Corruption In The Kite Runner And Ishmael Beah's Animal Farm

In the novel “Animal Farm”, author George Orwell explores a multitude of various themes. However, the underlying, ever-present, and arguably the most important theme in the book is power, and the corrupting effect it has on those who receive it. Orwell uses various language techniques throughout the novel to show the circumstances under which certain characters come to power on the farm, and their eventual exploitation of their authority. Through use of techniques such as allegory, theme and irony, the author establishes connections between his characters and real-life historical figures, showing the parallels between their stories and the eventual culmination of the events.

The novel ‘Animal Farm’ created by George Orwell heavily expresses the ideals of a prolonged cruel or unjust treatment and the exercise of authority. The exponential ignorance of the farm animals towards the actions and ideas of the pigs (Napoleon, Squealer and Snowball) prove the incentive that it is easier to conform to the ideals/ways of the ‘New England’, than to rebel, as well as through the exposure to propaganda and the distortion of reality. This therefore leaving them docile, numb, and oppressed.

After having a taste of power, the pigs lose themselves in their lust for ultimate power. Because of the supreme position of the pigs in the farm, a minority controls the majority of the animals, their greed for power leads to the corruption of the power. First of all, Napoleon uses dogs to expel Snowball in order to have exclusive power. Napoleon starts to against every suggestions Snowball proposes at the beginning. He raises the puppy secretly and shows them up while excluding Snowball. These fierce dogs become a sign of Napoleon’s authority and absolute power. It is the first time that execution happens in the farm, it disobeys the essence of Animalism, all animals are friends. However, no one dares to question him because Napoleon has the absolute power, even though it starts corrupting. Secondly, when the pigs move into the farmhouse and begin sleeping in the beds, the Fourth Commandment turns out to have mysteriously changed. It now reads “No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets.”(Orwell, 67) Bed is a symbol of being human in the story. The pigs’ greed of being human has not

Reverend Charles Caleb Colton, a writer of pros and poetry, once said, “Corruption is like a ball of snow, once its set a rolling, it must increase”. Once corruption has started, there is so many people involved, greed sets in, and it’s so big of a problem it is so hard to stop it or leave it alone, and once you’re in too deep it’s difficult to get out. Under those circumstances, a book called “Animal Farm”, by George Orwell, was an allegory. It was published on the heels of World War II in England in 1945 and in the United States in 1946. The book was written during the war as a cautionary short story in order to expose the dangers presented by Stalinism and Totalitarian Government. With this intention, the pigs on Animal Farm used the

Out of the many themes possible in George Orwell’s Animal Farm, political corruption stands out the most. Political corruption on the farm began when “Napoleon stood up and, casting

George Orwell’s allegorical novel Animal Farm can be perceived as a fable or as a more complex story. The novel can be viewed as a warning and outlines the specific dangers that come with the rise of a corrupt government, and also draws sympathy from the readers towards the working class who blindly follow the orders of the regime and rely on the unethical leaders for everything. Orwell strategically draws attention to how most political parties who promise to be better leaders than the previous become equally as manipulative and immoral, and how the working class suffer from oppression and also how with the rise of a new government, drives a wedge between the social standing of the government and the rest of the working class. Ultimately,

Power Corrupts those who Possess it John Dalberg-Acton once said, “Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely”, this means that the more power that a person has the more corrupt the person will become. This statement is obviously correct especially if the person with absolute power has tendency towards corruption. The book, “Animal Farm”, by George Orwell, has many examples of how power is gate way to corrupt leaders because they have some tendencies towards corruption. Introduction Power corrupts those that possess it; this is a very important theme in Animal Farm.

All the pigs did was install fear into animals while they were stealing with their corrupt power. Napoleon would go out and kill innocent animals just because they were loyal to someone other than himself. It was like when he killed the hens for saying that they saw Snowball in a dream that said to disobey Napoleon. Another way is when Napoleon gets the dogs and puppies to become savage and terrify every animal on Animal Farm. He would walk around with the dogs to show his authority over the animals.

Throughout the book of Animal Farm the theme of leadership and corruption is continuous. The animal’s who have the biggest part in both of these major themes are the pigs. Napoleon, for example, takes over as the leader in the beginning of the book and later his leadership methods turn corruptive.

Orwell expresses though ‘Animal Farm’ the corruption that took place in the pig’s rule was the direct result of their greed and they then expressed this through power that they had gained. The milk and apples collected on the farm by orders of the pigs were to be distributed between the pigs only and the animals questioned this new idea because it clashed with the original idea that all the animals

Eventualy,the pigs on Animal Farm assume power and become corrupted by that power. In the end, the pigs,specificly a character named Napoleon, treat the animals even worse than the animals’ former dictator-like farmer. A major theme in Orwell’s Animal Farm is that “absoulute power corrupts absolutely.” It is beneficial to be aware of that theme so people in our current-day communities don’t get manipulated,hurt or even killed.

Even though the farm had been overthrown the farm animals still had to tend to the farm e.g. milk the cows, harvest the hay. The animals questioned what would happen to the milk in which Napoleon answered ‘never mind the milk comrades cried Napoleon pacing himself in front of the buckets, that will be attended to the harvest is more important , Comrades snowball will lead the way. I shall follow in a few minutes, forward comrades the hay is waiting ‘ [pg. 16- Napoleon], this shows Napoleon even without as much power as he obtains later on deceiving the other animals into doing the work , he also uses this time to drink the milk, the animals on their returned noticed the contents of buckets had disappeared. All the animals on the farm begun to harvest the hay fields ‘The pigs did not actually work, but directed and supervised the others, with their superior knowledge it was natural the they should assume leadership”[pg. 17 ] This text doesn’t say that the pigs are acting immorally but suggest that the pigs never had the intention of doing any manual labour and assumed their own superiority above the other farm animals. The pigs had immoral intentions from the start, After jones was over thrown and old major was out of the picture there was now no one stopping the pigs from Taking control and doing what they saw

Tyranny has always been present in human history from Joseph Stalin to Adolf Hitler they have all taken advantage of the public and used them to their own advantage and personal needs. In the story Animal Farm by George Orwell this tyrannical, totalitarian, and corrupt form of government is seen. In the story the tired animals organize a rebellion against their owner and drive him out. They create their own government, with the pigs assuming control. But the corrupt pigs take advantage of this power entrusted to them, and oppress the animal for their own benefit. Even though the pigs abused the power they had, The naive and gullible animals themselves were the ones responsible for the pigs’ quick rise to power and control because the animals were tricked into supporting the pigs evil plans, they were too braindead to organize and execute a rebellion even after they realized the pigs were up to no good, and they were so foolish that they even supported the expulsion of snowball, the only good pig that worked for the good of the other animals.

Individuals who assume leadership positions yield their power in different ways. In Animal Farm, the authour, George Orwell, illustrates the psychological phenomena of egocentrism and counter-normative behaviour that can stem from these roles. It is clearly demonstrated throughout the novel that an abundance of power often leads to corrupt behaviour by the power holder. This corruption is most apparently shown through instances of demagoguery by the novel’s characters, the unjustified exile of Snowball, and the manipulation of the original principles of Animalism.

Let’s start with the allegory that is presented in Animal Farm reveals a unique situation, where greed, money, and power push the animals in leadership positions to betray the others below them. George Orwell, the author, creates a society that mirrors the Russian Revolution and claims that a lack of equality will result in corruption. Even though, Orwell’s