How Did Napoleon Harmed In Animal Farm

     An important way in which Napoleon obtains and maintains power is by finding and utilising the weaknesses of others. Like himself, all of the other pigs are greedy, and soon begin stealing food from all the other animals. Napoleon knows that he can use their greed, to reinforce a group of companions who will support his decisions. He sets aside material things to entice their support, such as all the milk, apples, and barley, for which to make beer. This newfound pampering appeals to the pigs and they associate the upper-class society in which they live with Napoleon. This leads them to believe that if they follow Napoleon, and support his thoughts, their lives will be considerably better, so they follow and trust Napoleon. This is what Napoleon was aiming for, and the support of the pigs helps him to obtain and maintain power.

Napoleon being another intelligent pig on the farm believed he could become the leader and have all the power on the farm by scaring the animals. He does so by telling the animals they will work more or there will be punishment “Throughout the spring they worked a sixty-hour week, and in August Napoleon announced that there would be work on Sunday afternoons as well. This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half” (Orwell 40). “The animals believe what the leadership tells them—that they are working for their own good now, not for Mr. Jones’s—they are eager to take on the extra labor”

The first few changes went against the commandments, such as he canceled Sundays morning meetings, he and the other pigs decided that they were going to move into Mr.Jones home and he also started engaging in trade with neighboring farms, an example of this, “Napoleon announced that there would be work on Saturday afternoons as well. This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half” ( 92). Napoleon started slowly changing things for the worse. Some of the commandments he started breaking was things such as pigs sleeping in beds, drinking beer, and using money and he even made the song beast of England illegal. The pigs started lying to the animals and giving themselves special privileges, even though equality between the animals was incredibly important and was the causes of the

This scared the other animals, so they followed Napoleon’s rules and did not give the hens any food. Since many animals followed Napoleon’s rules, they also followed Napoleon information, also known as propaganda. Propaganda is fact and ideas to influence the public's opinion. Which is what Napoleon did. “Milk and apples ( this has been proved by Science, comrades. ) contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig.”

He gave them the false inspiration and hope that they were working for to stay free. This is what Hitler did to the Jews who were able to work, he had in his concentration camps say “work to be free”, but in reality he did not have the intention to set them free. The reason as to why the animals did not rebel was for two reasons. One being that they just were not educated at all and the other reason is because Napoleon has an immense amount of fierce dogs around him at all times. This made him an intimidating pig. The animals were oblivious to the corruption around them that he shrugged off a fellow animal dying by another simply because Napoleon said it was fine and the Commandments said that it was exceptional. The dumbest of the animals was a horse named boxer. Because he was the strongest of the farm animals, what he said greatly influenced the others animals, and because he was on the side of Napoleon the other animals followed. There were many times were the animals would have revolted without Boxer present, but after he died, it was too late to turn back. He inspired the animals by constantly saying, “I will work harder”, and, “Napoleon is always right”. This often concluded questions regarding Napoleon’s style of handling business.

The story of Animal Farm is not just one of a talking pig who takes over a farm. Rather, the tale seeks to show the fear factor in which the citizens under Joseph Stalin’s totalitarian government lived with. George Orwell, in Animal Farm uncovers the truth about how the people under Stalin’s rule were constantly threatened to be killed if they did not dedicate their lives to helping Stalin with his plans. As Napoleon, an allegory for Stalin, takes control of the farm, animals lose their lives, are manipulated to fight the humans and are living in constant fear of getting killed.

Napoleon used many different ways to control the animals to make them do what Napoleon wanted them to do. The first way that Napoleon got the animals to do what he wanted was he had his dogs that he raised from youth attack Snowball off the farm. This shows that after that all the animals did not want to mess with him cause they were scared of what would happen. The second way that Napoleon got the animals in his side was when he pulled out the whip at the end of the book. How this shows that he controlled the animals is that when he pulled out the whip the sheep started saying “4 legs are good, 2 legs are better” which shows that he is training them to be like humans.

Towards the beginning of the book, the animals make a list of rules which they call the Seven Commandments. Throughout the story, Napoleon adds on to the commandments, such as changing the last rule from “All animals are equal” to saying, “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.” The animals accept the changes and just think that they remembered the commandments wrong..blaming it all on their ‘faulty memory’. This happens again and again, and Napoleon continues to take advantage of his power. He realizes that he is much more smart and clever than any of the other animals on the farm, and changes things to be in his favor. He cuts down on the serving sizes of each animal’s food portions and makes them work even more than they worked with their previous human leader. The animals so obliviously followed Napoleon even though what he was doing was incorrect, but because they had trust and respect for him, they never thought that he was in the

In the beginning, everyone was treated as an equal, but slowly you see the Napoleon's ego grow and the work load of the other animals increases. The fairness that was provided in the start of the book begins to be taken away, but the animals remain loyal to the pigs and believe that its the best for the farm The quote on page 77 illustrates this perfectly, "Meanwhile life was hard. The winter was as cold as the last one had been, and food was even shorter. Once again all rations were reduced, except those of the pigs and the dogs. A too rigid equality in rations, Squealer explained, would have been contrary to the principles of Animalism. In any case he had no difficulty in proving to the other animals that they were not in reality short of food, whatever the appearances might be. For the time being, certainly, it had been found necessary to make a readjustment of rations (Squealer always spoke of it as a "readjustment," never as a "reduction"), but in comparison with the days of Jones, the improvement was enormous." This shows the kind of leader that Napoleon is for the farm. He constantly puts his own needs before the needs of the animals that work so hard for the farm to survive. Napoleon and the pigs used there larger intellect to trick the animals into thinking that getting less food and more work was a good thing and that it was still better than working for the

“November came, with raging southwest winds(68).” This shows that Napoleon is deceptive and blames snowball to ensure his reign over the animals, even though he knew it was the raging winds. This also shows that even though Napoleon knew it was the raging winds he still wanted to ensure his control over the farm. Furthermore, The pigs justify their consumption of milk and apples because they explain how it helps their health. “Milk and apples (this has been proved by science, comrades) contain substance absolutely necessary to the well being of a pig(12).”

To begin with, Napoleon is causing famine by giving the animals a small amount of food everyday. The animals would be getting enough food in the farm. In the book Orwell says “In january food fell short...starvation seemed to stare them in the face”(67). This demonstrates that the food was shortening throughout the time. Later throughout the story Napoleon makes an order called the Spontaneous Demonstration which is supposed to make the animals forget that are starving most of the time on the farm.

They lost their initial power and ideologies of liberation and equality. The animals should be treated equally. Napoleon manipulates the animals and corrupt power. The animals of the Animals Farm must rise up against the pigs because they should take action against the cruel, they should rebel to achieve their dream which all animal are equal. Just as the animals said, “Let’s face it: our lives are miserable,

Napoleon, the leader of the farm, demonstrates society’s many inequalities. Napoleon controls his fellow animals, separating himself and the pigs from

Secondly, Napoleon persuades the other animals to do as they are told. Napoleon has a minion named Squealer that is very good at persuading others. In the book, Squealer “holding down a long strip of paper with his trotter, would read out to them lists of figures proving that the production of every class of foodstuff had increased by two hundred per cent, three hundred per cent, or five hundred per cent, as the case might be” (27). This made sure that the animals believed that they are living a better life

Secondly, the animals fear the outside world. During chapter 3, Squealer, Napoleon's "speaker", tells the animals that the reason that only the pigs eat the apples and drink the milk is that it is required for a