Power Leads To Corruption In George Orwell's Animal Farm
Power Leads To Corruption “And so the tale of confessions and executions went on, until there was a pile of corpses lying before Napoleon’s feet and the air was heavy with the smell of blood” (Orwell 84). In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, Mr. Jones is a neglectful farm owner who gets thrown off his land by the animals. A communist government begins to form, but it would soon replaced with totalitarianism. Napoleon, a ruthless pig with a taste for blood, takes power. He performs executions, as well as many other contemptible acts, as a fear tactic to ensure no one threatens his power. This is an allegorical tale that relates to the Russian Revolution as Napoleon, much like Joseph Stalin, act as a dictator who uses several manipulative forces
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Squealer is a short, fat pig who has a reputation of being very persuasive. It has been said he could turn black into white with the flick of his tail. He had a way of ending his speeches with, “Surely, comrades, you do not want Jones back” (Orwell 56, 67,). Jones had been such a terrible and neglectful leader. The animals hear that there could have been a possibility of Jones coming back, and they would believe anything to keep him away. Squealer also has a way about him that he can even convince the other animals to change how they remember things. For example, the other animals would remember one of the commandments to say “No animal shall kill any other animal” (Orwell 25), but Squealer would convince them it has always said, “‘No animal shall kill any other animal without cause.’ Somehow or other, the last two words had slipped out of the animals’ memory” (Orwell 91). The majority of the animals were unable to read, so they blamed this mistake on their faulty memories. In reality it was Napoleon who told Squealer to change the commandments. Changing this particular commandment certified Napoleon’s executions so they respected Animalism instead of destroying it. By using such drastic disinformation, Napoleon successfully convinced the animals that his wrongdoings were right by the laws of
Squealer is a short, fat pig who has a reputation of being very persuasive. It has been said he could turn black into white with the flick of his tail. He had a way of ending his speeches with, “Surely, comrades, you do not want Jones back” (Orwell 56, 67,). Jones had been such a terrible and neglectful leader. The animals hear that there could have been a possibility of Jones coming back, and they would believe anything to keep him away. Squealer also has a way about him that he can even convince the other animals to change how they remember things. For example, the other animals would remember one of the commandments to say “No animal shall kill any other animal” (Orwell 25), but Squealer would convince them it has always said, “‘No animal shall kill any other animal without cause.’ Somehow or other, the last two words had slipped out of the animals’ memory” (Orwell 91). The majority of the animals were unable to read, so they blamed this mistake on their faulty memories. In reality it was Napoleon who told Squealer to change the commandments. Changing this particular commandment certified Napoleon’s executions so they respected Animalism instead of destroying it. By using such drastic disinformation, Napoleon successfully convinced the animals that his wrongdoings were right by the laws of