Snowball Vs Napoleon

“He ordered the hens’ rations to be stopped and decreed that any animal giving so much grain of corn to a hen should be punished by death” (Orwell 87). This quote demonstrates that Napoleon treats the hens with cruelty because his commands are not being followed which was to surrender their eggs to him so he can trade with his neighbors. He not only treats the hens with cruelty but is also cruel to the other animals who feed the hens. On the contrary, Snowball treats the animals with respect and care because he is pursuing the Seven Commandments made by Old Major. He is doing what is best for all animals and is treating them equally. “He formed the Egg Production Committee for the hens, the Clean Tails League for the cows, the Wild Comrades’ Re-education Committee (the object of this was to tame the rats and rabbits), the Whiter Wool Movement for the sheep, and various others, beside instituting classes in reading and writing” (Orwell 49). This quote illustrates that Snowball is doing what is best for all animals by giving them a little hope for the future. He not only does it for one animal but for all the animals in the farm. Though they have differences in treating the animals they also have one comparison. They both want to be in charge of the other animals. When Old Major left the two of them in charge they wanted to control the animals by their own ideas by planning of what happens

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”

One of the many awful things he did was he proclaimed that whoever killed, snowball would be rewarded. He would also kill any animals he believed were working with Snowball, breaking the commandment that said no animal shall kill another animal. He also formed one single commandment after breaking all of the other ones, which was “ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS” ( 194). This shows that the pigs finally established dominance over the animals, and no longer believed that all animals were equal. Another action that showed that Napoleon was taking dominance over the other animals was when he took away some of the dreams that at the beginning was once promised to them, such as “The luxuries of which Snowball had once taught the animals to dream, the stalls with electric light and Hot and cold water, and the three-day week, were no longer talked about. He said, lay in working hard and living frugally” ( 185). This shows that the animals were promised great things, but this all changed when Napoleon's desire for power clouded all of his previous beliefs. Lastly, the pigs and Napoleon appeared one day walking in their hind legs and showing qualities of humans until one day in the eyes of the animals they become so human like, it was impossible to tell between humans and pigs. The animals

In the novel, Animal Farm, George Orwell portrays Snowball as a more imaginative and inventive character. Napoleon was a poor leader and he didn't treat the animals on the farm fairly. Before Napoleon chased Snowball off the farm, Snowball co-operates with Napoleon and Squealer to organize Old Majors ideas into the principles of Animalism, and to reduce these to the Seven Commandments. It is Snowball who organizes the various Animal Committees and the classes in reading and writing, therefore showing interest in the other animals. Snowball also anticipates the first attack on Animal Farm and, having studied up on strategy. Snowball would have been a better leader than Napoleon and would have improved the lives of the animals on Animal Farm.

Snowball: He is a pig who was challenging Napoleon because the other animals were with and loyal to him. He was also at the position of leadership before he had to run away.

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.

Napoleon’s use of propaganda keeps the animals on his side. Squealer tells the animals that the pigs need milk and apples because they work more than the other animals. Squealer told the animals, “... So it was agreed without further argument that the milk and...apples...should be reserved for the pigs alone,”(Doc C, Chapter 3). Napoleon uses propaganda through Squealer telling the animals to do what he says.

Snowball and Napoleon are both persuasive. For example, during an argument about the windmill, “Snowball often won over the majority by his brilliant speeches, but Napoleon was better at canvassing support for himself in between times” (63). Snowball and Napoleon both drag animals to their sides for their support due to propaganda and persuasion. Snowball trumps with his marvelous speeches and way of words. However, Napoleon uses his brute strength to guide other animals to him. Both use persuasion but in different forms. Furthermore, the animals argue about the defense setup and the animals, “Could not make up their minds which was right; indeed, they always found themselves in agreement with the one who was speaking at the moment” (66). The pigs both use their strengths to lead the other to his weakness. However, they both cleverly guide the animals one way or another before they are twisted up and confused. They both use persuasion to lend the animals a hand in who to vote for. Both think about their reign of Animal Farm and persuade to win over the other. Lastly, Snowball

