Idyllic Society in the Novel Animal Farm

In the novel Animal Farm written by George Orwell is about how the animals attempt to create their own idyllic society which based on equality among the animals. The pigs create Animalism that all the animals have to follow and live by without going against it. First, the author describes the pigs as the “cleverest of the animal and they can easily take over the farm. Secondly, the pigs rely on rules they made together to keep the animals in subservient.

Lastly, the failure of Animal Farm was due to the pigs with unlimited power and treating the animals badly. The pigs use the power to control over other animals and the greed makes them become a corrupted leader that changes rules to fit their needs.

Animal Farm is influenced by the nature of power that was used to achieve great things but initially, it began to destroy the community all the animals had worked hard together to form a utopia. First, the author describes the pigs to be the “cleverest of the animals. The three main pigs named Snowball, Squealer, and Napoleon have the advantage and can easily take over the farm. After Mr.Jones was being chased out of the farm, the manor farm now belongs to the animals. “The pigs now revealed that during the past three months they had taught themselves to read and write from an old spelling book which had belonged to Mr.Jones’s children and which had been thrown on the rubbish heap. (Orwell 23) The pigs are already prepared to take over the farm because they’ve been learning how to read and write perfectly. “Four legs good, two legs bad was inscribed on the end of the barn, above the Seven Commandments and in bigger letters. (Orwell 34) The pigs are attempting to do good things for the farm. They set up rules for the animals in order to get control of everyone. They even synthesize the rules to a single catchphrase for some animals to remember it easier. The pigs know how to get everything in control to prove that they are the smartest animal. The power the pigs have gained after driving out Mr.Jones makes them be control of everyone. Secondly, the pigs rely on slogans, poems, songs, and commandments to keep other animals in subservient. The commandments start to apply on the animals. Both Snowball and Napoleon work hard to become the leader of the animals. They have come up with many great ideas on how they could improve the farm to be better.

When Napoleon violently seizes overpower and becomes a leader. He began his takeover by falsely accusing his former ally, Snowball, as a betrayer and team up with the enemy to destroy the animal farm. Napoleon makes the animals work hard non stop and even working on Sunday. He also gives unfair treatment to the animals on Animal Farm. “No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be? (Orwell 47-48) Everyone believes they are being treated equally even though they know more than that. Whenever something bad happened to the farm, there is someone Napoleon can find and blame on that person. “If a window was broken or a drain was blocked up, someone was certain to say that Snowball had come in the night and done it, and when the key of the store-shed was lost, the whole farm was convinced that Snowball had thrown it down the well. (Orwell 66) Napoleon blames on Snowball for things that happened at the farm. Napoleon ordered to execute Snowball from the community because Snowball is a bad influence on the farm. The pigs can change anything to fit their needs because they have the power to do so. Finally, Napoleon and the pigs become corrupt and treat animals in the Animal Farm badly. They also deal with the human from the outside world which they weren’t supposed to. The rest of the animals work hard to fix the windmill after it being destroyed by the battle between four legs and two legs.

The Animal Farm has become completely different ever since Mr.Jones was gone. “Animal Farm was proclaimed a Republic, and it became necessary to elect a President. There was only one candidate, Napoleon, who was elected unanimously. (Orwell 116) It shows how controlled Animal Farm has become and only Napoleon allows to run for a leader because no one else can or else they get eject from the community. The pigs are going against what they put on the amendments. The pigs are creating propaganda to show them on the positive side, even though they are causing harm to the farm. The pigs were willing to change anything that can benefit them but eventually cause harm to other animals. “No question now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which. (Orwell 141) The pigs are changing the rules to fit their needs better. The difference between the pigs and human are hard to distinguish which was which because they look the same. The unlimited power makes the pigs become a corrupted leaders.

In conclusion, the power the pigs have gained has corrupted them, left a negative impact on the farm and was unsuccessful at continuing the dream of equality for all. Animals would senselessly and tragically die through whatever the pigs gave them. Napoleon, the leader, becomes all power because he sees how easy it is to be a leader and ejects anyone from the community if they don’t agree with his ideas. The power makes them become corrupted that they stated all animals were equal, but the equality is no longer there when the pigs are the ones giving the order to other animals and give unfair treatment. Napoleon and the pigs’ leadership was just biased and cruel, the power they have gained made the rest of Animal Farm life miserable and showed how corrupt power can be when put into the wrong hands. Works Cited Orwell, George. Animal Farm. Signet Classics. 1946

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