Examples Of Power In Animal Farm

A Pig's Power

Throughout the story of Animal Farm so many different changes are happening on the farm. The pigs gain more power throughout the story and completely abuse the power they were given. Power was a specific role played on the farm and the pigs were able to violate the rules without getting in trouble. The pigs gained their power through manipulating and outsmarting the other animals. Once the pigs gained power commandments are violated. By the end of the novel in chapter ten, pig and man were to similar and it is written, “but already it was impossible to say which was which.” When the pigs acquired more power they violated the seven commandments.

The pigs gained their power through manipulating and outsmarting the other animals. This can be seen through the actions of the pigs in the book and the quotes told by the animals on the farm. There are dramatic changes and an outburst of communism after Old Major’s death. The pigs started to obtain power in chapter three when they weren’t helping. In chapter three the pigs say, “The pigs did not actually work, but directed and supervised the others.” This shows that the pigs start to take over and have more power than they others. They outsmart

In chapter eight a slight humorous moment takes place. But in all of the humor it's disappointing because the pigs have violated another commandment. At the end of chapter eight Napoleon was drinking Squealer came to announce, “As his last act upon earth, Comrade Napoleon had pronounced a solemn decree: the drinking of alcohol was to be punished by death.” It is now clearly shown that Napoleon is not dying, he is simply drunk and has collapsed into a deep sleep. The animals have not witnessed something like this before and all they know is that when someone collapses into a deep sleep, they’re dead. Evidence shows that, once the pigs gain power the commandments are