Greed For Absolute Power In Animal Farm By George Orwell

Scientists have compared data and concluded that greed for power, leads to corruption, and greed for absolute power, leads to absolute corruption. In the allegorical novel Animal Farm, by George Orwell, the idea of power leading to corruption is clear throughout the story, portrayed by Napoleon. Napoleon gained power and the support of the animals on Animal Farm, however, his greed for absolute power grew, turning him into a tyrant no better than the former owner of Animal Farm, Mr. Jones. He slaughtered animals and used Squealer’s persuasiveness to manipulate the animals into believing life was better than when in Mr. Jones’s time. In the end, Napoleon, Squealer, and the other pigs that had sided with them, their greed for power and corrupted

And so the tale of confessions and executions went on, until there was a pile of corpses lying before Napoleon's feet and the air was heavy with the smell of blood, which had been unknown there since the expulsion of Jones” (Orwell 84). Napoleon had become corrupted after gaining power over Animal Farm, his want for absolute power allowed him to do anything if it would give him even more control over the animals. Napoleon slaughtered animals that had supposedly been in contact with Snowball, whom Napoleon had decided was a traitor. Napoleon used Snowball as a reason to kill other animals, contradicting the Seven Commandments saying that “no animal shall kill another animal”, imposing fear on the remaining animals. This is important because Napoleon’s corruption and greed for power led him to slaughter animals in an attempt to install fear in the other animals. The actions he committed showed tyranny in a way that resembled Jones. Following the series of events that occurred after Napoleon slaughtered animals, all of the animals' hardships and what they had fought, lived, and died for amounted to nothing. Animal Farm had increased in stability and

Many things led the animals to rebel against Mr. Jones, one of the most effective in encouraging the animals to rebel, was the song Beasts of England. The song sang about animals with freedom, without the knowledge of death hanging over their heads and no longer below the humans. However, Squealer said that, “By a special decree of Comrade Napoleon, beasts of England had been abolished. From now onwards it was forbidden to sing it” (Orwell 88). By creating a rule that forbade the animals from singing Beasts of England, Napoleon was attempting to stamp out what he thought was a rebellious attitude, however, Beasts of England was not a song meant to arouse a rebellion, it was to encourage the animals to do what they believed was right. Squealer saying it was unnecessary showed that Napoleon was not taking any chances at the animals attempting any sort of rebellion against his wishes. This is important because it shows how Napoleon was willing to ban the song that helped them escape Mr. Jones for his personal gain so that the animals remain under his rule. Squealer was an obedient follower of Napoleon, he was useful to Napoleon in many ways, always persuading the animals to believe in Napoleon, often saying that all of Napoleon’s actions were for the good of Animal Farm. However, one night, the animals were awakened at the sound of a crash and, “At the foot of the end wall of the big barn, where the Seven Commandments were