Machinations Of Power And Corruption In George Orwell's Animal Farm

Juliette Blalock Singh 4/5 Animal Farm In the satiric novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, the character Napoleon represents a dictator in society, who turns a self-governed and unbiased farm into his own. Napoleon initially unifies with the rest of the animal’s, but soon decides to take matters into his own hands and disposes of Snowball and his proposals towards the farm. He takes advantage of the vulnerable animals so he can become in command. Napoleon is clever, brutal, and dictatorial to the animals.

The story Animal farm has a more realistic, working government than Anthem. In Animal farm, the pigs keep hold of their power by using fear. Those who try to rebel are executed, and those who step out of line are threatened by Napoleon's dogs. This is a realistic portrayal of how some governments keep ahold of their power.

The song is about freedom and unity which binds the animals together and keep the spirit of rebellion alive in their hearts. “Bright will shine the fields of England, purer shall its waters be, sweeter yet shall blow breezes on the day that sets us free.” Animals sing a song of freedom and desires to be set free from the dictatorship of Mr. Jones. The song is sung through out the story on special occasions and meetings. Beasts of England shows it true significance when it is sung after the Battle of Cowshed.

None of the animals...except for old Benjamin...seemed to understand...” That quote means that Napoleon forced squealer to go change the commandments to benefit the pigs. The pigs think they are superior over the other animals even though the farm's motto is “Four legs good, two legs bad.” Napoleon wanted to keep superiority over the farm by using fear, propaganda, and Animalism to get his ways at the farm. Napoleon wanted to have complete power over the farm but the animals were catching onto what he was doing to the future of the farm

“‘...Bravery isn’t enough’, said Squealer, ‘Loyalty and obedience are more important, and as of the Battle of Cowshed, I believe the time will come when we shall find his part in it much exaggerated.’ ” This quote describes how Napoleon uses his position to change the opinions of the animals by belittling Snowball. Another way he uses propaganda to stay in control is when he makes up various medals and awards and gives himself all of them.

In George Orwell’s 1945 novel Animal Farm a pig named Napoleon uses many methods like propaganda to rise to power. After overthrowing Jones, the owner of Manor Farm, the two prominent leaders on Animal Farm are Snowball and Napoleon but the latter decides to chase Snowball off the farm. He then makes himself the leader of Animal Farm and starts to downplay situations, use scapegoats, and use fear to control the animals of Animal Farm. These tactics keep Napoleon in control and the animals realize too late that their pig rulers have become as bad as the humans as the novel ends. In Animal Farm Napoleon uses scapegoats, fear mongers, and downplays to redirect any blame that could possibly harm his reputation as a good leader of Animal Farm and to keep the animals under his control.

At this point, us pigs are far superior to other farm animals. We can read, write, wear clothes, drink alcohol, and walk. Some things were just meant to be, and I believe that pigs were meant to rule. I am the greatest, and every animal should look up to me as a king. Tomorrow, I am inviting all neighboring farmers and ranchers to tour the Animal Farm.

On Orwell's farm the autocracy was never the case - since the animals had banished Jones, immediately some of them proved to be more convincing, more leader-like, more capable, more intelligent and stronger than the others. Moreover, one of the most significant parts in the novel, also the law on which the animals' autocracy was based on were the Seven Commandments, enumerating the rules which would

Throughout all the events in the novel and revolution, the accomplishments and the failures in forming a dictatorship or any form of government was shown. Another theme was that anything that sounded like a paradise could quickly take advantage of people and change their whole vision of that paradise. With Animal Farm, all the animals thought the farm would be heaven without Jones, and it turned out to be equal, if not, even worse without him running the farm. Many themes could be learned from this story and revolution. People are always looking for Utopia, but Orwell's belief was that it does not exist.

Mr. Jones notices them when they break into the area where the food is stored and whips them in order to counterattack but looses against animals attack and runs away from the farm. Rebellion happens in a few minutes and pigs takes the authority without any voting and then animals take control of the whole farm. With this, Orwell shows that power can be gained effortlessly when you supported by others. In the end, rebellion ends and rest of the pages shows the farm controlled by animals and corruption of power-obsessed pigs. It is undeniable fact that Animal Farm is a political parody of the Soviet Union.