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Animal Farm illustrates the Russian Revolution through the tale of animals obtaining their freedom. Ironically, one of the leaders of the farm, Napoleon, turns the animals into his slaves. Thus, the animals merely obtain a new master. Through this twist of symbolism and irony, Orwell presents the theme about how power will corrupt the mind. Napoleon essentially represents the the corruption of power. In this way, Orwell conveys his theme by showing the adverse effects of Napoleon’s growing power, so that the reader can see the stages of corruption that follow. Orwell begins to introduce the theme by showing how Napoleon obtains leadership over the animals. However, Orwell does not immediately show corruption, he merely demonstrates the idea of everyone starting out as “equals.” At the beginning of the novel, all of the farm animals fight for their freedom. Orwell then presents the reader with two pigs containing an intelligence that surprasses the other animals. “ Prominent among the pigs were two young boars named Snowball and Napoleon…” (Pg. 35). These pigs have the potential to...

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