Martin Luther King Jr's Animal Farm

Leadership is not about the power; it’s about what the person would do or have done to deserve the leadership spot. Martin luther King Jr. did not say that he wanted to be the leader of the civil rights movement, but people choose him as the leader of the movement though. Unlike King, the pigs from the book Animal Farm wanted to rule the farm and to be more powerful than any other on the farm. Unlike the pigs in Animal Farm, Martin Luther King Jr. embodies the characteristics of a strong leader because he was empowering, passionate, and was respected.

Martin Luther King Jr. empowered people to act nonviolently to protest the mistreatment and segregation of African Americans in the 1960’s. When the author writes “The animals would still assemble

was passionate about getting blacks rights and being treated equally as white people. When the author writes that “ One Sunday morning Squealer announced that the hens, who had just come in to lay again, must surrender their eggs. Napoleon had accepted, through Whymper, a contract for four hundred eggs a week “ (Orwell 46). Napoleon was passionate about the rebellion from Mr. Jones, and he said that in the beginning of the rebellion that the eggs will probably not be taken. Napoleon did take that eggs and the chickens need the eggs so they can reproduce and make chicks. Martin Luther King Jr. was passionate about getting civil rights and to make him heard to the government. When the author writes that “ On August 27, over 250,000 black and white citizens assembled in Washington, D.C., for a mass civil rights rally, where King delivered his famous "Let Freedom Ring" address” (“Martin”). Martin Luther King Jr. spoke in front of thousands of people, so African Americans like him have equal rights as white people do and to not be segregated. Martin Luther King Jr. showed passion that befitted everyone that is African American in the

was respected for what he did for the African Americans. When the Author writes “‘Jones would come back! Yes. Jones would come back!’” everyone on the farm was convinced that Jones would come back (Orwell 23). The animals on the farm respected and trusted the pigs, because they were the smartest animals on the farm. If they ate the apples and the milk, Jones won’t come back to Animal Farm. Martin Luther King Jr. earned the trust and respect from people in the country. When the author writes that “In June, King and 125,000 persons marched in a “Freedom Walk” in Detroit”(“Martin”). He was respected and inspiring to others, and that made people support him and walked with him in Detroit. The pigs got respected from the animals by convincing them that if they weren’t the leaders and Jones would come back. Martin Luther King Jr. was respected by what he had done for the country to get African Americans civil rights and to make white and black equal in the