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Corruption In George Orwell's Animal Farm

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The Great Corrupted Leader Napoleon What is corruption? How does one become corrupt? Can an individual in power avoid corruption? One of the main characters of Animal Farm, Napoleon, is a perfect example for the quote said by John Dalberg-Acton, “All power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. Napoleon is a boar from the farm, who the animals choose to be one of their leaders because he is an adult pig, which is considered to be the smartest animal in the entire farm. Due to the pigs being very smart, the animals think that by putting the smartest animal as the leader they would live a happier life, but because of their intelligence they are capable of turning corrupt, unlike the other animals who are very dense and are not able to understand corruption. The perfect example of when power corrupts is Napoleon from the book Animal Farm by George Orwell, because with his new found power, he takes newborn pups, chases out the other in command, Snowball, and even starts to …show more content…

Changing laws or rules are not too big of a deal, however when someone alters it without anyone knowing, it turns into a problem involving anyone affected by it. Napoleon is altering The Seven Commandments without anyone knowing. He is changing it because he violates one of the commandments, and altering it so he is not breaking it. Just like when he changes “No animal shall drink alcohol” (Orwell 15) to “No animal shall drink alcohol to excess” (Orwell 63). This is not the first time for Napoleon to subtly change the commandment, each time the animals getting more and more suspicious. Whenever the animals have doubts, they ask the animals who can read to read it out loud so that they may make sure. Altering the commandment so it benefits the pigs desire. It is made so that it is totally eligible to whatever the pigs have done, thus making the pigs safe from custody. The pigs are adjusting the commandments for their own benefit, so that they remain in control and

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