In the novel "Animal Farm," by George Orwell, power and total domination over others leads to greed. Once the recognition of power is in place there is only a matter of time until greed follows. On Animal Farm, Napoleon and his hunger for power, the pigs and their manipulation over others and, the rebellion itself leads to greed. Initially power and greed led their society, known as Animalism, to complete failure. At the midst of Napoleon's rise to power, he slowly begins to crave power and domination over other animals and total control over Animal Farm itself. To ensure the security of his title as “Father of all Animals,” Napoleon shows the animals what lengths he will go to to prove his capability to stand by his rules. After finding out animals have betrayed him by being followers of Snowball, Napoleon began his massacres to get his point across. After the mass killings were finish, “they were shaken and miserable. They did not know which was more shocking-the treachery of the animals who had leagued themselves with Snowball, or the cruel retribution they had just witnessed” (Orwell 57). Although Napoleon uses the seven commandments to keep Animal Farm and all of the animals inside it under his strict rules, he goes against it to try to instil his power over Animal Farm as well as human society. A solicitor named Mr. Whymper, “had agreed to act as [the] intermediary between Animal farm and the outside world, and would visit the farm every Monday morning to receive his instructions” (Orwell 43), this went against the seven commandments but “nevertheless the sight of Napoleon, on all fours, delivering orders to Whymer, who stood on two legs aroused their pride and partly reconciled them to the new arrangements” (Orwell 44). Proving his dominance not only over the animals but over humans as well shows his greed for power and his greed for their attention and respect from both sides. Like Napoleon, there are other pig