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 …showed first 75 words of 528 total…

…showed last 75 words of 528 total…differences in the world so we can exchange ideas and make new ones, We need people to have different opinions and different views so we can make a better world. In animal farm, the animals tried to be equal, but in time some animals had certain views and different opinions and some gradually became more powerful. No matter how hard in society we try, equality will never truly be reached by mankind. Equality breeds mediocridy.