"Animal Farm" by George Orwell - Napoleon Symbolizes how Quickly a Leader Can Become Corrupt

Throughout all of history, many great, charismatic world leaders have risen to power. These leaders have made enormous contributions to their country, and still others have had amazing impacts on their followers by leading them through horrible and difficult times of war, poverty, and other difficult times of trial. Yet over time, there have been leaders thought to have good intentions in the beginning, but as their reign of power continued, became horribly dishonest, selfish, and corrupt. We have seen this occur during World War II in Germany when Hitler was elected. …