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Corruption In George Orwell's Animal Farm

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The fictional novel and political satire, Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, is an allegory focused on exploitation that set in a farm. In this 139-page book, Orwell emits the theme of that the possession of supremacy can lead to corruption. “Preeminent among the pigs were two young boars named Snowball and Napoleon, whom Mr. Jones was breeding up for sale. Napoleon was a large, rather fierce-looking Berkshire boar, the only Berkshire on the farm, not much of a talker, but with a reputation of getting his own way” (35). As a first impression on Napoleon, the reader can postulate that, appearance-wise, he is much more belligerent and superior compared to Snowball. Lacking the aptitude to relay his ideas to the animals, he has his way of …show more content…

He would be too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves …Suppose you had decided to follow Snowball, who, as we now know, was no better than a criminal?’” (69). Now that Napoleon has authority over the farm, he has Squealer convincing the moronic animals that his actions are for their own good and individual necessities. As the blame is pointed at Snowball, it gives the animals reassurance that Napoleon is doing his job, and not going to dissatisfy them. “When they had finished their confession, the dogs promptly tore their throats out, and in a terrible voice Napoleon demanded whether any animal had anything to confess…And so the tale of confessions and execution went on, until there was a pile of corpses lying before Napoleon’s feet and air was heavy with the smell of blood, which had been unknown there since the expulsion of Jones” (93). The story advances and Napoleon’s true colors are gradually emerging. As Napoleon’s façade of a sympathetic and considerate leader fades away, his enforcement tools, the ferocious beasts, give the animals no choice but to obey. With his dictatorial acts and brutality towards his “comrades”, it exposes this side of him in which he is power-hungry and

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