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Examples Of Corruption In Animal Farm

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Why do so many governments or leaders hide things from their faithful followers and how could that allow corruption in a society? When citizens are always cognizant of what is happening in their government, corruption can easily take place and ruin the vision and occurrence of an improved society. Many examples of this include Boxer’s death, the changing of the commandments, and Napoleon teaching the puppies.

There are many instances in Animal Farm when the other animals are not cognizant of what is happening in their government. One example from Red Scarf Girl of this is when Chairman Mao used many different propaganda techniques to trick people into following him. Another example is when Squealer kept changing the commandments to fit the government's desires. None of the other animals were aware this was happening because they were ignorant and could not read or remember what the commandments said before. The last example is when Boxer is injured and is supposed to be sent to the hospital. Instead, Napoleon sends him to be killed, but the animals are ignorant and can not read …show more content…

Chairman Mao using propaganda to make everyone like him allowed corruption because all his flaws were covered by these propaganda techniques. The citizens didn’t know anything bad about Chairman Mao because everything was censored. Napoleon taking the puppies allowed corruption by, later in the book, being able to run Snowball of the farm and making others fear Napoleon. When Squealer changed the commandments the pigs ended up doing anything that they wanted, such as killing other animals and sleeping in beds. Lastly, the killing of Boxer and lying about what really happened caused corruption of the working class because it shows that when the working class works extremely hard, but gets nothing in return. The working class gives their all to work hard, and instead of getting praise, Napoleon killed Boxer because Napoleon felt

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