With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Animal Farm Essay Example

“With great power comes great responsibility” (Spider-Man comic Stan Lee). In George Orwell book revolt broke out due to the hardship of Jones, the farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With best idealism and slogans set out to show justice progress, justice and equality. The revolution was led by pigs. Napoleon got the power soon after he chased of Napoleon from the farm. While some blame Boxer for the downfall of the animal farm, it’s Napoleon who is responsible for the downfall of the animal farm.

Napoleon was very offensive suppressed every other animal. After taking over snowball and getting control over the farm, he started to break the commandments according to his suitability. “some animal remembered or thought they remembered that the sixth commandment decreed no animal shall kill any other animal. And thought o one cared to mention in the hearing of the pigs or the dogs, it felt that the killings which had taken place did not square with this.” (Orwell 91). There were many of the same incident that have happened all during all the time period in the book. He changes all the commandments. 

Another way by which napoleon is responsible for the downfall of the animal farm is that he had his owns private army of dogs, the army of dogs was used to suppressed other animals. Dogs were the most loyal animals to Napoleon. “the four young pigs who had protested when Napoleon abolished the meetings raised there voices timidly, but they were promptly silenced by a tremendous growling from the dogs.” (Orwell, 63). Just like this there was no one dared to speak anything against Napoleon because they knew if they speak something they will die. “they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you have to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes.” (Orwell 87). After some time, the freedom to do anything was also taken away from them, the dogs use to march, executions use to happen just for some of the normal and small crimes. “Napoleon acted swiftly and ruthlessly. He ordered the hens ration to be stopped and decreased that any animal giving so much as a grain of corn to be stopped and decreased that animal giving so much as a grain of corn to a hen should be punished by death”. This shows how much cruel he was towards other animals. 

These all statement clearly states that Napoleon was the one who was responsible for the downfall of the animal farm. He suppressed every other animal, misused his power, he killed so many animals broke all the rules. At the beginning of the book all animals were focused in animal farm to build equality and rules and regulation, but the greed and power attracted Napoleon. Making his own army of 9 dogs and attacking snowball and taking over the animal farm. Napoleon got the other ways to remain in the power by killing. The life could have been different if Napoleon would not have been difficult to imagine animal farm, all animals would have been equal, the condition could have been much more better than that they have now.