Examples Of Injustice In Animal Farm

Someone once said that injustice is a threat to justice everyone. Injustice violates the rights of others. In the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, the animals are treated poorly by the mean old drunk farmer, Mr. Jones. Old major, a wise pig, calls a meeting with the animals which the equality and the justice of the farm was discussed. The farmer’s aggressive and irresponsible behavior towards the animals sparks a desire within them to rebel and overthrow Mr.Jones as their leader. Once Old Major dies, a younger pig, Napoleon, decides to obtain jurisdiction of the farm. Napoleon has a clear understanding of injustices and uses his intelligence to treat the other animals poorly, as Mr. Jones did, because of his lust for power and dictatorship. Since Mr. Jones gets overthrown by the animals, Napoleon decides to seize the moment and become the new leader. All the animals respects him and described him as “a large, rather fierce looking...a reputation of getting his way”(35). Napoleon understands injustices due to the way he had previously

Old majors told the animals that since we are “... fighting against man, we must not resemble him”(8). Napoleon disregarded all of Old Major's words and did the complete opposite of what he had been told. He began to walk on two legs and sleep in Mr.Jones bed. He eats and wear Mr.Jones’s clothes and smokes a pipe as Mr. Jones did. He also starts to treat the animals unfairly and makes them do things for him. The other animals began to obey and fear him and the pups “wagged their tails to him the same way as the other dogs had been doing to Mr. Jones” (49). Napoleon's manipulation and intelligence of many things allowed him to gain total authority of the farm. The animals adhere to Napoleon and does everything her says to do because of the fear and respectfulness he has placed within them. He began to transform into man and obtains all attributions of Mr.