Animal Farm: Mother Teresa

Many people in the world are compassionate when leading, but there are many who take the power to their heads. Mother Teresa was kind and sympathetic, and the pigs who ruled over Animal Farm were not. In Orwell’s novel, the pigs took over the farm and used the benefits of it only for themselves, not what the other animals need. Mother Teresa, charitable and kind, was very caring and helped the poor when they needed aid. She cared about others more than herself. Unlike the pigs in Animal Farm, Mother Teresa embodied the characteristics of a strong leader because she was compassionate, empowering, and genuine.

Compassion is a characteristic of a great leader. The pigs had no compassion, and when the animals gave confessions of doing unbelievable things, “the dogs promptly tore their throats out¨ (Orwell 51). By not being sympathetic towards the other animals, they took what they wanted and killed the animals for doing what they marked as ¨wrong¨. Mother Teresa showed her being of compassion when she “began a service to ‘the poorest of the poor’, in one of the more afflicted areas of the world, which has since taken in thousands of orphaned and abandoned children, lepers and dying adults, and has provided medical

When Orwell wrote, “Once again all rations were reduced, except those of the pigs and the dogs” it showed that the dog and the pigs only cared about themselves and what they needed other than what the other animals needed. The pigs are not good leaders because they did not use their power in a good way to help the other animals. Mother Teresa was empowering when she “took a vow of poverty; in addition, she promised to give wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor”(“Mother” ). She wanted to give service to the poor because she thought that she should use her power for good. By being empowering in a good way, Mother Teresa was loved by