Power is authority and strength, which is any form of motive force or energy, ability to act, or control. When too much power is given, a dictatorship government can form, in which all decisions are made by one authority. In "Animal Farm", George Orwell portrays how "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely" In the story Old Major, who is a respected animal on the farm, had given a speech to stir the …showed first 75 words of 444 total…

…showed last 75 words of 444 total…root of all evil in a communism style government or congregation. In "Animal Farm", the animals tried to be equal, but in time, some animals had certain views and different opinions and some gradually became more powerful. In "Animal Farm", George Orwell has shown us that no matter how hard in society we try, equality will never truly be reached by mankind for the reason that, "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely!"