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Leadership Of Napoleon In George Orwell's Animal Farm

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Leadership of Napoleon There are some important characteristics to be a leader. Napoleon, the leader in Animal Farm by George Orwell, is trusted by his henchman in the farm so that he can be a leader even he when does something wrong. The abilities of followers is one of the traits to be a leader and these greatly affect the success of their master. Three things which Napoleon has can make an effective leader. Napoleon could keep his status as a leader because of his firm hangers-on and believers, such as Squealer and the dogs. Squealer often gives a speech to improve the reliability of Napoleon and his behavior. If there are some animals who doubt Napoleon’s new policy, Squealer works hard to persuade them and alter their memories by using such language as; “You did not suppose, surely, that there was ever a ruling against beds? A bed merely means a place to sleep in.”(67). There are no words concerned with sheets in The Seven Commandments at first, but Squealer adds them. He adds some words on each commandment to support his master’s actions. Squealer is good at persuading. When the justice of the scene is doubted by the pigs and …show more content…

When he exerts his ferociousness for the first time in the story is at the time of the expulsion of Snowball. “Snowball, who,as we know, was no better than a criminal?”(55). He blacken Snowball’s name though Snowball does not make any faults. The second time when he turns into cruel dictator is the time of executions. “And so the tale of confessions and executions went on, until there was a pile of corpses lying before Napoleon’s feet”. He eliminates his nuisances in seconds. He sells Boxer to the horse slaughterer and glue boiler at last. The dictator urges to “taking Boxer to the knacker’s!”.Yet Boxer has never dis obey and always works hard, he smelled away because of his old age. Napoleon never has humanity; this is why he can keep his position without any

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