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How Did Napoleon Corrupted In Animal Farm

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In the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, the animals in a farm start a revolution against Jones, the farm owner, since they felt that they have a lack of freedom. When the animals take over the farm, they began to create their own society with the seven commandments and Napoleon and Snowball as their leaders. However, Snowball was kicked out of Animal Farm by Napoleon and Animal Farm ran into some problem like when the windmill broke for the 2nd time. As a result, many animals on the farm died. This shows that power can easily be corrupted, because of the selfishness of Napoleon, the benefits the pigs have over all the other animals, and the amount of rights given to the other animals by Napoleon. The selfishness of Napoleon caused power …show more content…

In the beginning, the song Beast of England was a song that was an anthem for Animal Farm. It was a way for animals in the farm to remember why they rebelled against the humans in the first place. This song was something special the animals have, because it brought joy to them. “The singing of this song threw the animals into the wildest excitement. Almost before Major has reached the end, they had begun singing it for themselves. Even the stupidest of them has already picked up the tune and a few of the words…...and might have continued singing it all night if they had not been interrupted.” (pg. 13-14). This shows how meaningful the song is to the animals. However later on in the book, Napoleon, their leader restricted them from singing the song. “He [Squealer] announced that, by a special decree of Comrade Napoleon, Beasts of England had been abolished. From now onwards it was forbidden to sing it. This shows that the animals powers are corrupted, because their rights to sing Beasts of England was taken away by Napoleon. Before, the animals would be able to sing a song that means a lot them, but Napoleon took that privilege

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