There has been numerous events or objects that have influenced me in one way or another. Although some of these may not have had a noticeable influence on me, , many have directly influenced my attitude, personality, or personal opinions. One of these influences is a book entitled "Animal Farm." Prior to reading this book, I had little or no opinion on certain government. The book basically addressed the ideas of the dangers of ignorance in a society, the governments ability to manipulate, and the corruption and falsehood in which a government can evolve into by keeping its citizens ignorant.
             The danger of ignorance is shown when the pigs and their closest follower changed the law of the farm, and the rest of the community did not say anything, because they could neither read nor write, and had no possible way of realizing that the law as being changed without their consent. In other words, because the animals were ignorant and could not read, the pigs (government) were able to change the law whenever they wanted to, and the animals did not even realize what was going on.
             Manipulation in government is shown when the animals were forced to build the windmill. The pigs manipulated the animals into thinking that it would be beneficial, when in reality it turned disastrous. This idea is also incorporated in the famous quote, "All animals are created equal." When the pigs first introduce this idea of equality, all the animals praise them, however, the pigs started to play favorites while still claiming "All animals are equal." The pigs did such a good job manipulating the animals that the pigs finally stated, "All animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others," and the animals thought that nothing had changed since the beginning. This idea is shown in reality by numerous crusades, where the government would manipulate the soldiers into thinking that they were fighting for thei
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