Animal Farm

By. George Orwell

In Animal Farm by George Orwell, the theme of the story is that power corrupts. It

takes a person, or in this case an animal, with a strong mind to uphold power. This is

embodied in Snowball. Unlike the other pigs, he doesn't fall so easily to corruption, and for the

most part, stayed strong all through his reign. There is evidence that Snowball is corrupt at the

beginning when the animals are discussing what will happen to the milk, and apples. Snowball

and all the other pigs took both for themselves without sharing. So Snowball might have been

somewhat corrupt, but not so much that he lost track of his goal. Unlike Napoleon of course.

In Napoleon's case, the power went to his head. Napoleon became a leader with

Snowball, and throughout the story we see his descent into oppression. He treats the animals

poorly, in contrast to his primary goal, and takes all the spoils for himself. It becomes clear

during what I believe to be the climax of the story that Napoleon has come far from what he

once was.