Abuse Of Power In Animal Farm By George Orwell

Napoleon uses propaganda to peruse himself as a good person, who does no wrong. Squealer tricks the animals saying, “Do not image, comrades, that leadership is pleasure “(55) to help Napoleon. Soon after Napoleon is "elected unanimously” (116) as the president in the republic, he blames Snowball for “overthrow[ing] the windmill” (70) and “told the animals that the windmill was his idea” (57). When the animals see, Boxer be taken off by “Horse Slaughter” (124) Napoleon tries to tell them that the they haven’t repainted the side to say, “the veterinary surgeon” (124), but it really says “the knacker” (125). As propaganda helps Napoleon gain power so does changing the commandments.

The undeniable greed Napoleon possesses can only be fulfilled by giving the other animals the illusion of bettering themselves by not questioning his logic: “Boxer, who had now had time to think things over, voiced the general feeling by saying, ‘If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right.’ And from then on he adopted the maxim, ‘Napoleon is always right,’ in addition to his private motto of ‘I will work harder’” (Orwell 60). Because Animal Farm’s audience predominantly consists of working class citizens, they begin to feel sympathy for Boxer since he cannot recognize Napoleon is exploiting him exclusively for his personal goal of becoming a puissant leader; therefore, animosity towards Napoleon develops in the audience. Considering the animals promptly welcome Napoleon’s promise of a better life, they work towards exhaustion, unknowingly fueling Napoleon’s greed: "All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were happy in their work; they grudged no effort or sacrifice, well aware that everything that they did was for the benefit of themselves and those of their kind who would come after them, and not for a pack of idle, thieving human beings" (63). Although the animals working for Napoleon are unaware he is gradually becoming more human and willfully betraying his fellow animals for his own benefit, it is evident to the audience that Napoleon is corrupt. As Napoleon cunningly achieves power, his greed continues to grow, the same as a totalitarian leader’s:

Often times in a communist society, a leader’s use of language can lead to abuse of power. In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the farm leaders, the pigs, use unknown language, invoke scare tactics, and create specific laws, thereby enabling them to control other animals, to suit their greedy desires, and to perform actions outside their realm of power. Because of the pigs’ use of broad language, implementation of scare tactics, and creation and manipulation of laws, they are able to get away with avoiding laws and convincing other animals into believing untrue stories and lies that are beneficial to the pigs.

George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm is a great example of allegory and political satire. The novel was written to criticize totalitarian regimes and particularly Stalin's corrupt rule in Russia. In the first chapter Orwell gives his reasons for writing the story and what he hopes it will accomplish. It also gives reference to the farm and how it relates to the conflicts of the Russian revolution. The characters, settings, and the plot were written to describe the social upheaval during that period of time and also to prove that the good nature of true communism can be turned into something atrocious by an idea as simple as greed. This essay will cover the comparisons between Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution. It will also explain why

Whenever the animals seem confused about a situation, Squealer always manages to convince the animals that they are wrong and that “Napoleon is always right”. An example of this is when Squealer is alters the Seven Commandments to account for the pigs’ humanisation, which represents the Soviet government’s modification of the communist theory to make it more a reformation of capitalism than a

‘Animal Farm’ is an allegory of the Russian Revolution, where animals in the book represent certain revolutionaries and depict them through their similar actions and roles in the story. The pigs are able to gain power with their intelligence, but eventually oppress their fellow animals, and lead the revolution in the wrong direction. In George Orwell’s novel ‘Animal Farm’, the impacts of education and literacy are prevalent to the success of the revolution because the more knowledgeable animals are able to win the support and trust of their peers, as shown by Squealer’s rhetorical language, Snowball’s beneficial and brilliant ideas, and Napoleon’s assumed knowledge. Squealer continuously lies to his peers about how they have an abundance

George Orwell’s Animal Farm is reflective of Russia during Joseph Stalin’s tyrannical ruling. The story’s antagonist Napoleon leads the Rebellion with Snowball. Once Napoleon overthrows Snowball, he deceives and manipulates the other animals with promise of a life free of restraint and human influence. After gaining their trust, Napoleon capitalizes on the animals’ vulnerabilities and uses his power to better the circumstances of the pigs rather than all animals. Although he initially presents himself as a democratic head, his leadership tactics are that of a dictator. Through examining the syntax and diction characteristic of Orwell’s writing, one can gain a better understanding of the novel’s sociopolitical theme.

