Animal Farm Corruptal Analysis - 1173 Words

Terrified screams and hollers were heard all over Animal Farm as the pigs approached the animals holding whips and standing on two legs instead of four. In George Orwell’s allegory â€Å"Animal Farm,† the animals on Animal Farm have finally overthrown their corrupt leader, Farmer Jones. Soon after Jones is outcast, Snowball takes charge and rules over the animals fairly; however, Napoleon wants complete control, so he vanquishes Snowball from Manor Farm. Napoleon overworks and under feeds the animals, but is always watching out for himself. In the end Napoleon ruled over the animals the same as Jones had like nothing had changed. Despite the fact that the animals on Animal Farm vanquished the unlawful leader, Farmer Jones, Animal Farm is still†¦show more content†¦Orwell is also representing the fact that Napoleon has turned into the very force that was recently called their enemy. This proves the thesis because no animal rebelled to what Napoleon did, which sh ows Napoleon can make important decisions without the opposition of any animal. The fact that the pigs can get away with whatever they want without the consent of the other animals proves Lord Acton’s quote about how much absolute power can corrupt a leader. Another key point that adds to the thesis, is the pigs ruled over Animal Farm with the same amount of unlawfulness as when Jones was the ruler. An example of corrupt and unlawful ways the pigs ruled would be how â€Å"The pigs did not actually work, but directed and supervised the others† (Orwell 19). This quote relates to the thesis statement because it is unlawful that the pigs are allowed to relax when the animals are doing so much not for themselves, but for the good of the farm. Orwell explains later that the pig should not waste their intelligence on working with the other animals. This action performed by the pigs shows that they truly think pigs are better than other animals. The idea of this leads to the pigs leading unlawfully and corruptly. In addition, because of the pigs superiority they decide the pigs, and only the pigs, get to eat the milk and apples because â€Å"milk and apples (this has been proven by Science, comrades) contain substances