Selfishness In Animal Farm

Human Selfishness Shown Through George Orwell’s Novel, Animal Farm
There is no way to hide the selfishness trait in humans, no matter how many charities they donate to, how many children they help, there will always be that selfishness in them. Although no one will ever admit it, humans since before we know it, have always been like this, and will never change this feature for the time to come. George Orwell, an english novelist, who realized this at an early time, did a very efficient job at showing this to the rest of the world through his novel Animal Farm. In the novel, George Orwell uses theme and allegory to share his views on society by displaying that the aim for equality in society is unachievable because people are inherently selfish

Through the novel, George Orwell uses Squealer character to help display the egotistical traits that human carry. Although it was not bluntly shown, he did nothing to stop how the farm was being run because he enjoyed having power over the animals. Squealer was extremely good at manipulating the animals to gain this power. Squealer had managed to convince the animals that Boxer was being brought to a hospital, even though the animals had proof that he was being brought to be butchered. “ I was at his bedside at the very last. And at the end, almost too weak to speak, he whispered in my ear that his sole sorrow was to have passed on before the windmill was finished” (Orwell, 135). This quote shows that Squealer is aware of his power and is now using it to his advantage. This is a great example of the selfishness Orwell has brought to his character because of the fact that he did not give Boxer a fair chance of life, unlike if it was him, he would’ve actually gotten the right care. Squealer, just like what every other selfish human would’ve done, allowed Boxer to die for the sake of his own, care-free life. Another way Squealer displays an unachievable aim for equality because of his selfishness is when he convinces the animals how bad Snowball was. Snowball had just recently gotten chased off of the farm when Squealer came in and told the animals all the ‘bad’ that he had

He displays that the aim for equality in society is unachievable because people are inherently selfish through his characters Napoleon, Squealer and the humans. Although it was not directly stated, every character in this novel had a selfish trait, and every single character in this novel represented human nature. Napoleon very strongly represents the selfish traits of humans by only doing things that benefited him; Squealer also did a great job of representing this by displaying an extremely manipulative quality to get what he wanted. Lastly, the humans also displayed extremely selfish qualities: they would do what both Napoleon and Squealer would do, but also only thought about what would benefit them at the time rather than for the future. Although they do not feel bad for what they did yet, when they do, it will be too late. Humans need to understand to do the correct thing at all times, because when they come to the realization that all is bad and decide to do a good deed and correct their mistakes, it will already be too late for redemption from previous