Napoleon And Snowball's Rebellion In 'Animal Farm'

Mr. Jones, the farmer, goes to sleep drunk one night when the most respected animal calls a meeting. Major, as the pig is called, waits until everyone is settled to begin describing the gist of the dream he had had the night before. He tells them that their lives are much harder than they need be. The only reason why they aren’t happy is that they must deal with humans. He says humans are useless and profit off everyone else’s hard work. Unless they rebel, their lives and those of their children will never get better. The group decides that all four-legged or winged animals are friends and will not be harmed when they eventually rebel. Then, Major sings a lively old song that everyone immediately loves, Beasts of England, but they all

Shortly after the Revolution, Snowball comes up with the plan to construct a windmill to make the lives of the inhabitants of Animal Farm easier. Napoleon hides in the shadows per se until the puppies that he has taken and trained are old enough to act as a police force. Once they are old enough, Napoleon has the dogs drive Snowball off the farm. He then takes credit for the idea of the windmill and proceeds to claim that he, not Snowball, won the award at the Battle of Cowshed. Napoleon then informs the animals that Snowball was an enemy and was a threat to Animal Farm. The animals are swayed by his propaganda and are fearful of his police dogs; this is what keeps him in power.

The farm, in many ways, was very prosperous when the revolution began. The animals were given an education, “the reading and writing classes were however a great success,” which made them feel equal to the humans because they were now learning in the same way the humans did. The farm was becoming more prosperous in that, “ everyone worked according to their own capacity,” which made the farm a happier place to work in, and the more work was

When Major, the leader of the animals dies, Snowball and Napoleon take charge of the farm renaming it Animal Farm. While Snowball has the more level approach to ruling the farm,

It is immediately decided that the pigs will be the leader of the farm, as they are the most intelligent animals there. This gives them the power over the other animals, even though they claim they are all equal. Since they are in charge, it is easier for them to weave ideas in to the susceptible minds of the others. Once they are proven to be

After gathering forces the farmers join together again to try and retake “Animal Farm” from the animals. The animals of the farm were always prepared for this action to happen so they were prepared. When the attack of regaining animal farm happened the animals used they plan they had created and successfully pushed out the farmers trying to regain the land. The animals didn't account for Mr. Jones who had planted TNT on the windmill and had blown it up in the back of the farm while the animals were in the front. It started a process that they had to rebuild the

How do the animals get what they want? First I will start with the pigs, the pigs get what they want towards the beginning of the book when they first drive off Jones. After they drove him away they almost immediately take command of the situation by telling the other animals what to do. It gets worse when Napoleon takes over because he has more of a temper and always gets his way. On the bright side the normal animals eventually get their freedom at the start of the rebellion when they first chase out Jones, but this freedom is later abolished when there start to be executions and when the pigs start to act more like humans.

Obviously, it was a great idea convincing the other animals about the windmill. However, Napoleon is here convincing the animals of Snowball causing farm troubles. For example, he told the animals that Snowball is a traitor because he was working for Foxwood Farm and he also said he proof of the secret documentation of Snowball working for Foxwood. However, Snowball is the animalism because he wanted the animals to be treated equally and have their freedom just like Old major had a dream about. On the other hand, Napoleon didn’t care for the animals he just wanted power so he had seven secret police dogs to scare away Snowball from the farm and also to kill any animal that didn’t obey his

Snowball is a very imaginative and knowing pig that manipulated others to his side. It is never revealed of what has happened to him after he escaped, although in the 1950s film adaptation it is implied that the dogs killed him. Nevertheless, he is shown escaping the dogs and surviving in the 1999 live action film adaptation.

He falls short in his plans when he comes up to his rival, Napoleon. Napoleon’s brute force kicks him out of the farm and uses his absence to portrait him as a spy, traitor and then makes the rest of the farm turn their backs on the non-present pig. Snowball fools others with his social graces, charming attitude and liveliness. Because of that others on the farm see him as a nitwit, which is the foundation of their alliance with Napoleon. Even though Orwell portrays Snowball as a refreshing and enthusiastic light, he does not fully put

They also sat in the front of the room in the meeting. “There days later, Old Major died peacefully in his sleep” (pg 12). Mr. Jones forgets to feed the animals. Mr. Jones and his men whip the animals finally causes the animals to revolt on Midsummer’s Eve. Animals rebel and overthrow Mr. Jones and his men. Mr. Jones leaves the farm giving up control. All the animals celebrated after the rebellion because they were free. They destroyed everything that made them remember the memories under Jones and decided to preserve the farmhouse as a museum. Snowball, Napoleon and Squealer becomes the new leader of the animal farm. Snowball and Napoleon are at the forefront of the new Animal Farm society. They establish new commandments and a green flag with a horn and a hoof. Green symbolized the fields of England and the horn and the hoof represented the future republic of the animals that would arise after the overthrow of the human race. Since the pigs are the leaders, they get special privileges like they can eat all the apples and drink all the milk and when the other animals murmured, Squealer went to explain why they were eating apples and milk. He said “Comrades!” he cried. “You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a

"Indeed," said Napoleon, "and this farm would be grateful to have you join us." As he spoke, he thought of how they could use Troy to construct the second windmill for electricity. Over the course of the following months, animals would give

The farm is run fairly at first but, after a while the pigs seem to be getting the better food. The cows’ milk is being mixed only into the pigs mash and the pigs also get the last of the apples. The other animals start to think about this but, Squealer then reassures the animals that the pigs’ intelligence is the highest and that the health of the pigs needs to be preserved. The animals of course buy into this reasoning and continue to go on with their daily

Animal Farm begins with Old Major telling his fellow animals about his dream in which he envisions a farm with no humans. The speech instills a drive within the animal community to rise and overthrow Mr. Jones, the farm owner. After the farmer is successfully removed and Old Major dies, the animals find themselves in a leaderless state. Three pigs, Napoleon, Snowball, and Squealer, take it upon

Later, Mr. Jones comes back and tries to reclaim the farm, only to be defeated again in the Battle of the Cowshed. With a renewed confidence, Snowball and Napoleon begin to argue more and more. It is clear now that they are both struggling to be the dominant pig on the farm. Snowball creates the idea of building a windmill that will harness electricity, but Napoleon disagrees. They hold a meeting to let everyone hear their sides and make a final decision. After Snowball gives a strong speech, Napoleon swiftly gives his argument and calls the dogs he took earlier. The dogs he was supposed to educate were really being trained as attack dogs. They chased Snowball off the farm, and left Napoleon in charge.