Strong individuals probably wouldn’t have any trouble overcoming the power that is feed to them. But most individuals with power, like Joseph Stalin and Napoleon from Animal Farm, find it necessary to live off the blood, sweat, and tears of their people. They believe that a society must be run with an iron fist. Power must be controlled in order for a society to strive. Napoleon and Squealer in Animal Farm failed to run a community by corrupting themselves with the power that they have gained from the trust of the other animals on the farm. Corruption only leads to the death of innocence.
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