In the second season of House of Cards, the main character Frank Underwood makes an excellent comment on hypocrisy; “The road to power is paved with hypocrisy…and victims.” In this quote, Frank Underwood states that in order to gain power he had to, at some point, be a hypocrite; in his eyes, there could be no other way for him to become vice president of the United States without once being a hypocrite. Much like Frank Underwood, the pigs of Animal Farm have been hypocritical. Snowball, Squealer, and Napoleon are perfect examples of how hypocrisy is essential when seeking power. Based on the theory that to become powerful one must be a hypocrite, Snowball, having power over all animals, must be a hypocrite. Snowball can be described as a hypocrite in that he reads human books; there is evidence of this throughout the book: "The pigs now revealed that over the past three months they had taught themselves to read and write from an old spelling book that had belonged to the children of Jones and which had been thrown in the trash. » (15) and “Snowball, who had studied an old book on the campaigns of Julius Caesar that he had found on the farm” (26). These show that for months after the rebellion, the pigs and Snowball mainly used human resources to advance their own knowledge. Even though humans are seen as evil beings who tyrannize their own species, he still uses his knowledge to gain more power by getting rid of humans completely so they can no longer influence animals. Another way in which Snowball can be considered a hypocrite is that he writes and designs using human knowledge. You can see it in the lines: "So Snowball (for it was Snowball who wrote best) took a hit... in the middle of a paper...... is extremely hypocritical in the sense where he himself is not there arguing his point of view, which shows that he can't even be bothered to do that, let alone do any real work. Eventually, he breaks the unspoken rule of not harming any other animals, which he does several times; on page 56 Napoleon orders the execution of any animal that confesses to treason and on page 89 when the pigs walk on their hind legs Napoleon comes out last with a whip in his hand and with the intention of using it. In these scenes, Napoleon finally made himself indistinguishable from a human and began to tyrannize his own people, something the Old Major warned them against in his speech: "And remember also that in fighting Man, we must not resemble him. » (6).Works CitedOrwell, George. Animal farm. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1954. Print “Chapter 22.” House of cards. Sd Television.