Theme Of Corruption In Animal Farm

George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a satire of the Russian Revolution. The animals overthrow the evil dictator Mr. Jones and create a government where all animals are equal. The first year is prosperous, but slowly the animals start to lose their quality of life. The animals start to notice that their lives are getting worse, but the pigs are getting better. However, the quick thinking pigs always find an excuse to appease the other animals. George Orwell wrote Animal Farm to point our the gullibility of the Proletariat. He comments on this political issue through symbolism, allusions, and personification.

Corruption in the governments can take place in any civilization. A representation of this is, if you take a group of people and drop them off in the middle of nowhere, with no form of authority nor government. Most of the time someone will want to take power, and sacrifice the greater good for their own needs. This same form of corruption is greatly displayed in the book called, “The Animal Farm”. It shows how a utopia can turn into a dystopia in a blink of an eye.

In Animal Farm, George Orwell uses satirical allegory throughout his novel to present the pessimistic view of human nature. The animal fable is used to demonstrate the issues of unfair treatment, exploitation and inequality in society. It is evident that this irony is particularly evident in the ending of both novels (Gulbin 88). The satirist irony is directed on the events of the Russian Revolution and on the totalitarian regime. Orwell uses political reason with creative reason to show his negative belief that people only change the dictators though revolutions but the systems stay the same. It is only a dream that people can gain a classless society through revolutions. Orwell believes that everyone wants equality, yet it is in one's nature as human beings to obtain power.

The statement, “Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely”, simply means that the more power one has – the more control one has over people – then the more corrupt it is possible for that person to become. This statement is certainly correct if the person with the power has certain proclivities towards corruption. There are many examples in the book, “Animal Farm”, by George Orwell, of power corrupting those in charge because they had these tendencies. In the story, the most powerful animals are the two pigs, Napoleon and, to a lesser degree, Snowball. During the course of the story these pigs used their power to get more power, and in the process their inclinations towards corruption triumphed. When Old Major, the boar who came

Revolutions are supposed to induce a new and improved government system. However, in George Orwell's Animal Farm, an attempt to overthrow a human dictator results in an even more corrupt leader taking over. The remaining animals, too ignorant and powerless to defend themselves, are left struggling to survive under dangerous living conditions along with daily threats of starvation, exhaustion, and execution. In Animal Farm, George Orwell asserts the idea that absolute power results in corruption. Napoleon and the other pigs, interested in remaining superior, persuade the other animals by using intimidation and emotional appeals in order to keep control of the gullible animals.

George Orwell, the author of “Animal Farm” and Barry Levinson director of the Cinematic production “Wag the Dog” both explore in their texts the corruption of society. With in the texts both authors key ideas are explored to exposing Corruption and to highlight how powers use manipulation and half-truths to gain and retain control. To make their ideas prudent to the audience, Orwell and Levinson make use of various literary and filmic techniques, most prominent of these in both texts is the use of Irony. These texts influence the audience directly to consider the potential folly of human forms of governance, which is timely to society in our day.

The classic story Animal Farm by George Orwell is a historic, social, and political story that has had a major impact on the literary world. Orwell employs the literary devices of allegory, satire, and literary fable. Political satire is abundant throughout the book. The story also unmasks the influence of corrupt power and abusive leadership over the less fortunate. Animal farm has the universal theme that power can be used for ultimate good or absolute evil. This essay focuses on the use of satire and symbolism to express values of a society.

The greatest creation is the creation of human kind. But, as orwell proves, humans can be malevolent and corrupt. In animal farm, Napolean takes control of a justice seeking farm and abuses his power. This once hopeful farm develops into a tyranny, ran by the corrupt and dishonest leader Napolean. By showing Napolean taking advantage of the education difference and being treated better, animal farm proves that power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Emotional manipulation and fear have been used by many leaders to maintain power and control over credulous and naive civilians. Animal Farm begins on Manor Farm, where overworked, tired, and hungry animals are unhappy with the conditions that they are in, but when an old boar named Old Major introduces the idea of a rebellion and encourages the animals to take control over the farm, the animals begin an uprising against the humans, taking control over the land and renaming the farm “Animal Farm.” However, greedy and corrupt leaders rise to power and turn a once prosperous farm, into a nightmare. In Animal Farm, George Orwell asserts the idea that absolute power results in corruption. Napoleon and the other pigs, interested in remaining superior, persuades the other animals by using intimidation and emotional appeals in order to keep control of the gullible animals.

Throughout the novel, Animal Farm, by George Orwell the build up of power is caused by language and the use of eloquence. The control of words and language used, is what causes the banishment of Mr. Jones to occur and thus Napoleon’s unjust dictatorship is made possible. The pigs use their eloquent ability and manipulation through language for any situation that questioned their supremacy which is what controlled the destiny of the farm. In this novel, the animals on the farm, demonstrate, humans’ vulnerability to the manipulation of language, the false idea of righteousness and selflessness created by strong words and the influence of persuasive speech without actually grasping the meaning.

It was a beautiful sunny day and I was walking down Maple Street until I got a phone call from my friend. Once I picked it up, I heard her crying, and she told me her father had passed away. Consequently, her father had died to his sins. It started off like this; he was the president of a very important community organization, and obviously, he had an abundant amount of power, so he decided to use it negatively for others, but positively for himself. Meanwhile, he realized he shouldn’t do these corrupt acts, but it was too late! He got a call from his doctor who told him he’d been diagnosed with cancer. A theme that would fit this scenario and the book, “Animal Farm,” by George Orwell would be: Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts

No matter who is in charge or leader, absolute power always corrupts. This is represented in the fictional book Animal Farm by George Orwell. In the book Farmer Jones treats the Animals terribly, so the animals rise up and overthrow Jones. The animals leader Napoleon who is a pig, becomes just like Jones or maybe even worse to. Animal Farm is an Allegory, based on the Russian Revolution. George Orwell took Joseph Stalin, and perfectly represented him in his book, as Napoleon in every cruel way he is.

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).

Orwell also warns that a society under total government control will lead to manipulation and corruption. This corruption is first shown when the pigs start to engage in trade with the humans: “A Mr. Whymper, a solicitor living in Willingdon, had agreed to act as intermediary between Animal Farm and the outside world…”(Orwell 64). The pigs, especially Napoleon, push for the animals to interact with humans for “the benefit of the farm.” However, in reality, the pigs want to communicate to the outside world because they want money and food for themselves. To gain wealth they must first interact with the outside world, this first starts with the selling of the chickens’ eggs. One of Old Major’s complaints was the cruelty of egg selling and other

Animal farm, published in 1945 is a satirical novella by George Orwell that provides Orwell’s beliefs about the Russian Revolution and his ideas regarding the power and corruption within. Throughout the novella, Orwell protest about the corruption of power and satirises the events/people of the Russian revolution. The author uses techniques such as historic parallel, symbolism and a naïve narrator to convey that people in leadership positions are thirsty for power but by gaining power cause corruption.