In the book Animal Farm, by George Orwell one of the main characters Napoleon liks to get what he wants. Napoleon is a pig who represents Joseph Stalin, who was the dictator of Russia. He likes to lie to the other animals, and is only concerned with himself. Napoleon manipulates the other animals to get what he wants.In the contents of this book Napoleon shows himself to act in a very devilish, tricky, and dictatorial manner. Napoleon acted in a very tricky manner when he continually suggested that the farm was being sabotaged by Snowball, because he wanted to make sure no animal would ever trust him again. “ all this while no one had seen of snowball, but he was rumored to be hiding somewhere on the farm”(77). This shows that Napoleon is trying to scare the animals into thinking Snowball is on the farm. This also shows that Napoleon is lying to the other animals to get them to bend to his will. In addition Napoleon and the other pigs justify their consumption of the milk and apples because they say it helps their health. “ milk and apples contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig”(12). This shows that Napoleon and the other pigs are tricking the animals so they can get what they want. This …show more content…
This shows that Napoleon wanted to get rid of snowball so we could do what he wanted with the farm. This also shows that Napoleon want to be the leader of the farm. Moreover Napoleon also sent boxer to the slaughterhouse when he got sick. “Boxer,get out quickly they’er taking you to your death”(38). This shows that Napoleon did not want boxer around because he would be a liability. This also shows that Napoleon did not care what happened to boxer, as long as he was gone. In conclusion Napoleon acts in a very devilish manner throughout the
Time and time again he proves himself to be cruel, corrupted, and selfish, even going so far as to sell his most faithful worker for money for whisky. Napoleon is not interested in the ideology that the Animal Farm was supposed to represent because he was focused on how to make the pigs the higher power, moreso than they already were. At first he was restrained by Snowball, but when he used his attack dogs to run Snowball out Napoleon quickly changed the Animal Farm. He dissolved all the farm meetings, claiming that pigs were superior and that they were all that was need to make decisions on behalf of the farm. The animals on the farm were controled by the fear of being killed by Napoleon's personal squad of attack dogs that he would use against any opposing force. Napoleon was able to maintain the dictatorship of Manor Farm at the other animal's expense. It was entirely evident that Napoleon was not the leader that the animals hoped for when they rebeled against the
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”
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).”
In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, he criticizes the way the government worked through a story. He criticizes government officials and how they become corrupt. In the story, Orwell’s character Napoleon is meant to represent Joseph Stalin, who was possibly one of the most corrupt political figures. Throughout the story, Napoleon became more and more corrupt, much like Stalin did during his reign.
Animal Farm satirises politicians, categorically their rhetoric, insistent desire for power and capability to manipulate others. Despite Napoleon’s ‘professedly’ charitable motives, He is portrayed as the embodiment of a megalomaniac who conceals all of his actions with the justification that they are done for the ‘betterment’ of the farm. His stealing of the apples and milk, for example, is masked by the lie that the foods have nutrients imperative to the pigs, who need this nutrients to persevere with their ‘directorial’ work. His edging Snowball off the farm is justified by the lie that Snowball was an imposter, working for Jones, and that the farm’s state will improve without Him. Any time that Napoleon and the other Pigs hoped to break
In the novel, Animal Farm, written by George Orwell the main character Napoleon is willing to give up his friends, his kind, and his morals for the power he can achieve by manipulating his comrades. To demonstrate, George Orwell wrote, “In April, Animal Farm was proclaimed a republic, and it became necessary to elect a president. There was only one candidate, Napoleon, who was elected unanimously” (page 116). This quote reveals Napoleon’s deviousness and how he has controlled the pigs and other animals to make it seem like he is a great leader and had their best interest in mind. At the beginning of the novel, Napoleon was willing to rule the farm with the other pigs, but once he got a glimpse of what life was like with total power he could not resist himself from wanting ultimate control. This desire ultimately led to his
The animals were tricked into believing that the pigs were actually doing work for the farm when they were really doing nothing but dictating the animals that were producing food for them. All the apples and milk, which were supposed to be shared equally between the animals, were reserved for the pigs only. The animals To convince the animals to drop the matter on this case, Squealer said: “Surely, comrades, surely there is no one among you who wants to see Jones comeback,” after giving an in depth explanation to why the pigs only were allowed to have the apples and milk included in their mash: they needed it for the nutrients that will help them stay strong and continue their supposedly hard work. If the animals were smart enough, they would have realised that Napoleon was not treating them equally, and was taking advantage of the fact that they were not aware that most of the food they produce are either eaten by the pigs, or sold for money to buy dog biscuits for his guards. Every time the animals were becoming suspicious about Napoleon’s actions and decisions, Squealer convinced them by threatening the return of Mr. Jones to the farm: “Surely, comrades, surely there is no one among you who wants to see Jones comeback.”
