Separation of power in a dictatorship
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DictatorshipThis system of government can be defined as, ‘the form of government in which absolute power is exercised by a dictator’. A notable example of dictatorship is Joseph Stalin of Soviet Union, the historical figure which Napoleon was based on (Britannica, 2013). Despite Animal farm starting off as a socialist society, once Napoleon and Snowball’s co-leadership and this communist ideal fell apart, Napoleon took his opportunity and rose to absolute rule. Through Orwell’s writing, readers can realize the hypocrisy that was presented with Napoleon’s period of dictatorship, and thus Stalin’s leading as per their direct parallel. This is because declaring their original enemy as ‘better’ [P.51] and allowing some animals to be ‘more equal than others’ [P.52] demonstrated the confusion and wavering intents that comes with a single person ruling all. With these examples, Orwell is emphasizing socialism as an idealist system that requires idealist leaders; anything otherwise would turn the society into a dictatorship. As a result, it establishes a connection with hypocrisy, dictatorship, and Napoleon, or really, Stalin. All in all, it reinforces the idea to readers that the betterment or exacerbation of a society is in the hands of its ruler, thus stressing that the corruption in the USSR was purely because of Joseph Stalin.
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Kim Jong-un: modern dictator of North Korea
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