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...lines his beliefs in idealism and equality. He believes that humans are the source of all evil, and does not realise that the pigs (Russian Revolutionary Leaders) are also capable of the greed, corruption and betrayal shown by humans (Tsar). The song “Beasts of England” reflects similar idealistic ideas, and further stirs the animals into rebellion. However, there were problems with idealism, and some of these were hinted in the speech and the song. In the speech Old Major tells the animals that removing man will solve all problems of inequality, but the pigs are corrupted by their absolute power and become the new ruling class replacing humans. Towards the end of the speech, he warns them about trusting humans and about taking up human habits. He tells them never to do this, but the pigs ignore his advice. The song speaks of “The golden future time” when the humans have been overthrown, and the animals are made to believe that they can make the world a better, more peaceful place by rebelling. The moral message contained in this book is that “power corrupts.” The two main pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, both see power in different ways. Snowball uses his power for the good of the community, and works hard to put Old Majors ideals into practice. He represents Trotsky, who was the loyal follower of the ideals of Communism and the main competitor of Stalin, who is represented by Napoleon. Napoleon uses his intellectual power for himself, and to control and take advantage of the other animals. He is the leader of the corrupt pigs, all except for Snowball. After Napoleon removes Snowball he maintains order by lying to the animals through a pig named Squealer. He also uses force to scare the animals and make them go along with what he is doing and not protest, which is a technique used in all dictatorships. Napoleon has absolute power in the farm, and once he is corrupted by it, he also corrupts the other pigs and the ideals of Animalism. All of the pigs but Snowball betray the trust of the less intelligent animals who trust the smarter animals to advise and guide them. Over time the pigs break each of the 7 commandments, then bend the wording to suit their own purposes. The most satirical of these changes occurs at the end of the book, when all of the commandments are simplified into one: “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” Squealer is the pig whose job it was to convince the animals that Snowball was corrupt. He tells the animals that all of the accidents happening on the farm are actually Snowball’s attempts to get back at them for exiling him, and that even during the battle of the Cowshed Snowball was fighting for Jones. Napoleon convinces the animals that removing Snowball was for the good of Animal Farm, but it was actually for the good of himself. Boxer was a horse who was hard worker and did everything for the community. He was always pushing himself, his personal motto was “I will work harder”. One day whilst working overtime on the windmill, Boxer injures himself badly. When a truck comes to take him to the vet, the smarter animals realise that it is a horse slaughterers van. Napole...