Snowball hence got chased away from the farm. Yet later Napoleon 'admits' to being for the construction and was only against the construction to get rid of Snowball. This shows that having a dictator means there can not be any contributions or compromises to there decision and will not admit to faltering against the opposition. Snowball from now on uses Snowball much like a scapegoat to blame for the later happenings. Napoleon tries to make Snowball seem evil and corrupt after he left the farm and says he sabotages all the animals plans to make the perfect society. The animals do not believe this at first but are basically forced to accept it when napoleons dogs growl at them. This 'threat' proves Napoleons fascist dictatorship from the fact of the terror he is using to 'persuade'. This is the start of Napoleon's amplifying tyranny and with the animals in his clutches he can make them believe anything he wishes including changing the Seven Commandments into his own regulations. Because of the 'unchangeable' commandments now changing Napoleon has reason to make use of the farmhouse instead of leaving it as a museum. The pigs, especially Napoleon, had begun to sleep in beds. The animals remembering the commandments went to check the barn to reveal the commandments different to how they remembered. "No animal

A cow, a sheep, a chicken, Muriel, Boxer, and Napoleon are on the bottom left corner. They represent Animal Farms’ society and ideals. The animal’s expressions are clueless, excluding Napoleon, who has a heroically outraged expression. Napoleon is shown as being very concerned, but he is actually behind the rest of the animals. This reflects his behavior in Animal Farm. However, Napoleon is placed above the other farm animals. This is how Napoleon wishes to be seen. This shows Napoleon as a caring leader of the animals. Snowball is shown as a large threat, standing on two feet and being unequal to the other animals because of his height. His trotters are reaching out, as if to steal from the animals. Squealer would use these lies and images as fear propaganda to convince the animals of Snowball being a

Napoleon and Snowball from the book Animal Farm by George Orwell share many similarities and differences when compared together. Napoleon who is the dictator leader uses his powers to frighten and control the animals while Snowball is hardworking at developing a plan so it can minimize the animals work. Both pigs have their own similarities and differences but both seem to fight an endless war at being the best.

Snowball and Napoleon are pigs who are main characters in Animal Farm. In this story, we can see how similar and different they are when we compare and contrast them. They are the most important members of their group and live on the same farm. Napoleon and Snowball believe in reorganizing the farm after getting rid of the humans. They are similarity in species, the purpose, good leaders, out-spoken and intelligent. Napoleon has larger size but Snowball is more articulate and able to come up with great ideas. However, we have some special similarities between Napoleon and Snowball. They both have aspirations of leadership like when they assume control of the preparations for the forthcoming rebellion, they demonstrate their intelligence.

This quote shows again Snowball's strong passion for the farm as he spends hours working on plans for innovations and improvements. Napoleon cannot accept that Snowball is the cleverest out of them both and this is proved to us again when Snowball makes Animal Comittees to teach the animals to read and write as Napoleon claimis that the education of the young is far more important than that of the older animals. He says this clearly because he is jealous of Snowball and wants power and glory all the time. Orwell describes Napoleon as "large" and "fierce-looking". From this description we picture him to be extremely intimidating and he uses this throughout the novel to control the other animals.

that what Napoleon does and says is right. He is able to talk to the

As George Lucas says “Power Corrupts, and when you’re in charge, you start doing things that you think are right, but they’re actually not”. It is right to assume snowball would have been just as ruthless as Napoleon when put in a state of power and leadership, as it states in the quote above when you’re in charge you do things wrong even if you think they are right. There are many different reasons why Snowball would have been just as ruthless a leader as Napoleon when put in a state of power these are, gaining access to luxuries not wanted to be shared with the other animals, Higher intelligence of the pigs making them natural leaders and even though all the animals were “equal” some species naturally gain power over others.