George Orwell’s book, Animal Farm, shows society is glued together by alliances against enemies. The potential is boundless when people join arms to fight an opposing force. If one’s individual presence leaves a long shadow, the other’s allegiance will only compliment and strengthen its formidable approach. An ancient threat is of no use to those in power.

Would you want to live in a world liberated from the chains of evil? Since the beginning

Corruption of power happens often, from political standpoint to a simple business. In the story, the animals were gathered together by Old Major to rebel against humanity, who had abused their powers over animals. Old Major help implant the idea of rebellion that will happen soon. The animals are given the realization that they were not being treated equally as the humans and the pigs, the smartest animals, start planning a rebellion against humanity. In Animal Farm, George Orwell asserts the idea that absolute power results in corruption. Napoleon and the other pigs, interested in remain superior, persuade the other animals by using intimidation and emotional appeal in order to keep control of the gullible animals.

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” (Lord Acton, 1887). This quote explains why Napoleon failed to create the perfect society that he dreamed of. Humans are very weak yet very wicked and corrupt. As the book Animal Farm describes how evil the animals have become, the author, George Orwell, is trying to show how evil the humans had become during the Soviet Union era. When people have the power, people tend to fail to control that power; the effect of power is similar to that of drugs.

As the author adds various events the animals seem to follow along the ideas of Napoleon. Heis taking over the farm quickly without a suspicion from the other animals. His ideas and promises were always stolen from another or never worked out, yet the other animals never figured out how bad Napoleon is. For he is worse than Jones ever was but with a convincing outlook no other animals could remember the past correctly. When problems came up it was Napoleon who decided what was best.

People used to live in oppression and still do till this day. In Syria, people live in oppression. They have to follow rules and the people there are forbidden to do many things. A book that shows what people living in oppression is really like is Animal Farm. One theme in the book is, “People’s ignorance, or their not being educated, contributes to their being oppressed by other.” People are oppressed by others because they are either uneducated or they just ignore the issues in their society/country and will not do anything about the situation.

From that point on Napoleons thirst for power grows more and more. Every animal helps build the windmill besides the pigs. When a storm occurs and the windmill falls, Napoleon blames Snowball and demands animals rebuild. While rebuilding the pigs give the animals less food and let themselves grow fatter. Napoleons evil side erupted when the farms prize horse Boxer gets hurt while building the windmill. Napoleon summons a horse slaughterer to take Boxer away. Squealer, Napoleons spokesman who twists information, tells the animals that Napoleon has brought a vetenarian to take Boxer and that he died in the hospital. Squalor even told the animals that he was with Boxer in his last moments and that he proclaimed his loyalty to his “comrade” Napoleon. Unfortunately, the animals believed the fat pig Squealer and continued working. Day by day, the pigs break commandments and then revise them to make themselves look semi innocent. The pigs begin prosecuting and then killing innocent animals in front of all the animals which breaks commandment six “No animal shale kill any other animal”. Squealer changes the commandment to “No animal shale kill any other animal without cause.”

In the allegorical novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, the farm animals at Manor Farm revolted against their totalitarian human owners for complete authority over the farm. Once achieving victory, a pig named Napoleon rises to power. Napoleon uses his dictator like characteristics to rule over the newly named Animal Farm and inculcate fear into the other animals as well as force them into submission. Propaganda is used numerous times and in numerous methods throughout Animal Farm, including to force other animals to toil strenuously and surmise that Napoleon is a fair and candid leader. Napoleon’s oppressive commandments on the farm cause the other animals to have no choice but to obey his laws and do whatever he asks of them, no matter the