George Orwell's Animal Farm

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As George Orwell teaches readers in his insightful book, Animal Farm, it can be beneficial for a group of oppressed people to overthrow their leader, but if their new leader is given too much power, they may end up being just as cruel and corrupt as their predecessor. One night, Major, the originator of rebellion, had a dream about a song sang by animals long ago; The next day, he confronted the other animals and told them “‘I will sing you that song now … [and then] you can sing it for yourselves. It is called Beasts of England.’ … The singing of this song threw the animals into the wildest excitement” (Orwell 12-13). When a group of people are oppressed, something as simple as a song or chant is able motivate and inspire them to rise up and rebel against their cruel leaders to achieve freedom and finally have control over their own lives. …show more content…

At this point there was a terrible baying sound outside, and nine enormous dogs wearing brass-studded collars came bounding into the barn” (Orwell 52-53). In a society where there are multiple leaders, if one of them becomes unhappy with the amount of power that they have, they may create a secret “army” to overthrow the current leadership and become the lone leader where they will gain complete control over the

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