Rebelling is to escape from people and their cruel ways, but can the animals escape the deathly reign of their own kind? The foundations of society and how we all relate to one another, are rooted in the capital and the exchange of capital. This premise manifests itself most prominently in the way the pigs take over and become capitalists, as they wished to have a communist society, mirroring the way of the Russian Revolution in the early 1900’s. George Orwell, author of the political allegory Animal Farm, experienced malfeasance first hand in the Spanish Civil War. Power and corruption is displayed by the pigs appeal to basic needs and desires such as, taking the milk and apples to improve their well being, the use of ethos and pathos to persuade the animals to work blithely, and the opportunistic ways of Napoleon. Power can be used to gain freedom from oppression, but may lead into dystopia if put blindly into the ones who wish to control production means and society. …show more content…
Squealer proclaims, “Our sole object in taking these things is to preserve our health. Milk and apples contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig...The whole management and organization of this farm depends on us...It is for your sake that we drink that milk”(820). The pigs are so sure of themselves and constantly want more and more. This illustrates how powerful, power is. It is one of the most addicting feelings and the more the pigs get the more they want. The other animals are not educated and trust the pigs to do what is right, making it easier for Napoleon and Squealer to take advantage. Clearly, acquisitiveness is very common and if all were equal as planned, then all the animals, not just the pigs, would have food rations of the same