High Class In Animal Farm

Meet Napoleon, a pig that tries to act as a human in order to pursue his lifelong dream as a farm’s dictator (not really). Welcome to Animal Farm. Napoleon is a pig in a farm called Animal Farm, after the animals decide to rebel against their farm owner Jones, they change the farm’s name from Manor Farm to Animal Farm. This story goes on to Napoleon deciding to use his intelligence as an advantage to lead the other animals. He writes 7 commandments that the animals need to followed. Napoleon’s power could have been checked after he broke these commandments, by deciding to give the pigs all of the milk and apples, by beginning to sleep in the beds of the farmhouse, and by killing two sheep.

When thinking about pigs, you generally associate them with being dirty, repulsive and gluttonous. Well, that's Napoleon. In the novel, Animal Farm, by George Orwell Napoleon is a pig on Manor Farm who slowly exerts power over others and begins his reign as a dictator. Napoleon takes over and renames the farm Animal Farm while being completely deceptive and unfair. Napoleon is a prime example of how absolute power corrupts absolutely because he is unjust and doesn't care for the wellbeing of any of the other animals on the farm but himself.

Some of the readers might think that it’s easy and some might think it’s hard. We all know that Napoleon finds tricking animals easy. When he wants something all he has to do is change up the rule a little. “No animal shall sleep in a bed” (Orwell, 15) This is how it should be. It is one of the original commandments. “No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets.” (Orwell, 42) Napoleon did not inform anyone but the other pigs that they were now allowed to sleep in beds. He wanted it so he got it but he had to trick the other animals to get it. When all of the other animals saw a change in the seven commandments they were very confused to why it looked different but since they can’t read they didn’t totally understand what changed. The animals all know that Frederick the neighbour farm owner is a jerk. Since no one of the other animals are literate, Napoleon made the decision to sell the timber to Mr. Fredrick. Frederick decided to trick the animals at animal farm with fake paper notes. “Fredrick had wanted to pay for the timber with a cheque, which, it seemed, was a piece of paper with a promise to pay written upon it. But Napoleon was too clever for him.” (Orwell, 61 - 62) In this quotation you see that Frederick used his knowledge of numbers. Napoleon didn’t know that he was given fake bills. He should have listened to all of the other animals when they said that he was not the best choice. When the pigs all lied to the rest of the animals it was so bad and cruel. Boxer was getting older and he collapsed. The pigs told everyone that he was being sent to a doctor but in fact he was getting sent to an animal slaughter place. “‘Quick, quick’ he shouted ‘Come at once!’ ‘They’re taking Boxer away.’” (Orwell, 75) At first, all of the animals thought that Boxer was going somewhere safe. He actually got sent to a horse slaughtering place. Hopefully there will be better leaders in the future especially when it comes to the lives

Napoleon uses military force to intimidate the other animals and consolidate his power. In his supreme craftiness, Napoleon proves to be more treacherous than his counterpart, Snowball. At the regular meetings, Snowball often won over the majority by his brilliant speeches, but Napoleon was better at canvassing support for himself in between times. He was especially successful with the sheep. The sheep had taken to bleating “Four legs good two legs bad!” both in and out of season, and they often interrupted meetings with this. It was noticed that they were especially liable to break into the chant at crucial moments in Snowball’s speeches. Also, it was observed that Napoleon had been taking the sheep aside to teach them a new song. After weeks of secret meetings, the sheep started shouting “Four legs good, two legs BETTER” and then the pigs were seen walking on their hind legs. This is a perfect example of how the pigs change the rules and bend the overall concept of Animalism to satisfy them and to make life easier for them. Also, the pigs start executing animals that don’t do what they are told. The other animals recall that it was in fact against the rules for an animal to kill another. The animals go to read over the 7 commandments to confirm their suspicions only to

Napoleon also made sure that if one of the animals did something wrongful, that they would be killed in front of all the animals. Since Napoleon knew how educated the animals were, it was simple to change the seven commandments to accommodate him. One of the seven commandments expressed the most tyranny: “All Animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others”

Seen as the superior ones of the farm, no one thought twice when Napoleon and the pigs took certain privileges from them. “The creatures from outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which” (Orwell 139). The comparison between pig and man has demonstrated to the audience the real dilemma. This remarkable ending clarifies how the pigs were no different than the humans. Humans were meant to be their enemy but even the ones they trust have betrayed them. The animals were late to see how indoctrinate they were treated because of Napoleon and the pigs. They all conceived the feeling of being content where they were since there was no human harming them. Being accustomed to the farm they were, they all now had to live under the same biased authority as

The commandment was changed by the pigs to say all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others (Orwell 134). At the end of the book, Napoleon and the other pigs have more power and control over the farm than any other animal. Also the pigs started to wear clothing, walk on their two hind legs and make deals with humans and the pigs were the only ones that did these things. The pigs also slept in beds, eat better food than the other animals and drank alcohol. At the end of the book Napoleon says, “To the prosperity of The Manor Farm!” Napoleon changes the farm's name back to Manor Farm because he was starting to act like a human, walk like a human and eat like a human. Not only did the pigs start to act like humans, earlier in the book, Napoleon put a ration on the hens food when they didn’t want to give up their eggs. Because of the ration put on the hens nine of them died. This proves that Napoleon cared more about certain animal’s lives more than others. Throughout the book Napoleon tended to favor the dogs over the other animals on the farm. He would give the dogs special treatment like when he educated them and feed them better than the other animals. When the dogs were still just puppies they were taken away and given an education. The only animals that received an education where the pigs and the dogs. This abuse of power could have been stopped by the system of checks and balances. The legislative branch has the power to impeach the President. Since Napoleon was the “President” of Animal Farm if two thirds of both the houses voted that they wanted Napoleon to no longer be the leader he would have been thrown out of

