Napoleon's Use Of The Animals In Animal Farm

Can a leader manipulate you to believe everything he or she says? In the book Animal Farm by George Orwell, Napoleon develops a cult of personality, as he became a dictator of Animal Farm. Napoleon took control of the Farm as he began to establish powerful and caring traits, those as would be shown in a leader. Important aspects of Napoleon becoming a dictator can be attributed to his cult of personality by him being charismatic. Napoleon uses manipulation,deception, and being hypocritical.  Napoleon uses other animals to support him in his decisions for the Farm. The actions shows Napoleon's personality and speech help support his plans..The desire to move ahead can cause change in opinion and mislead you to believe in the wrong path.

By now the responder clearly realises that the strong relationship between Boxer and Napoleon is obviously a negative one. It saddens the responder and invites their empathy to find Boxer to be so oblivious to what is going on around him and at the same time his level of incomprehension creates a feeling of slight frustration in a sympathetic type of sense. A strong feeling of dislike is formed towards Napoleon as he so easily controls Boxer, forcing him to do such tough, punishing labour as he is aware that Boxer is extremely loyal to his superiors and happily prepared to complete all set tasks. Boxer and the other animals fall victim to the pigs’ cunning ways, but besides the easily convinced sheep and Boxer, the other animals are aware of this but are too frightened or cowardly to put a stop to it, for fear of being accused of treachery and then executed.

As soon as the revolution starts, Boxer is more devoted than ever to the farm. At the Battle of the Cowshed, Boxer is trying to prove his loyalty to the farm by defending the animals against a stable boy with kicking him with his hoof. “I will work harder.”(Orwell 25)The quote reveals his hard work and devotion to other animals and the farm. Though Boxer is very strong, he is also very naïve. The pigs bossed him around, being blindly loyal to Napoleon. “Napoleon is always right”(Orwell 48) When he says this, it demonstrates that he does not understand that the pigs are using him. He believes that everything Napoleon says is just. While others are trying to learn how to read Boxer does not feel the need he only wants to work harder for the good of the animal farm. Unfortunately, at the end of the book, he is so worn down that he cannot work anymore, so the pigs make the decision to send him to be slaughtered. At this point Boxer realizes that pigs have used him and was not loyal to the animals like he was. Boxer represents the Russian working-class in the Soviet

Power! Everyone wants power, but too much power can cause more problems than good. In Animal Farm by George Orwell, a farm is taken over and run by the animals. At first, the new system ran smoothly, but then, power got to their heads and it became worse than before they took it over. A good leader knows how to use power to help others, but a bad leader can never get enough and ends up abusing his people. Bad leaders will stop at nothing to gain complete control and the people can’t do anything to stop them. In the story, a pig named Napoleon stays in charge by using propaganda, revisionist history, and fear to convince the ignorant animals to follow his lead.

Another motto that Boxer has is that “Napoleon is always right.” When Napoleon says something, even though it is not proper, Boxer is always the one who believes it first. Again, because of Boxer’s reputation in the farm whatever he does, the animals tend to follow and in turn it benefits the pigs’ ambitions. On the other hand, not only Boxer was the one who pressures the animals, the sheep, who was used by the pigs, also took part in pressuring the animals.

After reading this novel it opened my eyes to how things can change over time also how people can begin to worship one person and not process thoughts for themselves. In this book there was many followers and only one leader thought-out the book. George Orwell made everybody at the beginning of the book equal but towards the end things started to change. In Animal Farm, the author George Orwell uses selfishness and manipulation of the leaders and by the followers being persuaded to contribute to the loss of freedom and equality in order to show how people can become so dependent on one person.

