Research Paper On Animal Farm

The food numbers are more extravagant while actual amount the animals eat is different, and Napoleon becomes more reclusive. He is also referred to more formally, written about in a poem, and given credit for things completely unassociated with him. Napoleon is still debating on whom the stack of firewood should be be sold to. Every time he leans towards one more, the other is pictured as a monster. The windmill is completed, and the animals are proud. When Napoleon decides to sell the wood to Frederick, a neighboring farm owner, he pays in fake money, and then attacks the windmill the next day. The men overpower the animals and destroy the windmill to less than rubble. The animals cry for vengeance as their work for the year was meaningless, and they are all injured one way or another or dead. The battle is still proclaimed a victory, and celebrate until news that Napoleon is dying reaches them. Napoleon’s last wish was apparently that drinking be punishable by death after whisky was found in the cellar. One night later, though, after Napoleon gets better, Squealer is found changing the rules on the barn by adding to excess to the rule about

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.

Napoleon was so eager to keep his power that he used scapegoats for anything that went wrong on the farm. When the windmill that all the animals had been building collapsed, Napoleon did not want faith in him to be lost and replaced with rebellious thoughts. Napoleon relieved himself of any blame for the bad construction plans of the windmill by naming Snowball, who unbeknownst to the other animals had been killed, as the person responsible for its collapse. He told them that Snowball was a traitor and that anyone found to be in league with him would be punished.

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).”

With Snowball out of the way, Napoleon’s path to absolute power without accountability is clear. Napoleon enlists Squealer to deceive and trick the animals into anything Napoleon wants them to believe by manipulating the facts and confusing the animals. Some examples of this in the story are Napoleon taking credit for the windmill, Napoleon claiming that Snowball sabotaged the windmill, and ultimately claiming that Snowball was in collaboration with Mr. Jones all along. Napoleon’s skillful use of Squealer proves effective in making Snowball the scapegoat for everything that’s wrong with the farm, and now Napoleon takes his evil intentions to another level by murdering any animal that was thought to be in allegiance with Snowball. One of the most wicked deeds was the sale of Boxer to the knacker for money to buy more whiskey. This evil act was only made worse by the elaborate lie Squealer created to cover Napoleon’s tracks. By the end of the book, Napoleon is seen having a dinner party with other humans, while the other animals are in about the same state they were at the beginning of the book. The pigs have risen to take the place of the humans and run the farm, and all the other animals are no better off for it.

Napoleon stated that he will educate the puppies, and help build the windmill to make life easier in the farm, made the animals think that Napoleon is a hard worker and always right. He uses that advantage to create dictatorship within the farm. By having the support of the pigs by his side, he is able to convince the community that is always right. By creating propaganda of praise by the animals, he becomes a symbol of hope to the community. When Boxer stated Napoleon is always right, so did the rest of the animals since Boxer was seen as a symbol of strength for the

Snowball works at teaching the animals to be literate, and Napoleon takes a group of young pups to instruct them on the ideologies of Animalism. When Mr. Jones shows up to retake his farm, the animals defeat him once again, in a fight known as the “Battle of the Cowshed”, and keeps the farmer’s abandoned gun as a spoil of war for their win. As time goes on, however, Napoleon and Snowball gradually bicker more and more over the future of the farm, and they begin to fight with each other for power and influence over the other animals. Snowball comes up with a scheme to build an electricity-generating windmill, but Napoleon strongly opposes the idea. At the meeting to vote on whether to take up the project, Snowball gives a very impactful speech. Even though Napoleon gives only a brief rebuttal, he proceeds to make a weird noise, and nine attack dogs— who were actually the puppies that Napoleon had seized in order to “educate”—rush into the barn and chase Snowball away. Napoleon then takes leadership of Animal Farm and declares that there won’t be any more meetings. From that point on, he proclaims that the pigs alone will make all of the choices, for the benefit of each animal. Napoleon quickly changes his mind about the project, and the animals, especially Boxer, dedicate their efforts to completing it. One day, after a storm, the animals find the windmill tipped over. The human farmers in the area declare proudly that the animals made the

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

Despite Napoleon’s seemingly selfless motives, he is presented as the epitome of a power-hungry individual who supported all of his actions with the excuse that they are done for the improvement of the farm. When he stole the milk and apples, for example, he lied and explained that those foods had nutrients that only the pigs needed. When Napoleon ran Snowball off the farm, Napoleon told all of the other animals that Snowball was actually a

Snowball was the co-leader with Napoleon. As time went on, Snowball became the scapegoat for the windmill, the animals starving, the disappearing milk, and the uneven distribution of work. Snowball soon caught on to this and tried to recruit the animals against Napoleon. They would not budge; Napoleon was very charming with the animals, and almost brain washed them into believing every rule he changed. Snowball was eventually kicked out of the farm and all the animals distrusted him.

From that point on Napoleons thirst for power grows more and more. Every animal helps build the windmill besides the pigs. When a storm occurs and the windmill falls, Napoleon blames Snowball and demands animals rebuild. While rebuilding the pigs give the animals less food and let themselves grow fatter. Napoleons evil side erupted when the farms prize horse Boxer gets hurt while building the windmill. Napoleon summons a horse slaughterer to take Boxer away. Squealer, Napoleons spokesman who twists information, tells the animals that Napoleon has brought a vetenarian to take Boxer and that he died in the hospital. Squalor even told the animals that he was with Boxer in his last moments and that he proclaimed his loyalty to his “comrade” Napoleon. Unfortunately, the animals believed the fat pig Squealer and continued working. Day by day, the pigs break commandments and then revise them to make themselves look semi innocent. The pigs begin prosecuting and then killing innocent animals in front of all the animals which breaks commandment six “No animal shale kill any other animal”. Squealer changes the commandment to “No animal shale kill any other animal without cause.”

Napoleon and snowball are two of the biggest leaders in the book “Animal farm”.They share their differences and characteristics in many ways as both seem to fight an endless war on trying to be the best. Napoleon was a pretty big mean looking Berkshire pig, and the only Berkshire on the entire farm. He seemed to almost always get his way and would become very upset if it didn’t go the he wanted it to. Snowball seems to be the more suttle and more intelligent pig out of the group. He is more content on trying to benefit the whole farm while napoleon is really more focused on getting rid of snowball so he can be leader. For example while snowball carefully planned out how he was going to build the windmill,

Napoleon uses his nine loyal attack dogs to intimidate the other animals and hold his power. Before the revolution Napoleon promised a lot and looked to be a fair leader but after the change in power his mind flipped and he began his reign. The change in leadership brought a difference on the farm. Before, when the humans led them, they ere forced to work because they were animals and that is what the humans had them for. After though, under the control of pigs, they worked because they wanted too, to provide for each other. The change affected the mind of napoleon and snowball. The society in which they lived in changed because of their

"All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were happy in their work; they grudged no effort or sacrifice, well aware that everything that they did was for the benefit of themselves and those of their kind who would come after them, and not for a pack of idle, thieving human beings" (6.1).The windmill debate whether it should be built or not began between Snowball and Napoleon. Snowball believed that building a windmill would but the working week to just three days. Napoleon on the other hand believed that the animals should simply work on bettering their food production. After many obstacles, both Snowball and Napoleon come to an agreement

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.