Power Leads To Corruption In Geroge Orwell's Animal Farm

All too often, power leads to corruption. Multiple of the characters in the novel Animal Farm written by Geroge Orwell demonstrate that those who have power tend to abuse it to take advantage of the weak. Napoleon, Squealer, and Snowball, the pigs that leaded the rebellion, end up exploiting their power, leading to disharmony, cruelty, and dishonesty for the animals on the farm of whom they are taking advantage and who cannot do anything about it because the pigs are their superiors. Ultimately, the novel reveals that power corrupts those who are in control.

Napoleon “educates” puppies, but while doing so “he took them up into a loft which could only be reached by a ladder from the harness-room and there kept them in such seclusion that the

Many of the animals admired Snowball's intelligence and his compassion for the farm. Hence the reason why Napoleon got rid of him. In the beginning of the novel Snowball had many good intentions for the farm and the animals but as the power corrupted his mind he began to act more selfish. Snowball and the other pigs were aware that they broke one of the commandments but justified it by saying “Milk and apples contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of pigs. We pigs are brain workers; the organization of the farm totally depends on us" (Orwell 52). He was self aware of what they were doing was wrong yet did nothing because he and the other pigs believed that since they were the smartest animals they deserved the extra food. As the novel goes on it demonstrates how Snowball prioritized the farm itself not the animals he claimed “that it could all be done in one year..he declared, so much labor would be saved that the animals would only need to work three days a week”.Snowball glorified the idea and claimed that the animals' lives would be more at ease after the windmill is completed. He did this to hide the fact that he would be overworking the animals. It is impossible to finish a windmill in one year without overworking and even worse because they were animals not humans. Although Snowball wasn’t abusive with his power as much as Napoleon, if he wasn't taken out of the

All the animals believed he was a brillant talker and claimed “he could turn black into white”(Orwell 36). This suggests that no matter what he was able to convince anyone into anything no matter what. This was a very good skill Squealer had and Napoleon knew it so he took advantage of it by making Squealer his spokeperson. Throughout the whole novel it was seen that squealer spreads propaganda to help Napoleon would stay in control. For example, when Clover remembers that there is a commandment against beds, “Squealer, who happened to be passing at this moment, attended by two or three dogs, was able to put the whole matter in its proper perspective” by stating that “A bed merely means a place to sleep in. A pile of straw in a stall is a bed, properly regarded. The rule was against sheets, which are a human invention. We have removed the sheets from the farmhouse beds, and sleep between blankets,” and he ends by explaining, “comrades, with all the brainwork we have to do nowadays. You would not rob us of our repose, would you, comrades? You would not have us too tired to carry out our duties? Surely none of you wishes to see Jones back?” (Orwell 80). Squealer gaslighted the animals into believing their memory were wrong and constantly did this throughout the novel to justify Napoleons actions. Not only that but he brought up Mr.Jones name repeatilty to make