How Does Orwell Use Power In Animal Farm

Animal Farm was first published in 1944 by an english novelist called Eric Arthur Blair with a symbolic relationship to political power in reality. People never thought how it would have been if animals actually ruled their own farm until this book. But, we know that some people or animals rise to power just to get what they want and forget about the others. Through Blair he shows that power corrupts those who possess it. Even though some leaders know how to use their power for good, in Animal Farm three animals: Snowball, Squealer, and Napoleon; all pigs, gained power and use it for the worst. Snowball is a more vivacious pig than Napoleon but still uses his power in a bad way. In the novel, Blair wrote “Then Snowball (for it was Snowball who was best at writing) took a brush between the two knuckles of his trotter, painted out MANOR FARM from the top bar of the gate and in its place painted ANIMAL FARM” (Ch. 2). This quote tells that Snowball knows how to write the best …show more content…
In this novel Animal Farm, Orwell writes “Here Squealer looked very sly. That, he said, was Comrade Napoleon’s cunning. He had SEEMED to oppose the windmill, simply as a manoeuvre to get rid of Snowball, who was a dangerous character and a bad influence” (Ch. 5). The quote clearly shows how Squealer uses his power and intelligence to come up with an excuse to why Napoleon spoken against Snowball’s plans to cushion the animals confusion. According to the author “The animals were not certain what the word meant, but Squealer spoke so persuasively, and the three dogs who happened to be with him growled so threateningly, that they accepted his explanation without further questions” (Blair, Ch. 5). See the use of his word choice is hard for the animals to understand plus the fear that they have from the dogs all adds up to the corruption of his