Irony in Animal Farm

In the story Animal Farm by George Orwell the author wants to show how too much power in the hands of one individual can lead to inequality and unfair advantages. In the story it was said all animals should be treated equally, but as the story progressed all the animals began to be treated unequally. In the story Orwell uses the literary device irony, dramatic irony. Orwell was showing us the hypocrisy coming from the pigs before the animal were able to see. the animals told each other “Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving, and the rest he keeps for himself.” All the animals were against the humans including the pigs but once old major died there was many changes made. Napoleon and Snowball were left in charge for being the smartest. but Napoleon wanted to be the only one in charge he wanted to have all the power over the animals. The only thing stopping Napoleon from having power of all the animal was snow ball. Snowball had different plans such as building a windmill to give them electric power so they can use electric tools and make make work much easier for them. while Napoleon wanted to worry about food production. So the rest of the animal were asked to vote between Napoleons idea or Snowballs idea. Once Napoleon realized the animal were going to choose Snowballs idea he sent his nine dogs to chase Snowball out of the farm. The animals are frightened by the nine dogs that standby Napoleon so they obey all orders given by Napoleon or his assistance Squealer because “Napoleon is always right”. now that Snowball is out of Napoleons way he begins to make the hens give up 400 eggs a week to pay for grain because they were out of food. The hens refused to give up eggs so Napoleon