The Importance Of Power In George Orwell's Animal Farm

Animal Farm follows the hardships during the time of the Russian Revolution. In this novel, the need for power begins to fog a dictator’s perspective along the road to leadership. In this novel, the animals on Manor Farm realize that they are not happy with the way they are being treated and believe that, when compared to humans, they are superior due to the fact that all animals produce goods while humans do not. Unhappy from the lack of care, food, and life, the animals decide to take charge and remove humans from power. The animals, over a short period of time, come together and strategize a plan to take over the farm; they eventually take their chance and conquer the Manor Farm and rename it “the Animal Farm.” The message of what takes
“All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were happy in their work; they grudged no effort or sacrifice, well aware that everything that they did was for the benefit of themselves and those of their kind who would come after them, and not for a pack of idle thieving human beings” (Moran). However, there were internal conflicts between two pigs, Snowball and Napoleon. These two are the brains behind all that takes place on the farm, even though they have different ideas on how the far should be run. Napoleon, over time, see’s Snowball’s likeable personality as a threat and Napoleon chases Snowball out of the farm. The novel uses characters (animals) to represent actual heads and leaders during the Russian Revolution. Napoleon continues to use propaganda to persuade the masses (other animals) to agree to his own personal rules and ideas. Over time, the rules that the animals follow so closely and build their farm upon began to slowly change. Napoleon adds to all the rules, from which only him and the pigs benefit, while the other animals follow the same rules from