Napoleon’s laws and policies are often meant to repress the animals and keep them silent, malleable, and unable to assemble. “He announced that from now on the Sunday-morning Meetings would come to an end” (Orwell 49). He decrees that “Beasts of England” has been abolished and is no longer allowed to be sung (Orwell 78). At the end of the novel, after the Seven Commandments have been changed so drastically that they are no longer recognizable, only one commandment remains. “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” (Orwell 118). Ironically, the true meaning of this statement is that all animals are not equal and that the pigs view themselves as better in every way. Duvalier’s laws and policies were not quite as oppressive. “He launched reforestation campaigns” as well as supported quickie divorce laws, which helped spark a tourism boom (Hanes 6). “Duvalier also opened up the country to foreign business - a economic liberalization policy he eventually dubbed “Jeanclaudism” (Hanes

In George Orwell’s allegorical novel Animal Farm, animals are used to represent The Russian Revolution. Some animals have more power than others, but overall the majority of them believe they are equal. One of the main characters, Napoleon, became a dictator, and has not been a faithful ruler. Throughout this story Napoleon has been very ignorant and only thought of what would make him have more power. With Napoleon being the ruler he has become a violent, manipulative, and corrupt pig.

“What a pig” attains a new meaning of “tyrant” in Animal Farm by George Orwell. In the novel, the reader is presented with a story following the uprising of the animals on Manor Farm. They are led by the pigs to victories in claiming and protecting Manor Farm as their own, now renamed Animal Farm. As time progresses the true intentions of the pigs become more and more apparent. Eventually, Animal Farm collapses and glory of sole power over the animals and farm is taken advantage of. Through Napoleon, head figure of the pigs, it is visible that when one has unshared authority and power it can often lead to tyranny and manipulation, as seen in multiple events in the once flourishing Animal Farm.

In addition, the pigs are “generally recognized as the cleverest of the animals” (Orwell 35). As the book progresses, it becomes more evident that Napoleon is attempting to teach the animals, but only through his point of

The pigs use fear and aggression as a way to maintain ultimate power over the animals. Under Napoleon’s command the “fierce, growling dogs [roam] everywhere.” On frequent occasions, the working class animals have “ to watch [their] comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes.“ (58) By spreading fear while being aggressive towards the farm animals, the pigs ensure every animal’s full cooperation. This enables the pigs to avoid conflict by keeping the animals in check. With the smell of death in the air, the uninformed animals are always kept in the dark and are constantly being cheated of better lives by the

Within animalism lies the seven commandments which are the rules that every animal must follow. As the novel continues, Napoleon takes advantage of these commandments and begins to slowly turn animalism into communism. While closely analyzing the theme of the story, a connection can be built between animalism and communism because, communism is based around the idea that everybody is equal with no class distinctions and the means of production is owned by the people themselves. Linking it to animalism, all of the animals are equal and everybody shares the wealth of the farm. When Napoleon starts to become a tyrant, he starts to change the seven commandments and betrays the principles of animalism allowing the pigs to do things that would otherwise not be granted, just like Czar Nicholas betrayed all of his people. Considering animalism is the governing principles of the farm, all of the animals must follow these rules, even if one of them has mysteriously changed. This is where Napoleon begins to slowly create his communist rule. [Include

The book Animal Farm is a mix of the Revolutionary War and Old McDonald had a Farm. Where the pig dose not say oink, but speaks English. The book is about a farm of animals who think they have the rights to be free, so they start a rebellion against their human owners. Two particularly zealous pigs named Snowball and Napoleon began leading the rebellion. They chased their owners out of the farm. After this Snowball developed laws to govern the new society such as, four legs good, to legs bad, to avoid all thing that make animals like humans, and the 7 commandments. In the following year, Snowball came up with the idea to build a windmill. Napoleon was against it and wanted control of the farm, and chased Snowball out with a pack of dogs. Throughout the rest of the book he was the dictator and drove the farm into the ground by; making the pigs act like humans, failing to build the wind mill, made the animals feel like slaves, and disobeying all the laws set in the beginning. This essay will discuss how the leaders of the Animal Farm drove it to destruction by exposing the wrong doing of the leaders, the blind trust given by the followers, and their contributions to the loss of freedom.

With every commandment broken, the written rules on the tarred wall were changed in order for Napoleon and other pigs to get away with breaking the original commandments. With most of the animals being illiterate and barely knowing the alphabet, it was even easier for Napoleon and the other pigs to break them without confrontation from the rest of the animals on the farm. Eventually, the commandments became: Two legs good, four legs better, no animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets, no animal shall drink alcohol to excess, no animal shall kill any other animal without cause. Eventually in order to allow the pigs to have more power and privilege over the other animals, all the commandments were replaced with just one phrase: “animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” The changing of the rules represents how Napoleon has changed throughout the story. At the beginning he was equal with everyone including Snowball, but because of his natural leadership, he’s taken the role of being a superior to all the other animals and doing things that go against the original commandments of the “Animal