Examples Of Corruption In Animal Farm

Corruption is laced throughout everyday life, and magnified in Animal Farm by George Orwell. Corruption itself shifts throughout the book, whether it’s abused by Mr. Jones, Napolean or the pigs, there is always someone abusing power. The animals are either oblivious to this misuse of authority or they are too afraid of what will happen if they take a stand against it, this lets the authority figure in power gain more control. In Animal Farm, a pig named Major had voiced plans for the Revolution, in which the animals of the farm would overthrow the humans and the farm would belong solely to the animals residing in it. Major had many ideals for how life would be after the Revolution, and some of his ideals consisted of all animals being equal and treated fairly and justly. In his perfect society, there would be no tyranny, no murder and no use of human objects or habits. His idea was that all animals must work together, as one, to achieve this exemplary state, and no one animal shall reign over another, and no animals shall be reigned over by one. The labor that the animals

It started off miniscule and barely noticeable, but became an immense problem and threat to all the animals’ freedom and well-being. Napolean specifically was the cause of this misconduct, he had gained leadership by naming himself the brains of the farm and convinced all the animals that without him, Jones (the former human owner of the farm) would surely return to take back the farm. Squealer (a propagandist pig) having said many times, “Surely, comrades, you do not want Jones back?” (pg. 50) made the animals feel that if they did not do exactly as Napolean said, then surely Jones would return. While the animals weren’t exactly happy with the form in which they were being treated, they still preferred Napolean in contrast to Mr.