Animal Farm: Power's Corruption

Part I of Essay
Power; like in the book 'Animal Farm', by George Orwell; can lead people to greed, discrimination and treachery. Every one has some kind of power over someone or something else. Depending on how it is used it can be good or bad. Like the pigs in 'Animal Farm' for exampl ....

Part II of Essay
.... People of high power often tend to look down their noses at the ones who work for them or do not obtain the same amount of power as them. The pigs in 'Animal Farm' follow this portrayal perfectly. In the story, they begin to discriminate against the other animals. They show this by establishing the rule that if a pig and another animal meet on a path, the other animal is to move aside and let the pig pass. 'About this time, too, it was laid down as a rule that when a pig and any other animal met on the path, the other animal must stand as ....