Stalin as the pigs start breaking the rules of Animalism

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Corruption is it a result of power? Yes, since power may instill a sense of entitlement, causing people to believe they are above the law and can act without consequence. The more authority a person has, the more likely they are to use it for their own benefit, whether that means chasing personal wealth or oppressing others. When people in positions of authority put their own interests ahead of those they should be helping, unethical behavior, abuse of power, and a breakdown in trust and respect can result. Power had a side effect, and that was corruption.

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In the novel Animal Farm, by George Orwell, the animals’ dreams of a utopia become a reality after they revolt and take over The Manor Farm. From the beginning, Napoleon teaches the animals how to find food, helps debate new policies, and overall establishes traditions and rituals that improve the daily lives of all the animals. However, due to an unrestricted amount of freedom and authority, Napoleon begins to use manipulation, cruelty, and violence as his means of taking control of the farm, which demonstrates how abusing power can quickly lead to a corrupted society. In the beginning, Napoleon’s good intentions quickly begin to give way as he becomes more oppressive and uses manipulation and lies to gain sovereignty. His subtle ways of exhibiting

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There are numerous ways power is abused and taken advantage of in Animal Farm. Power can be used for good and bad, it just depends on who possesses the power. Before Old Major died, he held a meeting where he talked about how mankind and Mr. Jones were their enemies. Later after he died, Mr. Jones was driven off the farm, and Napoleon became the new leader. In Animal Farm, George Orwell provides us with great examples of how the power that some of the characters held were not used for the best.

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As both texts work to display the corrupting effects of power on societies the hierarchy is established through intimidation of the public. As Orwell illustrates the injustice emerging on the farm he emphasizes this idea through the use of Napoleons “The Nine Dogs” in which he raises to be his own ‘army’ (Orwell 23). This proves particularly important to the overall theme of the novel as the dogs represent the fear and this unstoppable force that cannot be broken. Much like struggle of power throughout the text, the dogs work to instill fear into the public and ultimately protect Napoleon. Essentially, the dogs are acting as means to maintain this abuse of power as they work to protect the hierarchy and ultimately intimidate the other animals.

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Everything always comes at a cost and the cost of power is corruption. In the beginning of Animal Farm by George Orwell, it already seems to be that Napoleon, a pig, is a corrupt opportunist.   He has never made a single contribution to the revolution. He starves the hens because they don’t wish to sell their eggs.

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Animal Farm The power of knowledge is the power to see beyond deception, the power to block inquiry, the power to know things that others cannot see, the power to maintain your integrity, the power to discern danger and the power to recognize a true friend and ally. -Marshall Vian Summers In the novel Animal Farm written by George Orwell in 1946, Orwell describes the Russian Revolution using animals.

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Composers create dystopian texts to comment on social issues that revolve around us today. Animal Farm is a famous novel written by George Orwell, first published on the 17th of August in 1995. In the novel, Orwell explores the events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917, and then onto the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union. Orwell uses a variety of social issues to comment on this idea, and two of the many social issues he uses are social issues of dictatorship and the way power can corrupt, basically social issues of the time period through the following historical events. A social issue explored in Animal Farm, in relation to the Soviet Union during the Russian Revolution, is the idea of corruption.

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Abstract:- As the western influences of capitalism, existentialism and individual crisis in the times of the world wars, flowed into the arena of Eastern theater, adaptation of ancient, Elizabethan or modern works explored new vistas in the contemporary socio-political situation of 20th and 21st century India with the help of ancient ideas. This paper will try to access the development of western themes in front of the Indian backdrop in some Bengali adaptation. As "Poshukhamar", an adaptation of Orwell 's "Animal Farm" hinted at the hypocrisies of the contemporary communist government, "Nandikar"s" production "Nero" in recent times plays similar role, in showing the censorization of freedom of expression by Nation, through the characterization of Seneca. The crowd desperately searches for the protagonist after her physical death in "sopnosondhani 's" production "Antigone"; symbolizing as a search for an individual who can revolt against the prevention of establishing individual rights by the nation. In this particular production, two men roams about among the awaiting crowd outside the theater, holding a picture of a girl putting up her hands in the fear of gun, begging mercy.

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