“One death is a tragedy, one million is a statistic” (Stalin). From being a nobody, to a cruel and careless dictator, this illustrates how power can drastically change someone, leading to bigger consequences than imagined. In the novel Animal Farm, George Orwell depicts Russian dictator, Joseph Stalin, characterized by Napoleon, to demonstrate how a gain for power can lead to more corruption than good. To commence with, we see that both Napoleon and Joseph Stalin demolished individual freedom and “…failed to promote individual prosperity” (Hingley). Throughout George Orwell’s story, it is seen how little by little the animals were start to serve Napoleon, thinking they were making themselves prosperous. However, this is not the case, the …show more content…
Initially, Stalin began to reduce individual freedom by placing living standards on the lower classes. Everything that was read, listened to, as well as any kind of media, was controlled by the government, if was otherwise done, people were often sent to labour camps (http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980/russia-1900-to-1939/life-in-ussr-under-stalin/). In a correlative situation, in chapter 6, page 54 of Animal Farm, Napoleon announced “…..there will be work on Sunday afternoons as well. This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.”Showing how both dictators governed things, by simply using fear.“Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed” (Stalin). Stalin believed that education was crucial, for this reason he created a rigid program of discipline and education. Subsequently, more exams were added, and youth from ages eight through twenty-three were to attend youth organizations (http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980/russia-1900-to-1939/life-in-ussr-under-stalin/). In coalition to Stalin, Napoleon also included threats that affected any who disobeyed their