Too Much Power In Animal Farm By Goerge Orwell

Power should be balanced because an unrationed amount of power can corrupt an individual and destroy freedom. This has been proved throughout our history. In the novel Animal farm Goerge Orwell argues that too much power corrupts freedom. His story is about a revolution on a farm. The animals revolt against Mr. Jones, the owner of the farm, in order to gain freedom for themselves and have a better life. Problematically not long after they take their freedom, a pig Napoleon begins to take more power for himself slowly depriving the animals of their freedom. At first all the animals are comrades, but by the end Napoleon states “All animals are equal but some are more equal than others” (Orwell, 133) this is a book by Orwell warning about the

“When the dictators- if the dictators-are ready to make war upon us, they will not wait for an act of war on our part.They did not wait for norway or belgium or the netherlands to commit an act of war” (Roosevelt, 274). If Roosevelt had not gained the support of the American people to use force to fight back our country as we know it would be called German territory and the Jewish race would have been eradicated.

A poem that reminds us about the power of keeping power balanced is a poem the Caged bird, by Maya Angelou. She compares a bird in a cage that wants to escape, to her people who suffer from harsh inequality. “A free bird thinks of another breeze…but a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams” (Angelou, 327). She personifies a bird as a person longing for freedom. There are times when freedom requires fighting for your beliefs, keeping the order of the power in society is

“In the future days which we seek to make secure we look forward to a world founded upon four essential freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression- Everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship god in his own way- everywhere in the world, the third is freedom from want… Everywhere in the world. The fourth freedom is from fear… Anywhere in the world…”(Roosevelt, 273). The most manipulative freedom that has been abused and disrupted in human history from the American revolution to World war two- the power of speech. It has been used to create misery and hardship. Words terminate power and elevate it. A good speaker can attempt to deceive you, a great speaker can manipulate you completely.

Consequently, the downside of just words can be ignored by a person with too much power and violence. A mentality of fear leads to actions of irationale people. The responsibility of the people is to inspire others to revolt against an absolute ruler. To abolish a government that ignores our rights. “ To that new order we oppose the greater conception, the moral order’’ (Roosevelt,