Quotes From Animal Farm By George Orwell

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

Old Major is the oldest and most well respected of the pigs on the farm. At the beginning of the book, Old Major tells all animals of the farm about a strange dream he had that all the animals were equal and kept what they produced. He explains that animals do not need to live short lives where they are starved and only kept to produce. He then claims that man is the only creature who consumes without producing.

Napoleon, who is one of the more intelligent pigs on the farm is force to take authority and eliminate opposition. Napoleon takes “nine sturdy puppies” (35) and becomes “responsible for their education” (35) while raising them up. The puppies soon become “fierce-looking wolves” (53) which he uses them to intimidate and petrify all the animals. Napoleon’s guard dogs “dash straight for Snowball, who only sprang from his place just in time to escape their snapping jaws” (53). Snowball “running faster than ever”

Napoleon used force to gain control of Animal Farm, and used fear to keep it. When he and Snowball both led the other animals, they had many disagreements. Napoleon saw that Snowball was better at communicating with the animals, so he used the dogs which he had secretly trained to drive Snowball away – permanently. Napoleon used these dogs to keep all the animals ‘in line’ and quash any thought of rebellion with fear.

From our discussion, we were able to derive many different characteristics from each character and their allegorical meanings in the Russian Revolution. Napoleon represents a leader named Stalin (in the Russian Revolution) who started off with a balance of power but eventually started to go off the edge and use the power to his advantage. My partners backed up their claim by proving that Napoleon modeled a dictator who had slightly better work ethics than Jones. However, Napoleon had very bad morals and often breaks his own commandments while using lots of force. Squealer represents a helping-hand of power to the dictator (Napoleon). Squealer utilizes his persuasive and manipulative speaking skills enough to help the dictator control the animals. My group provided evidence for this by referencing a quote from the novel which states, “Surely there is no one among you that wants to see Jones come back”. This quote demonstrates Squealer’s use of questions and persuasive phrases with a one-sided answer. These questions have obvious answers and allow Squealer to blatantly prove his point and convince, as well as captivate, his audience. Finally, Benjamin represents a wise individual, who seeks to stay out of the rebellion for his own good. Although Benjamin did not appear very often in the book as of yet, he demonstrated a rather restricted individual and stayed behind the lines. He knows that Napoleon is

Napoleon uses brutal forces, while Snowball relies solely on the force of his own logic and rhetorical skill to gain his influence. Snowball allows the superiority of the pigs, while Napoleon does not and wants the superiority for himself. Snowball is used as a scapegoat, such as how the media is today, by making a person seem worse than reality. Snowball, in this case, is the animal in crime since he left. He was blamed for all the trouble made. Today, we have our president attacking immigrants saying they are the reason for many of the country's problems. The media that is used makes the case seem more terrific than it actually is. Snowball gives an image of hope that has gone bad. Snowball is blamed for the problems he didn’t cause.

Three characters support the theme. Napoleon, the pig, the protagonist, is the leader of the Animal Farm after the rebellion who uses military force to ensure his power. Snowball, the pig, an antagonist, challenges Napoleon for leadership of the farm, but is less treacherous. Boxer, an antagonist, is a cart-horse whose loyalty and dedication help them build a windmill. Napoleon supports the theme by first revolting against Farmer Jones and then becoming

Napoleon uses propaganda and lies he spreads with Squealer, that all his actions are put forward to the benefit of ‘all’ the animals. Squealer speaks,” Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back!” He creates fear within the animals of Mr.Jones coming back again, and tells them, “Napoleon is always right.” He sees Snowball as a threat to his power, he spreads his words “Comrades, do you know who is responsible for this? Do you know the enemy who has come in the night and overthrown our windmill? SNOWBALL!” He tries to make false information and lies to the common animals. The external conflict between Napoleon and Snowball over power are shown, due to Napoleon’s greeds. Although the common animals of the farm found Snowball more likeable, the nine loyal dogs of Napoleon frightened the animals and strengthened the power of Napoleon allowing him to become the leader after Rebellion. Napoleon is unsatisfied of any ideas rooted from Snowball, brings out his specially trained dogs to go after Snowball. Snowball who does not have a physical force of his own like Napoleon’s, is chased out of the farm allowing Napoleon to become the one and only leader of “Animal Farm”. I feel empathetic to Napoleon some of the time, but to this extent I wouldn’t agree or connect with Napoleon. He uses and exploits other animals for his benefit, and untruly spreads propaganda to keep in power.

One of the main characters of Animal Farm is an allegorical parallel of Joseph Stalin. Napoleon is the pig that emerges as the leader of Animal Farm after the Rebellion. He represents

Napoleon, a boar, is the leader of Animal Farm and as described in the book “not much of a talker”. Accompanied by a pig named Snowball he led the animal rebellion against their farmer Mr. Jones. Not long after the animals took over

Napoleon was seen by the rest of the animals as a force to be reckoned with; he was most certainly a dictator and was very narcissistic and self-centered. Additionally, he brain washed his supporters to obey his every command. On the contrary, Snowball understood the responsibilities that come with great power and was ready to accept them. He always made decisions based on what he thought would benefit the farm.

The character Snowball helped is described as a young bull who is energetic and hard working. He helped create many different comities while on the farm although he was later kicked off the farm by Napoleon, who it said to be Snowball’s “nemesis”. Snowball is known for his leadership attitude and his great military strategy. Squealer is a small fat pig that is known to be the propaganda leader for the pigs on the farm. Squealer is known to be a very smooth talker and is relatively known to be smart because he has an explanation as to why

Napoleon- A boar who was the other important figure who helped markedly in the occurrence of rebellion. But he later proves himself to be power hungry and ends up doing everything that they considered sin earlier. For the love of power he ends up killing his fellow animals and starts living as human. He is seen to be cunning yet not worthy of trust. Killing the animals over small issues showed how barbaric he can be. Plotting against Snowball for the lust of power and ending up blaming him for everything he did, showed that he was a hypocrite.

of life. Jack is a symbol of savagery, and the longing to rule. Simon and Roger portray

The story begins with old major, a boar, who tells the animals of manor farm, his dream of freedom and life without humans. He makes a warning to them of a rebellion. Saying they should never accept any human leaders. Or allow humans to tyrannize over