Corruption In George Orwell's Animal Farm

Corruption of Animal Farm “History consists of a series of swindles where the masses are first lead into revolt by the promise of Utopia, and then, when they have done their job, enslaved all over again by their new masters”- George Orwell. During the Russian Revolution, Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky rose to power to lead the new Soviet Union. But Stalin quickly overthrew Leon, and using the KGB, gained complete control of the populace. George Orwell wrote, “Animal Farm” inspired by the key players of the Revolution. In the novella “Animal Farm”, Orwell’s characters utilize faulty logic, propaganda, and literary devices in order to enhance the theme that power can corrupt.

First of all, as “Animal Farm” progresses, the pigs are seen more

The character Mr. Jones is meant to represent Tsar Nicholas II, one of the most corrupt figures in history. Like the Tsar, Mr. Jones was overthrown in the revolution, “... so that when the evening came, the animals were still unfed. At last, they could stand it no longer.” Mr. Jones not caring if the animals starved or not personified how Tsar Nicholas II disregarded his own people. This illuminates that power corrupts because it proves how a leader becomes selfish when presented with power without checks. Personification is also utilized in “Animal Farm” to allude to the corrupt figures of World War II. The is exemplified in the similarity between Napoleon being betrayed by Mr. Frederick and Stalin being betrayed by Hitler, “The banknotes were forgeries! Fredrick had got the timber for nothing.” (101) This text identifies as personification as it alludes to how Germany betrayed Russia in WWII. This establishes how power can corrupt because just as Hitler and Stalin were corrupt figures, so were Frederick and Napoleon. In conclusion, the use of personification was meant to demonstrate how power can corrupt in the short story “Animal