Power In Animal Farm

Animal Farm - Aurora Green
Animal Farm is a novel by George Orwell about a group of farm animals that take over from the humans and run things their way. Even though the power of the humans is abolished, there is still a power struggle that goes on within the farm that the animals have to deal with throughout the book. Some of the issues that Orwell looks at throughout the novel are power, fear and equality.
Power Definition: the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behaviour of others or the course of events.
In Animal Farm Orwell shows power as something the can be something some individuals get hooked on. They spend a lot of time making sure that have it and only them get to have it.

‘Old Major dies three nights later, but his
The fear and despair they had felt a moment earlier were drowned in their rage against this vile, contemptible act. A mighty cry for vengeance went up, and without waiting for further orders they charged forth in a body and made straight for the enemy.”
Here the animals in this moment have overcome their fear and one of the most easiest emotions to overcome fear is anger and these animals have a lot of anger in them. They want Vengeance.
Fear is a strong emotion. It can be overcome though, usually with anger. It can also be used to power hungry individuals advantage so it can be a weapon as well.

Equality Definition: the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, or
Maybe almost impossible. But sometimes it can be if worked for.
“7. All animals are equal.”
At the start of the of the rebellion just after they have driven out the humans, they make a list of rules and of course they make sure to state that "all animals are equal" it is something that all the animals view as being very important, for all the animals to be equal. "ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS"
This is the original rule that has been seriously modified. They changed from say that “All animals are Equal” to saying that some are actually more equal than others. This is basically Equality that has been corrupted by power. Equality proves to be a hard thing to maintain with power around. “what could be happening in there, now that for the first time animals and human beings were meeting on terms of equality?”
After this long haul of fighting and power brawls the humans and animals somehow found a way to come to together and meet on an equal base as equals. It may not last forever but it is a big thing to have ever happened.
As you can clearly see Equality is not an easy thing to accomplish let alone maintain. Yet sometimes it can be accomplished, even if just for a temporary