Causes And Slavery In George Orwell's Animal Farm

Animal Farm by George Orwell is a novel about rebellion where the animals are not under human control. Old Major is a Middle White boar who has a dream where animals live without (the tyranny of men; they are free, happy, well fed, and treated with dignity) (Spark Notes). Old Major´s purpose is to convey the idea that animals are the only way to run a farm. animals are not treated right there is going to be a rebellion. Old Major adopts a logical tone in order to show the animals they need to be treated greater if Mr. Jones wants them to work on the farm.

Napoleon, who is one of the more intelligent pigs on the farm is force to take authority and eliminate opposition. Napoleon takes “nine sturdy puppies” (35) and becomes “responsible for their education” (35) while raising them up. The puppies soon become “fierce-looking wolves” (53) which he uses them to intimidate and petrify all the animals. Napoleon’s guard dogs “dash straight for Snowball, who only sprang from his place just in time to escape their snapping jaws” (53). Snowball “running faster than ever”

Shortly after the Revolution, Snowball comes up with the plan to construct a windmill to make the lives of the inhabitants of Animal Farm easier. Napoleon hides in the shadows per se until the puppies that he has taken and trained are old enough to act as a police force. Once they are old enough, Napoleon has the dogs drive Snowball off the farm. He then takes credit for the idea of the windmill and proceeds to claim that he, not Snowball, won the award at the Battle of Cowshed. Napoleon then informs the animals that Snowball was an enemy and was a threat to Animal Farm. The animals are swayed by his propaganda and are fearful of his police dogs; this is what keeps him in power.

Napoleon used force to gain control of Animal Farm, and used fear to keep it. When he and Snowball both led the other animals, they had many disagreements. Napoleon saw that Snowball was better at communicating with the animals, so he used the dogs which he had secretly trained to drive Snowball away – permanently. Napoleon used these dogs to keep all the animals ‘in line’ and quash any thought of rebellion with fear.

Napoleon has wanted power over the farm for awhile and will do anything to keep it. He takes Jessie and Bluebells newborn puppies and trains them for the main aspect of his fear campaign. He teaches them to do what is right for the farm and to only think about the Animal Farm’s future. He uses the puppies to eliminate his nemesis. Snowball comes up with the idea for a windmill on the farm, Napoleon opposes it and uses his trained dogs to chase Snowball off the farm. With Snowball gone, Napoleon declares himself the ruler of the farm. “They dashed straight for Snowball… he slipped through the fence and was seen no more. (Orwell, pg. 53 chap. 5).”

With Snowball out of the way, Napoleon’s path to absolute power without accountability is clear. Napoleon enlists Squealer to deceive and trick the animals into anything Napoleon wants them to believe by manipulating the facts and confusing the animals. Some examples of this in the story are Napoleon taking credit for the windmill, Napoleon claiming that Snowball sabotaged the windmill, and ultimately claiming that Snowball was in collaboration with Mr. Jones all along. Napoleon’s skillful use of Squealer proves effective in making Snowball the scapegoat for everything that’s wrong with the farm, and now Napoleon takes his evil intentions to another level by murdering any animal that was thought to be in allegiance with Snowball. One of the most wicked deeds was the sale of Boxer to the knacker for money to buy more whiskey. This evil act was only made worse by the elaborate lie Squealer created to cover Napoleon’s tracks. By the end of the book, Napoleon is seen having a dinner party with other humans, while the other animals are in about the same state they were at the beginning of the book. The pigs have risen to take the place of the humans and run the farm, and all the other animals are no better off for it.

This leads to the animals to finally discover his true colors. After Snowball was ran out of the farm all public meetings were canceled. When Napoleon announced, “ that from now on the sunday morning meetings would come to an end. They were unnecessary and wasted time. In the future all questions related to working on the farm would be settled by a special committee of pigs presided over by himself.” , he is no longer allowing the other animals input on situations. When they were under the care of Jones they still has some say on what went on. Now under Napoleon's authority they are left with no say so on what goes on. This shows he only cares about what he has to say. Now that he has stripped the animals of their opinions , his judgement is the only thing that goes. This builds to Napoleon's ego and how he assumes he is above everyone else. He doesn’t care for anyone else unless it somehow benefits him and this shows he abuses his power as

The novel Animal farm starts off by the Old Major giving a speech of the freedoms animals should have and how horrible the owner Mr. Jones is. This

Snowball is eventually forced out of the farm when Napoleon uses his guard dogs to attack Snowball. After that, he is blamed for issues of the farm, and it is claimed that he was in support of Mr. Jones at the beginning. Even though he fought for Mr. Jones and the shorts offends are distorted to wounds Napoleon perpetrated on him, those faulted of associating him are achieved after being required to profess, or declare, and a compensation is proposed for his capture.

Snowball works at teaching the animals to be literate, and Napoleon takes a group of young pups to instruct them on the ideologies of Animalism. When Mr. Jones shows up to retake his farm, the animals defeat him once again, in a fight known as the “Battle of the Cowshed”, and keeps the farmer’s abandoned gun as a spoil of war for their win. As time goes on, however, Napoleon and Snowball gradually bicker more and more over the future of the farm, and they begin to fight with each other for power and influence over the other animals. Snowball comes up with a scheme to build an electricity-generating windmill, but Napoleon strongly opposes the idea. At the meeting to vote on whether to take up the project, Snowball gives a very impactful speech. Even though Napoleon gives only a brief rebuttal, he proceeds to make a weird noise, and nine attack dogs— who were actually the puppies that Napoleon had seized in order to “educate”—rush into the barn and chase Snowball away. Napoleon then takes leadership of Animal Farm and declares that there won’t be any more meetings. From that point on, he proclaims that the pigs alone will make all of the choices, for the benefit of each animal. Napoleon quickly changes his mind about the project, and the animals, especially Boxer, dedicate their efforts to completing it. One day, after a storm, the animals find the windmill tipped over. The human farmers in the area declare proudly that the animals made the

Then Napoleon stated, “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others” (Orwell, 90). He ruled that decisions would be made by the pigs in the committees, and also Napoleon abolished the “Beasts of England” so the animals won’t rebel against him. Snowball argues in favor of the windmill, but on the other hand Napoleon argues against it, saying that building the windmill will take time and effort. After the debate Napoleon calls nine relentless dogs who chase Snowball out of the farm. Three weeks after Snowballs disappearance, Napoleon suggests that the windmill will still be built. Later he sends Squealer to the animals to explain that snowball had stolen the plan of the windmill from Napoleon. Also it will make Napoleon look like a better leader than Snowball. “Napoleon acted swiftly and ruthlessly” (Orwell, 51). He started to threaten other animals, and he ordered the hens’ rations to be stopped, and forced that any animal giving so much grain of corn to a hen should be punished by death. He violated many of the seven commandments for instance one of the commandments was “No animal shall kill any other animal” (Orwell, 15). Nevertheless, Napoleon remains a growing problem in Animal Farm by becoming a dictator that takes an advantage of the animals so he could be

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