Power Will Corrupt

You sit there in the corner of the meeting room silent like a shadow in the dark thinking about the horrible tragedy that will occur once this is over. You’re a witness to scared to speak up. It’s easy for you to sit there, and think about how this is a terrible mistake to give someone total control, but much harder for you to actually let your thoughts be heard. When you have all the power it’s guaranteed to corrupt. This is exactly what happens in Animal Farm by George Orwell.
Many think that they will be able to control themselves, but in Animal Farm it shows that there is no true way around it. Boxer is a hard working horse taken advantage of. He does his best and has trust that Napoleon, their leader, will be faithful, but is lied to and disrespected. One of the first signs that Napoleon had too much power was that. When he began to take advantage of one of his most loyal followers. It shows that Napoleon knew that he had total control over the animals. He did not worry about them becoming upset, because he knew that they did not have enough courage to stand up to him. Napoleon beat his fellow comrades down until they had no strength to build themselves back up, to take him down. They were lied to over and over again until they could not tell the truth from the lies.
The lies did begin to pile on, until the animals believed every word that escaped from Napoleons mouth was the truth. In the begin of the growth of their society the pigs meant no harm. They had six rules that stated:

1. All animals are equal.
2. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
3. No animal shall wear clothes.
4. No animal shall drink alcohol.
5. No animal shall kill any other animal.
6. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend
7. No animal shall sleep in a bed.

These rules were expected to be followed by every animal, but as time carried on mysterious incidents occurred. The pigs did not treat themselves equally to the rest of the animals, because they felt they were more valuable, and intelligent. After awhile more extreme outbreaks transpired. One of the most important rules was “Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy”. This rule was created because when you stand on two legs your mimicking the humans. One night Boxer caught Squealer and Napoleon walking on two legs! Another time they were drinking alcohol, and sleeping in beds. Boxer never spoke up about these occurrences because he was terrified of Napoleon. Napoleon handled the animals by killing them -- another rule that was broken.

By breaking these rules they slowly exactly what they did not want to become. They were exact images of the humans. The animals were lied to, and believed these propagandas, but even when they found out they kept silent, and went along with these lies. The pigs original intent was to treat everyone equal, but the power was to much for them. No matter how hard they tried they couldn’t help being corrupted by power.