The Power Of Fear In Animal Farm By George Orwell

Aung San Suu Kyi a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and winner of a Nobel Peace Prize said, “It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and the fear of scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.” In the book Animal Farm by George Orwell, it shows how this exact quote plays out. The pigs, mostly Napoleon and Squealer, end up growing evil over time. Napoleon fears the animals will realize how he is treating them and they will rise up against him. Therefore, he grows more powerful so the animals cannot rise against him. The pigs are the leaders of animal farm, due to their selfish ways, the animal farm spirals downwards over time. The rebellion starts with Old Major’s great ideas of an overthrow of the humans. He imagines a place where all animals …show more content…
The pigs keep seeing that they are smarter. The more the pigs notice, the more they look down on the other animals. They see them as less than animals. And although they do not recognize or admit it, the pigs see themselves as humans. They say that the milk and apples are “brain food”, but really it is just because it tastes good. The animals are just not as smart as them. The animals do not have the brain power of the pigs. They have a hard time thinking up things, leading to just believing the pigs. The animals think it is the easy way out, just do what the pigs say. It is hard to think for themselves, and really, it does seem easy. When the pigs get the animals trust, they are pretty much in total power. None of the animals except Benjamin the donkey can foresee a problem in the future. Their lives are easy, and it seems to be better. They do not notice that Snowball and Napoleon can not agree on anything. They do not question the taking of the dogs. They trust the pigs. The animals are taking the “easy way out.” Little do they know their life will change