Animal Farm All Animals Are Equal Analysis

“All animals are equal” (Orwell, 23) was a commandment featured in the allegory based off of the Russian Revolution, Animal Farm. An extreme corruption of power by the animals allows the commandment to later be altered to read “All animals are equal but some are more equal than others”(PaGE). This dishonest adulteration of authority can also be seen in the novel Anthem.The novels, Animal Farm, and Anthem, despite the difference in their time frames, both have similar themes and concepts that are executed throughout the novel, including: The central idea of egalitarianism, corruption of power and ignorance.

In Anthem, communistic ideals are present; the government takes away their self identity and inflicts its people into using the word ‘we’ rather than ‘I’. This concept allows all of the characters to be equal, taking away factors that would individually apply to one person, and letting those elements apply to all, creating egalitarianism. In animal farm, the crucial commandment of “all animals are equal” (Orwell, 23) creates the base of egalitarianism, along with other

commandments that play a key role in the novel. “No animal shall kill any other animal” (Orwell, 23) is a commandment that additionally adds to the equality of the animals. Overall, the concept of egalitarianism is seen through Animal Farm and Anthem, and is a central topic of the two stories.
The corruption of power is a key factor in both of the novels. In Animal Farm, Napoleon and the other pigs, Snowball and Squealer, start off with the majority of power, however, in the beginning of the novel the characters use their power to keep equality. Towards the ending of the book the pigs adulterate the power and the commandments, and change their ways of egalitarianism, allowing a corruption of power. In the novel, Anthem, the government uses their once just power to cover up the secrets of the past. The government also uses their power to ‘enslave’ its people, “At first, man was enslaved by the gods. But he broke their chains. Then he was enslaved by the kings. But he broke their chains. He was enslaved by his birth, by his kin, by his race.”. Throught Anthem, the council is seen using their power for unjust reasons: covering up the past, and enslaving and taking away pople self identity. Equality 7-2521, the key character says, “I am done with this creed of corruption. I am done with the monster of "We," the word of serfdom, of plunder, of misery, falsehood and shame” showing the council’s corruption, and how it is used to take away individual's self identity. Altogether, Anthem and Animal farm both share the salient ideology of corruption of power that is seen through concealing important information, taking away one's self identity, and the adulteration of rules.
The concept of ignorance plays an essential role throughout both novels.

The ‘government’, through the two books, keeps its citizens ignorant. In Animal Farm, Napoleon allows the ignorance of the animals to endure by having them work on a windmill, making certain that the animals were too engaged in working to be aware of the corruption that was truly happening. In Anthem, the council keeps its citizens knowledgeable of the events that happened in the past, making sure the people would not question their procedures. Overall, the ignorance created by the form of power allows them to continue to corrupt their power,and lie to their people.

To conjecture, both Animal Farm and Anthem portray the ideology of equality in a similar way, but both novels put the story differently. Animal Farm and Anthem bth include the central ideas of the adulteration of power, equality, and overall

incomprehension.