Power can have a persuasive action by dismantling the moral ethics of one's character. This can be seen throughout history, such as during World War II, and proven by the actions of Napoleon in George Orwell's allegory Animal Farm. As Lord Acton said: “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” In history, what was considered a villain or evildoer is never the same as perception. A leader doesn't start out wanting to do evil, they start out with the best intentions, but power is a tricky thing, presented in Animal Farm as utopian ideals but with failed practices. Most new societies that have a utopian idea most likely come from trauma. event where humanity believed it had no choice but to go to extremes. Animal Farm does the same thing; These animals feel mistreated by their leader, Mr. Jones, so they follow the pigs to create a utopia. In Ray Bradbury's The Giver, everything seems perfect but there is a problem that often lurks in the powers that be. In The Giver, it was about the simple truth of life and how they, the ruling powers, considered controlling it in order to create their own utopia. These powers, whether the government is a single ruling body or many, the slow acquisition of power fuels and justifies any bad action. When Napoleon started with the other pigs, they did the seven commandments. Napoleon enforced the "Seven Commandments" which included statements such as "Everything that climbs on two legs is an enemy", "No animal shall wear clothes", "No animal shall drink alcohol" and " No animal should kill another animal.” .” At the end of the book, Napoleon breaks all of these commandments for his personal gain. Napoleon uses his power to change the commandments in order to...... middle of paper ......mal Farm. O’Neill. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 1998. 70-81 in Short Story Criticism Ed 68. Detroit: Gale, 2004. Literary Resource Center. 2013.3. Kirschner, Paul. “The Dual Purpose of Animal Farm,” Review of English Studies 55.222 (2004): 759-786. November 25, 2013.4. : Pastoralism and Politics Twayne's Masterwork Studies 19. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1988. p30-66 COPYRIGHT 1988 Twayne Publishers, COPYRIGHT 2010 Gale, Cengage Learning5, Lois Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. Print.6. Shakespeare, William. Ed. Rex Gibson: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Print.7. “National Park Service,” November 16, 2013. November 24. 2013.