Abstrak

Power is one of the most wanted things in this world. Many people fight each other to get power. It is not easy to achieve a certain power. The bigger power they want the bigger difficulties they face. Sometimes, some of them use their cunning to accomplish their desire for power. When they succeed to get it, they will do everything to maintain their positions. This research explores that kind of issues portrayed in George Orwell’s novel entitled Animal Farm (1945). Furthermore, this thesis focuses on the process of how hegemony takes place in animals’ socio-political life in Animal Farm. Antonio Gramsci’s theory about hegemony is  used  to  analyze  the  data.  The  research  finds  out  that  from  the beginning to the end of the story, this novel shows the system of hegemony created and developed by the group of the pigs. Old Major’s speech as the organic intellectual  on  the  farm  made  the  animals  realized  their  real  condition  and triggered the animals to rebel against their master, Mr. Jones. Their rebellion succeeded to expel Mr. Jones and his men from the Animal Farm. However, it emerged the new supremacy of the pigs. With their incomparable intelligence, the pigs naturally became the authority of the farm that controlled the other groups of the animals on the farm. In Snowball’s era, he only used consent to rule the animals. On the other hand, Napoleon used the combination of consent and coercion to rule the animals.

Keywords: Power, Hegemony, Rebellion, Consent, Coercion, Animal Farm