Research Paper On Animal Farm By George Orwell

Throughout, we witness constantly the dictators manipulation in the people's mind. The people are not allowed to envision anything about themselves, but only about them as a whole. “We are one in all, and one in all in one. There are no men, but only the great WE One, indivisible and forever” (Rand 19). The dictators have completely re-arranged their minds to foresee that is no self thought but only group thought.

The distinction between the ruled and the ruling class was created. Humanity was lost and the ruling class became crueler and enjoyed the power. The rulers became dictators.  People do not rebel against brutal dictators out offear -they are afraid of retribution if their rebellion fails, they do not know what atrocities the brutal dictator can do to them so they are afraid.  

Thomas Hobbes once said that “curiosity is the lust of the mind”; that humans naturally gravitate towards knowing more of the unknown out of pure desire. In the context of power, this statement could not be any more truer. In history, we have seen countless examples of power-hungry figures who have only been detrimental to their societies. The Mussolinis and Maos of this world have proven time and time again that the desire to elevate one’s status of power ends more often than not in terrible consequences. The increase in party polarization that the United States sees today can be linked to a power-hungry society.

When smart and level-headed people are placed into a position of power, where they have freedom to treat the powerless however they so desire, their values and morals become greatly blurred by the abuse of power. For example, students selected as guards completely transformed when they were given this power. They forced prisoners to wear bags on their heads, gave them little access to toilet, and treated them like animals. They suddenly became greatly sadistic and brutal.

Once an individual has the freedom to exert their power over other, the latter is in for quite some misery. Power s a hunger that should and will never be

The struggle for power has been something mankind has killed their own kind for and this has been happening for the last 35 million years. Every person wants some form of power and are willing to go to some extent to get it. Dictator Bashar al-Assad of Syria, who has killed thousands of people with bombs, chemical weapons, and mass shootings just so he can prove his dominance with his power. The countless lives lost just the control of power, many people have lost their homes and families due to this. Another great examples is from the book One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, written by Ken Kesey, which depicts the depths the antagonist will go to control the inhabitants; while, the protagonist goes to many lengths to gain the dominance for the

Throughout history, people had a desire for power and abused their power. Power is a significant enduring issue because it led to events that had huge effects on the world such as the Qin dynasty of ShiHuangdi’s ruling, Autocrats,

Throughout the years there have been many tyrannical rulers. Although these leaders have very abusive regimes many of them stay in power because of use of manipulative methods. In George Orwells Animal Farm these methods are demonstrated in an allegory of the Russian Revolution. In this novella a farm of animals work together to revolt against their owner Mr Jones in order to escape his tyrannical rule. However, in doing so a pig by the name of Napoleon gains power and treats the animals just as Mr Jones did before the revolution.

Most people question, “ How does the quest of power cause people to act? ”. Over the years the question has been proved to cause people to act differently. Not just in history but in many movies, plays, books, and even in current events today. The quest of power drives people to do things out of their character.

Friedrich Nietzsche was an existentialist philosopher who believed that all our actions are derived from our instinctive desire for power. A myriad of experiments done has proven Nietzsche’s point, but a paragon of these experiments is the Stanford Prison Experiment. The experiment’s objective was to “decipher” the mind of a guard and a prisoner. Results showed that guards started to exploit their own powers to accrue control over others. Although some believe the result of this greed is the adulteration of society, it is thought by many that this want and greed for power is innate.

“Our minds have been poisoned and our accepted beliefs are unnatural and artificial” (McGill). Psychological control is one of the many methods totalitarian governments use to remain in power. However, this can only be achieved through widespread support and loyalty from the population. Therefore, it is important to learn how to prevent and stop totalitarian regimes in today’s society. Studying George Orwell’s novel 1984 can help identify how dictators take oppressive actions in order to achieve power and control.

Abuse of Power From the beginning of time until now, civilization has always felt the need to be organized under a leader. The craving of power lives in most people. Sometimes men striving for power can work their way up to a dictatorship, absolute control, by using propaganda, fear, and many other methods. In the novel, Animal Farm by George Orwell, Napoleon portrays similar qualities in power as Hitler.

There is nobody fear, the primitive instinct of domination sets it and corruption becomes rampant. Power is dangerous yet it’s marvelous, one must take caution if they have control, or the power will take them. Power is unpredictable, there is always too much or too little, if one has too little power they cannot be effective. If they have to much, the power takes control of them and they become corrupt. Whether it be causing hysteria over a crush, or ending the lives of hundreds of thousands of people to end a war.

Either way that the History is viewed, there are many theoretical implications that can be drawn from it. This essay will look at three things: Human nature and its relationship with power and justice, human nature and how its struggle with power leads

Also in the French Revolution, examples of this were seen. What is the power that can make us move our ethical values and transform us into what we first tried to avoid? What are some rights we want so deeply - and how do they inspire us in the first place? Human nature has fascinated us for millennia.