Q: What is the major theme of this novel? Why is this theme important to a teenager living in 2008?
I think the major theme is about the power and the corruption. Does power really corrupt? Yes, only the power will greatly depend on the person, not the power itself. A person who is not obsessed with power does not seek. Most of the time, it seems power can transform an honest and sincere person into a corrupted crime. I agree at some point that power is a part of human desire and it can corrupt our life. Absolute power was Napoleon’s biggest appetite. So he orders his dogs to chase Snowball which is a worse crime to do, and succeeds becoming a dictator of the Animal Farm. Napoleon develops ‘good’ laws, which he considers they are ‘good to the animals’. However, he imposes the laws by using forces (nine dogs) to make the animals agree his idea or belief such as the purpose for purging and expelling Snowball. As Napoleon gained an absolute power he became morally corrupted. As someone told me, “great power comes great responsibilities” – which is from Uncle Ben Parker. I want to say that all powers tend to corrupt; but absolute power will corrupt absolutely! No one can rule equally.
This theme is important to a teenager because we easily get to things we aren’t supposed to do but do it anyways such as drugs, smokes, and Sudden Attack without parent’s permission. We have the freedom of choice to get contact with these things but the more we do we cannot stop our ‘appetite’ for such addictive substances. Even people who were sincere can be absorbed to bad stuff. ‘Greed’ is the nature that can lead us to a wrong path and does not teach us strong will.
I think the major theme is about the power and the corruption. Does power really corrupt? Yes, only the power will greatly depend on the person, not the power itself. A person who is not obsessed with power does not seek. Most of the time, it seems power can transform an honest and sincere person into a corrupted crime. I agree at some point that power is a part of human desire and it can corrupt our life. Absolute power was Napoleon’s biggest appetite. So he orders his dogs to chase Snowball which is a worse crime to do, and succeeds becoming a dictator of the Animal Farm. Napoleon develops ‘good’ laws, which he considers they are ‘good to the animals’. However, he imposes the laws by using forces (nine dogs) to make the animals agree his idea or belief such as the purpose for purging and expelling Snowball. As Napoleon gained an absolute power he became morally corrupted. As someone told me, “great power comes great responsibilities” – which is from Uncle Ben Parker. I want to say that all powers tend to corrupt; but absolute power will corrupt absolutely! No one can rule equally.
This theme is important to a teenager because we easily get to things we aren’t supposed to do but do it anyways such as drugs, smokes, and Sudden Attack without parent’s permission. We have the freedom of choice to get contact with these things but the more we do we cannot stop our ‘appetite’ for such addictive substances. Even people who were sincere can be absorbed to bad stuff. ‘Greed’ is the nature that can lead us to a wrong path and does not teach us strong will.
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