When Napoleon wasn’t working, which was very often, or attending meetings with the other pigs and animals, he was usually taking care of the puppies which he had locked in a room in the house which the other animals wouldn’t have look. Besides no one was really looking for them, they basically didn’t even realise that the puppies were even gone, let alone they remembered that there were any puppies. Napoleon had the guineas idea of making them grow up to be ruthless and scary to protect himself and to get a rid of Snowball. Napoleon had enough of Snowball. Him getting the attention and not using the power he had to take control over the farm and the animals.
George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” is an allegory of the Russian Revolution and the Stalinists era that followed it. Although it was published over 70 years ago, it is timeless because it discusses the nature of corrupt leaders. Particularly, the novel focuses on their ability to manipulate their citizens for their personal benefit. George Orwell delivers this through Napoleon and his unethical ruling of Animal Farm, and he uses it to show the reader that corrupt leaders will often use their power to favour their own hidden, self-serving agenda. This would be done through manipulation of their citizens and it can be recognized by considering Napoleon’s use of Snowball as a scapegoat, his convenient changing of the seven commandments, and
The theme of betrayal is elaborated in the text to prove that the relationship of Napoleon and Snowball. Early on in the text, Snowball and Napoleon both had a strong connection with each other as they aim for one ambition, to make Animal Farm equal and free. As the plot advances, Napoleon and Snowball starts to despise each other, as Napoleon exiles him from the farm by being blamed for the destruction of the windmill as well as for breaking eggs, smashing windows, and plotting to attack the farm in collusion with the neighbouring farmers. The use of imagery can be seen with Napoleon’s speech as he utilizes hyperbole and paradox to make his followers believe that it was Snowball’s fault. In Chapter 6, page 52, Napoleon states “Comrades, here and now I pronounce the death sentence for Snowball".
While Napoleon draws attention to himself in order to attain power, Napoleon does it to popularize his ideas. The intentions behind his ideas were good; he'd wanted to improve the farm and the lives of the animals. Based on contributions, Snowball is the unwilling assistant to Napoleon's schemes because despite not directly or intentionally helping him, the destruction of Snowball's image helped elevate Napoleon's position on the farm. Napoleon alters the animal's memories of Snowball by putting the blame of many unfortunate events on Snowball and accusing him of being a spy. He later convinces the other animals that Snowball was an enemy all
In Animal Farm, by George Orwell, Napoleon is definitely the most diabolical animal on the farm. As a dictator, Napoleon is mainly concerned about consolidating his power, eliminating those that oppose him, and controlling the information that the common animals get in order to be sure that they yet believe he is benevolent.
For we know now—it is all written down in the secret documents that we have found—that in reality he was trying to lure us to our doom”(90). Napoleon then convinced the animals that he saved them by attacking Jones and it wasn’t Snowball that did that. Again, you see Napoleon trying to manipulate the animals to say that he was the hero instead of his competitor who he banished. If the animals think that Napoleon’s leadership and decisions are beneficial for the farm and Napoleon has their trust, the animals don’t think they have any reason to not trust him. This makes it easier for Napoleon to manipulate the animals who already don’t have a good memory and have never been taught to tell right from wrong or truth from
At the end of the book one of the many commandments that Napoleon changed was “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others” and just because that it says that all animals are equal they think it is okay. It is sad to see how blind the animals are and how easily they are fooled by the pigs which is the only thing that Napoleon cares about. In chapter nine Squealer “propaganda” says that Boxer one of the animals that was not only loyal only to Napoleon but the hardest working animal on the farm is dieing and Squealer tells everyone that they sent him to a hospital but really they sent him to a horse slaughtering factory, which Napoleon got money from to by alcohol which they are not even supposed to drink but of course they get away with since “Napoleon is always right” one of boxers sayings. Snowball would have never taken advantage of the animals such as Napoleon did, Snowballs intentions were only to make the animals happy like the windmill was supposed to be there give the animals less working hours and electricity and heat but Napoleon gave them more working hours on Sunday which was the only day they were not supposed to work but of course Napoleon just was doing this for the benefit of himself and the
“But just at this moment Napoleon stood up and, casting a peculiar sidelong look at Snowball, uttered a high-pitched whimper of a kind no one had ever heard him utter before. At this there was a terrible baying sound outside, and nine enormous dogs wearing brass-studded collars came bounding into the barn. They dashed straight for Snowball, who only sprang from his place just in time to escape their snapping jaws.[...] Snowball was racing across the long pasture that led to the road. He was running as only a pig can run, but the dogs were close to his heels. [...] Then he put on an extra spurt and, with a few inches to spare, slipped through a hole in the hedge and was seen no more.” (Orwell 53) Napoleon noticed that Snowball had a great chance to win, so he called on his dogs to attack Snowball so Napoleon was the leader of Animal Farm. Napoleon was so power hungry that he could not stand Snowball winning over the animals. Napoleon wanted to control the farm but Snowball was in his way, so when he called the dogs his only