The Types to Ruin a Revolution in Animal Farm
There are the infamous examples of Stalin and Hitler in history in which
someone takes abuse of power for their own personal gain. George Orwell emphasizes
this idea of the abuse of power through animals in his novel Animal Farm. The
characters of Napoleon, Squealer, the dogs, and Boxer all symbolize important types of
people in the making and breaking of a revolution. Animal Farm contains the theme that
there will always be some group of people who will contaminate an idealistic revolution
The main character in Animal Farm who takes advantage of the stupider animals
and completely ruins the Revolution is Napoleon, a pig. Napoleon loves power and
chases away another pig with power, Snowball, so he can be the sole ruler. Napoleon
symbolizes the people of the world who will do anything to be in control. One especially
famous example of this type of person is the character Macbeth from William
Shakespeare's Macbeth. Macbeth murdered the king, killed innocent people, and
sacrificed his morals in order to become king. This type of person is needed in order for
an idealistic revolution to be corrupted. Through the character of Napoleon, George
Orwell emphasizes that there will always be someone willing to commit heinous deeds in
order to become leader, dictator, or tyrant
The pigs of the farm are much smarter then the rest of the barn animals and take
up the job as the "thinkers" and "planners." The other animals are the "workers" and
diligently believe anything the pigs tell them. The abuse of power begins when they
notice that the apples and milk start disappearing. Sqealer, the public speaker pig,
explains this to the worker animals:
You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of
selfishness and privilege? Many of us actually dislike milk and apples. I
dislike them myself. Our sole object in tak
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