Who Holds More Power In Animal Farm

Themes

A theme is an idea that runs throughout a text. In Animal Subcontract, the themes of class, equality and inequality, and power and control are explored.

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Power and control in Animal Farm

Still of Farmer Jones with a gun, from the 1954 film

Farmer Jones tried to keep the animals under control

Power and control is 1 of the most important themes in Animal Farm . Orwell explores political power - Mr Jones owns the farm and the animals and uses his men and whips to proceed them under control and maintain his ability.

Orwell shows that the animals have the ability to challenge Mr Jones' control and have over the farm - using power in a positive way. He then explores how the pigs use rhetoric and propaganda to establish themselves in power and take command of the subcontract. It is interesting that the working animals, peculiarly Boxer the equus caballus, accept bang-up physical power but they don't use it to break costless from the control of the pigs.

One-time Major is partly based on Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin. Karl Marx, was a German philosopher who lived during the 19th-century. His ideas formed the basis of communism - his ideas are collectively known as 'Marxism', like 'Lust' in the novel. He developed theories on how power structures in social club keep people under control. Vladimir Lenin was a Russian revolutionary who established a form of 'Marxism' in Russian federation in the early 20th-century.

Orwell explores the idea of ability leading to corruption. Many of the characters in the novel are eventually corrupted by the power they accept, peculiarly the pigs, equally they dispense their position of leadership to exploit other animals.

How is the theme of power and control shown in the novel?

In Beast Subcontract , Orwell explores power and control through:

Mr Jones exploiting his power and treating the animals desperately
the rebellion and how the animals use their power to take over the subcontract
the pigs and how they cleverly control the other animals

	How does Orwell show this?	Evidence	Analysis
Mr Jones	Old Major teaches the animals a song called Beasts of England in response to Mr Jones treating them badly. The song is near animals overthrowing man and being costless.	Bit and spur shall rust forever, Cruel whips no more shall scissure .	The animals sing near the devices Mr Jones uses to go along his power . The 'bit and spur' and 'whips' are used to cruelly keep the animals under command.
The rebellion	The animals fight back against the men and take command of the farm.	...this sudden uprising of creatures whom they were used to thrashing and maltreating merely as they chose, frightened them virtually out of their wits .	The animals surprise the men with their 'sudden' change in behaviour - it frightens the men to see the animals using their power .
The pigs taking command	The pigs take charge and brainstorm to control the other animals. Napoleon uses Squealer and the dogs to cease the animals' questions nigh the windmill.	Sus scrofa spoke then persuasively, and the three dogs who happened to be with him growled so threateningly, that they accustomed his caption without farther questions .	Between Squealer existence then 'persuasive' and the dogs so 'threatening' the pigs command the animals past preventing them questioning their decisions.

Analysing the prove

Question

How does Orwell explore ability and control in Animal Subcontract ?

Mr Jones uses his ability over the animals. Information technology is suggested that Mr Jones uses physical violence to maintain control of the animals - they sing about the 'cleft' of his whip in the song 'Beasts of England'.
The animals use their own power to take control of the farm. They gang up on Mr Jones and his men and physically kick them off the farm.
The pigs apply the ability of speech communication or rhetoric to maintain their control of the other animals.
Napoleon uses fearfulness to control the subcontract.