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Animal Farm Essay
by George Orwell

In the book Animal Farm, by George Orwell, the idea of how
power can corrupt is depicted in the novel. The theme of the novel
is "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely". When
one receives to much power, such as the character Napoleon, it
forms a dictatorship like government in which all decisions are
made by one man. When a revolution happens, or a sudden change
occurs people begin to grow unhappy while working for their
government with no say in any political decisions.
When the animals of Animal Farm took over there main
beliefs were based on their made up commandments called
Animalism. The beliefs derived from this law were basically that
"man is our enemy", "all animals are comrades", "do not become
like man", and "no animal should be more powerful then another".
These views were from Old Major, who had given a speech to stir
the animals into rebellion. Old Major's dream was for the......

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