Power is hidden in every corner

             Power comes in many shapes and sizes, and many different forms of life strive for it. Animal Farm is defined as a fundamental change in political organization, or the overthrow of one government or ruler and the substitution of another. This is especially true in describing George Orwell's book Animal Farm. It is quite clear that this book is about a revolution. Orwell uses the animals in the book to portray major political leaders of his time. Some are easy to recognize, while others take a little reading to figure out exactly who they are.
             Having so much power is not always a good thing. In this book it is proved to an almost scary extent where the characters are mainly animals, not people. The animals speak to each other as humans would talk to other humans, making the novel very interesting to read. The book gives insight to how military leaders and power-hungry men are driven to believe they are the ultimate solution to everything.
             Right from the beginning of the book Old Major, the old, wise pig leader, informs all the animals of the farm about a dream he had. He tells them that animals do all of the work, produce all of the products, get treated unfairly, and get slaughtered when they prove to be no longer useful.. He includes in his speech that one day the animals will revolt against the humans taking charge of them, and treating them unjustly. He ends his
             speech with a song, called the Beasts of England that he taught the animals . On the farm
             were two pigs who Mr. Jones (the owner of Manor Farm) was breeding up for sale. One
             was Snowball, the other, Napoleon. Snowball was more of a talker and Napoleon more likely to take action. The rest of the pigs were porkers and there was a little fat one that was well known to most of the animals on the farm and was very persuasive, he was called Squealer.
             Napoleon is similar to both Stalin and Napoleon Bonaparte. He warps communism to Stalinism, a self
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