Comparing Napoleon The Pig To Hitler In George Orwell's Animal Farm

“Outline the ways in which Napoleon obtained and maintained power on Animal Farm. What message is Orwell conveying to the reader through these processes?';

At first the animals questioned Napoleon but couldn’t fight back for the fear Napoleon struck on them with his newfound army. Napoleon came to power with his oppressing rule and the animals could do nothing but watch everything they believed in be slowly taken from them.

Firstly, Napoleon uses manipulation to generate a cult of personality in the Animal Farm. Napoleon directly shows how he manipulated the animals as he believed “...[weaker] animals on Animal Farm did more work and [would] receive less food than any animals in the country” (92).Napoleon shows how he only cares about himself as he uses the animals. He would make the animals do labour to support himself and to be powerful.The animals would agree to everything that he said because they believed that Napoleon wanted the best for them. Napoleon made the animals believe that they were in better conditions even though “starvation seemed to stare them in the face.” (50). He did a great job to hid the reality from the animals. His thoughts and

What defines a good leader? How they treat people? Or if they have good visions for the future? Leadership does not necessarily gain its definition as having good intentions but more as getting the job and going it efficiently. In Gorge Orwell’s Animal Farm, the pigs lead the rebellion against Farmer Jones but eventually Napoleon takes charge and leads them all. He directed the other animals on the farm and much got accomplished from the time he took charge to the end of the book. Napoleon was not a nice leader, but he was very efficient. Even though Napoleon did not have any moral qualities and broke all the rules of originally made for Animal Farm, he prospered as did the rest of the farm. Napoleon was an effective leader on Animal Farm because

The undeniable greed Napoleon possesses can only be fulfilled by giving the other animals the illusion of bettering themselves by not questioning his logic: “Boxer, who had now had time to think things over, voiced the general feeling by saying, ‘If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right.’ And from then on he adopted the maxim, ‘Napoleon is always right,’ in addition to his private motto of ‘I will work harder’” (Orwell 60). Because Animal Farm’s audience predominantly consists of working class citizens, they begin to feel sympathy for Boxer since he cannot recognize Napoleon is exploiting him exclusively for his personal goal of becoming a puissant leader; therefore, animosity towards Napoleon develops in the audience. Considering the animals promptly welcome Napoleon’s promise of a better life, they work towards exhaustion, unknowingly fueling Napoleon’s greed: "All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were happy in their work; they grudged no effort or sacrifice, well aware that everything that they did was for the benefit of themselves and those of their kind who would come after them, and not for a pack of idle, thieving human beings" (63). Although the animals working for Napoleon are unaware he is gradually becoming more human and willfully betraying his fellow animals for his own benefit, it is evident to the audience that Napoleon is corrupt. As Napoleon cunningly achieves power, his greed continues to grow, the same as a totalitarian leader’s:

Napoleon, the revolutionary leader, was a power hungry and abusive pig. When the animals wouldn’t listen he had to have them follow his rules and visions. He brainwashed the animals into believing whatever he said, threatened them and used popular animals to convey his desires. As dictatorship was the most prominent form of governing during the revolution, the leader used techniques to influence the animals’ opinion.

The novel Animal Farm, by George Orwell, was an allegory about the Russian Revolution in which the author used a farm and it’s members to symbolize major characters and their actions. In this composition, I will reveal to you many of Joseph Stalin’s important contributions and how they relate to the actions of Napoleon from Animal Farm. I will break this topic down into the following three parts, their rise to power, how they maintain power, and how they use and abuse their authority.

The 7 Commandments of Animalism are seen as the rules of the farm. Since the animals could not read or write, besides the pigs and Benjamin the goat, it was easy for Napoleon to change the 7 Commandments to benefit the pigs and himself. For example, “All animals are equal” was changed to, “All animals are equal but some are more equal than others,” (Document A). Some of the animals noticed something different about the Commandments but they never thought too much about it to know something was truly wrong. Since Napoleon used Animalism to his benefit, he persuaded the animals to do as they’re told because he knew the animals believed and supported

Napoleon is trusted greatly by the rest of the animals, that when he starts misusing his power many animals do not notice it. For example, Squealer is easily able to get the rest of the animal to agree with Napoleon. Squealer thinks that if he helps Napoleon, he will gain a small amount of power also, but he does not notice that he is just being used. Most animals are mad at Napoleon because he got rid of Snowball and arguing that Snowball helped a lot at the Battle of the Cowshed, but Squealer argues “That was part of the arrangement”(54). This shows that Squealer was trying very hard to get everyone happy with Napoleons decision. Napoleon was also able to brainwash the dogs. Napoleon used his power to raise an army of dogs to become mean and violent like him. The dogs do everything they are told. “ The dogs shrieked for mercy when Boxer pinned them to the ground”(56). After this fight the dogs got really hurt but they still listen to Napoleon and try their best to do everything hey are told. These are a few ways how Napoleon brainwashes everyone to gain more

In the beginning of the revolution, the animals established a few big, main points. And one of them is, all animals are equal. Napoleon did not follow this through. In fact, he did the opposite. He executed a bunch of innocent animals and, “when it was all over, the remaining animals, except for the pigs and dogs crept away in a body.

They eventually began suspicious about the things that he had changed. The biggest ones he had changed was “Four legs good, two legs bad” to “Four legs good, two legs better”. Which after this is had a big impact on the farm also changed the whole idea that humans were bad and animals were better. Also the commandment “All animals are equal” was drastically changed to “All animals are equal but some animals are better than others”. After all these changes the animals still followed Napoleon and didn’t really stand up and say how the felt about

When the pigs come into power, they soon discover how effective the barbaric way of ruling is. Animals who confesses to defying and betraying the authorities are publicly executed through the gory means. Napoleon trains the dogs on the farm, from youth, to become callous and vicious, killing machines. Napoleon deprives the dogs from their youth to create instruments of fear. The pigs demonstrate the consequences for those who dare resist the government and impose fear on those who dare try to oppose the pigs.

He sometimes changed the rules to benefit himself , solved his issues with violence and propaganda . He used violence to maintain his title as the leader of animal farm. One of the ways he used violence was he made Squealer brain wash everyone to make it seem like Napoleon was a great leader and nothing was he fault . The propaganda used is that he is the first one to go straight to violence when he doesn't get his way . He used dogs as a weapon to keep all his power just like how the our world uses gun to show people how powerful we really are when we are messed with .

Although the commandments had previously said no animal shall be killed by another,Napoleon still found no hesitation in the murder of animals who he thought threatened his reign of power and or in his eyes committed treason against his animal farm. Even after all Napoleon had done the animals of animal farm still followed his every word. Even while Napoleon traded with the human farmer Fredrick, who had been rumored to torture and kill animals and been rumored to be planning an attack on animal farm the animals still followed Napoleon

Due to their lack of education, the animals know no better than what Napoleon tells them, and thus, “the last two words slipped out of the animal’s memory” (Orwell 91). The animal’s blame their weak memory instead of doubting that Napoleon changes the seven commandments. Moreover, the animals are literate and cannot seem to recall conditions before the rebellion, as “the animals had no reason to disbelieve him” (Orwell 92). From the beginning, Napoleon makes sure the animals do not have an education to limit the chances of the animals gaining enough intelligence to realize that Napoleon is doing this to fulfill his own needs.