Similarities Between The Crucible And Animal Farm

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In the novels, the crucible and animal farm, the leaders of society hold lots of power and can easily influence people's/animal's decisions and how they think. Leaders in the stories believe they are more intelligent than people in their societies. In animal farm, Napoleon the pig was a deceitful, power-hungry, manipulative, and self-centered leader of the farm. He manipulated the animals into believing stolen ideas were his, convinced them to believe lies, and told them that he would be a great leader and animals didn't have to work for long excruciating hours every day for years. In all actuality, He was taking advantage of the animal's intelligence. Napoleon didn't care about what the animals truly thought. He only cared about himself and what he needed and didn't do much for the other animals. He wanted to make sure the animals were working and building the windmill so he could make trades with other farms.

In the crucible, the leaders of society used their power to get individuals sent to prison for practicing witchcraft and being “witches”. These characters are very …show more content…

Leaders of these societies have multiple similarities and differences. In the crucible and animal farm, the leaders of society can both be seen as manipulative and corrupt. In animal farm, the pigs can be seen as the leaders of the farm and become more and more corrupt and manipulative over time. They abuse their power and manipulate the other animals for their own benefit. Similarly, in the crucible, society leaders such as judge Danforth, Parris, and others, abuse their power to manipulate and deceive others in society for their own personal gain another example of these leaders being similar is, both leaders are more concerned about their social status then they are about the well being of the people they're supposed to be leading. Both leaders are also responsible for the injustice and suffering of others in