1. Power corrupts absolutely
It is seen in texts such as the film, Wag The Dog, the novel Animal Farm and in Martin Luther King's speeches. ... This idea of "language and knowledge is power" is one of the reoccurring themes in George Orwell's famous allegory, Animal Farm. ... Many animals on the farm, Old Major and Squealor to be specific, used speech and language to gain power over other animals. ... Animal Farm is most famous as a stinging critique of the history and rhetoric of the Russian Revolution. Retelling the story of the emergence and development of Soviet communism in the form of an animal fa...
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