Control of a working class leads to a loss of empathy from the leaders, as Squealer and Napoleon become harsh and selfish leaders. For example, the ruthless murder and slaughter of multiple animals for working with Snowball. “The three hens who had been….They, too, were slaughtered...They were all slain on the spot. And so the tale of confession and executions went on, until there were a pile of corpses lying before Napoleon’s feet and the air was heavy with the smell of blood.”(84). During this, Napoleon instills fear in the rest of the animals to bring his own dominance among the other animals. Orwell uses imagery to vividly describe Napoleon’s cruel retribution against these other animals. The retribution represents Napoleon’s dictatorial rule over the animals. The loss of compassion is also expressed through the cruel slaughter of so many animals to manipulate them through fear, as the sixth Commandment of Animalism was to not hurt any animals(25). Napoleon’s tyrannical personality further develops as he ruthlessly sells Boxer, his most loyal and hardest working animal, for profit. “ ‘Alfred Simmonds, Horse Slaughter and Glue Boiler’...and the word went around that from somewhere or other the pigs had acquired the money to buy themselves another case of whiskey.”(122-126). In order to buy a case of whiskey, Napoleon sends Boxer to his death, and has

The third piece of evidence that shows how Napoleon controlled the animals

Life under the rule of a dictator People like to rule their own empire in different ways. Some people, like our own President Barack Obama, chooses to rule using democracy, while other leaders, like Kim Jong-Un, prefers to use dictatorship. In Animal Farm, Napoleon chooses to rule as a dictator. He fights against his opponent, Snowball for control of the farm. Napoleon is able to gain and stay in power by overthrowing his competitor, changing rules to fill his satisfaction, and obtaining strong military control.

Though many of the characters in Animal Farm impacted the outcome of the novel, Napoleon's impact seems to have risen above any of the other characters. Napoleon is the boar who originally lead the communist party on Animal Farm alongside Snowball but later led Snowball off the farm and became the sole ruler and dictator of the animals. Napoleon kept the animals working through propaganda and fear, caused the animals to over exert themselves, manipulated the other animals, and took all of the power for himself in a government that was supposed to be run by the people. Napoleon’s use of propaganda and the fear that he instilled in the animals on the farm impacted the story by keeping the animals from seeing that he was mistreating them and

When categorizing the animals in Animal Farm, it’s difficult to differentiate the heroes from the mélange of flat characters. Napoleon is the main oppugnant in the story. He overthrew the previous tyrant in order to enslave the animals himself. Every so often, one animal braver than the rest would confront the oppressing Napoleon, but that was a difficult task since he was constantly guarded by a private army of nine massive dogs. Upon several occasions, the dogs were the main tools Napoleon employed to silence his subjects, such as when “four young porkers in the front row uttered shrill squeals of disapproval...But suddenly the dogs sitting round Napoleon let out deep, menacing growls, and the pigs fell silent and sat

Napoleon’s Change in Leadership Many leaders’ kingdom and rule changes in many different ways. A perfect example of this is represented in the book, Animal Farm, by George Orwell, the leader’s (Napoleon’s) rule and leadership over the ‘country’ changed momentously.

In fact, to show his faith and trust in Napoleon’s means to save the farm, Boxer adopts the adage, “‘If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right,’” which he applies to himself for the rest of his life (18). Boxer trusts Napoleon and believes that his intentions are good, therefore he stays a devoted supporter of the pig’s role as the leader of Animal Farm. Another reason that Boxer holds his trust in Napoleon is because his mind, along with the minds of the other animals, has been manipulated by the pigs to make them believe that whatever they do, is for the benefit of both the farm and the animals on it. Furthermore, after pushing himself beyond his limit and, in turn, getting injured, “Boxer had made it a point of honour not to let it be seen that he was in pain,” (34). This illustrates that Boxer can be trusted to carry out his work no matter what, even when wounded.

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has” - Margaret Mead. In Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, readers get a simple understanding of the Russian Revolution through the use of an allegory. Napoleon, a major character in Animal Farm, gradually became an overbearing tyrant. Napoleon gained his knowledge and ideology from Old Major, who died before the Revolution. Napoleon used this knowledge for cynical reasons, taking advantage of the animals who were poorly educated.

At such a young age, Napoleon had been such a great leader to the dogs. Napoleon represented the dogs’ father, mother and everybody they ever knew. “They were the puppies whom Napoleon had taken away from their mothers and reared privately (23).” By Napoleon raising the dogs from a young age, the dogs trusted and did everything that Napoleon said. All of the other farm animals know that Napoleon raised these dogs himself and that the dogs would only obey Napoleon. Although the dogs did not know life with Mr. Jones, it would seem that Napoleon has brainwashed them to think that the Rebellion means freedom and prosperity. The dogs were loyal to Napoleon and kept him safe at all times. The dogs were also by Napoleon the same way that they