Equality In Animal Farm By George Orwell

George Orwell in his novel Animal Farm states that society will never be about equality, but more about power. In this book, farm animals start out as equal under Old Major’s philosophies of equality and fairness, yet they soon separate into greater and lesser levels under Napoleon’s rule. The animals are just mindless followers and live under Napoleon's rules without thinking of the consequences. They trust Napoleon, relying on him for all the brain work, so in turn they stopped thinking for themselves. Then came the loss of ideas, as seen from Snowball. He has the idea of building a windmill, as that would be best for the entire farm, but Napoleon wasn't tolerating it. Napoleon felt threatened by Snowballs ingenuity and had scared him off. Napoleon was only wanting to keep his power and wasn't concerned with the equality of the other animals.
Napoleon is always searching for a hole in the animals’ view of equality only to use the animals as a ladder to Napoleon’s own power. “We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management of this farm depends on us. Day and night we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples. Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed out duty? Jones would come back!” (Orwell 36). Even at the beginning, Napoleon and Squealer bend the rules to fit their own agenda to keep hold on their own power, rather than living in