George Orwell's Animal Farm: An Allegory of the Russian Revolution and Power Struggles
“Power is often misused by people.”
Power is prevalent in almost all areas of our human societies both past and present and is experienced in different ways through all human interactions. Power, the ability to influence behaviors of others or a course of events, can be used both positively and negatively, either for the benefit of others or to disadvantage and threaten others. With this negative aspect of power comes the abuse and misuse of power in many different forms. Manipulation, the abuse of authority and coercion are used as ways to exploit the inferiority of the victims. Examples of this abuse of power are found in contemporary human work such as George Orwell’s Animal Farm, which is an allegory of the Russian Revolution as well as throughout power struggles in political, social and global history.
Authoritarian power is simply when authority or position is what provides and creates the supremacy over others. Most people deal firstly with the authority of their parents and then the authority of teachers and employees as well as the authority of police officers and the government as they move through life. The abuse of power by people with authority is something that is reported often, even in our modern world. In North Korea, the misuse of authoritarian power in the government is causing great turmoil for the nation’s people. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is running a one-party system resembling a dictatorship very closely. The government uses its authoritarian power, as well as reinforcements of force to subdue and brainwash their people. North Korean citizens are poor and impoverished. Approximately half of North Korea’s population lives in “extreme poverty” according to the KUNI report and "are severely restricted in access to fuel for cooking and heating." For those who can afford television, the programs are pre-set by governmental authorities to propaganda channels and internet is not available to the average North Korean as the
Power is prevalent in almost all areas of our human societies both past and present and is experienced in different ways through all human interactions. Power, the ability to influence behaviors of others or a course of events, can be used both positively and negatively, either for the benefit of others or to disadvantage and threaten others. With this negative aspect of power comes the abuse and misuse of power in many different forms. Manipulation, the abuse of authority and coercion are used as ways to exploit the inferiority of the victims. Examples of this abuse of power are found in contemporary human work such as George Orwell’s Animal Farm, which is an allegory of the Russian Revolution as well as throughout power struggles in political, social and global history.
Authoritarian power is simply when authority or position is what provides and creates the supremacy over others. Most people deal firstly with the authority of their parents and then the authority of teachers and employees as well as the authority of police officers and the government as they move through life. The abuse of power by people with authority is something that is reported often, even in our modern world. In North Korea, the misuse of authoritarian power in the government is causing great turmoil for the nation’s people. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is running a one-party system resembling a dictatorship very closely. The government uses its authoritarian power, as well as reinforcements of force to subdue and brainwash their people. North Korean citizens are poor and impoverished. Approximately half of North Korea’s population lives in “extreme poverty” according to the KUNI report and "are severely restricted in access to fuel for cooking and heating." For those who can afford television, the programs are pre-set by governmental authorities to propaganda channels and internet is not available to the average North Korean as the