Strengths And Weaknesses Of Animal Farm

Snowball was one, if not the only pig, that wanted a better life for all of the animals and not just for the pigs. Old Major was already dead by this point and Snowball carried the torch of Old Major’s dream as he sought to build the windmill for everyone’s benefit. It was not until his excursion by Napoleon that the Animal Farm started to take on a more tyrannical appearance in government.

“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

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.

‘Animal Farm’ is a novel based on the Russian Revolution, about a group of animals wanting to rebel against man. Snowball a smart, fair and strong leader gets ruled over by Napoleon, an unfair and selfish leader. This was the first error in the rebellion. Snowball would have defiantly made a better leader than Napoleon. The reasons for this are that he educated the animals, had future economic plans and knew how to keep a fair and smart community.

Stated in the text is, “‘Do you know the enemy who has come in the night and overthrown our windmill? SNOWBALL!’” (Orwell 28) Another quote that is found in the text is, “‘No more delay…There is work to be done…We will teach this miserable traitor that he cannot undo our work so easily.’” (Orwell 28) This instance of that character role motivating and uniting the animals is when after working very hard, the animals had built about half of the first attempted windmill. On a particularly turbulent night, during a bout of raging winds, the structure was destroyed. Immediately upon the discovery of the ruins, Napoleon says those quotes to the animals in an attempt to rally them back to work and unite them against an outside force. His actions prove to be successful. Blaming Snowball for the destruction of the animals’ masterpiece created a feeling of vengeance inside them and inspired them to come together and persevere through rebuilding the windmill to spite their evil pig

Snowball came up with the idea of the windmill before Napoleon "claimed" it as his own. "Within a few weeks, Snowball's plans for the windmill were fully worked out." (Orwell, pg.49) At the Battle of the Cowshed Snowball directed the animals where to go, and when to attack, while Napoleon was hiding in the farmhouse." Snowball now gave the signal for the charge."(Orwell 41) Snowball was an intelligent pig; he always had a strong voice during his speeches, which won debates against Napoleon, he also won the animals support. "At the Meetings Snowball often won over the majority by his brilliant speeches..."(Orwell, pg.47) Snowball always had the animals support for anything, Snowball was smart, he was able to come up with creative ideas for the future of Animal

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

In the novel Snowball gives his all at establishing the community in Animal Farm. Without Snowball a lot of the things on the farm wouldn't have happened. He was one of the main reasons that the revolution happened. For Boxer he was used and abused even more than Snowball, while Snowball was giving 100% Boxer would always give 120% putting his all and more into the development of animal farm. When others were not doing much he was giving that much more going above and beyond the call of duty. Snowball and Boxer

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

Snowball came up with committees to help animals and teach them how to work properly.

Snowball is eventually forced out of the farm when Napoleon uses his guard dogs to attack Snowball. After that, he is blamed for issues of the farm, and it is claimed that he was in support of Mr. Jones at the beginning. Even though he fought for Mr. Jones and the shorts offends are distorted to wounds Napoleon perpetrated on him, those faulted of associating him are achieved after being required to profess, or declare, and a compensation is proposed for his capture.

Snowball, an ardent believer of Animalism, is “a more vivacious pig than Napoleon, quicker is speech and more inventive, but was not considered to have the same depth of character. (Orwell, George)” Snowball is a young pig that is inventive, innovative and beyond intelligent. Snowball is parallel to Leon Trotsky. The leader of the pigs puts his heart and soul into advancing Animal Farm’s infrastructure and government.

At first things started off pretty well; the harvest was very good the first year and the reading and writing system had helped some, but had limited success on others. In time, the leaders of Animal Farm started to have mixed feelings. Snowball and Napoleon were in constant disagreement. The animals had meetings every sunday and one meeting consisted of Snowball’s plans to build a windmill and the decision of who would be the leader of “Animal Farm”. Napoleon wasn’t very good with speaking so he tried to distract Snowball from his speaking so that his plans won’t go through and so the won’t be the leader. “At last the day came when Snowball 's plans were completed. At the Meeting on the following Sunday the question of whether or not to begin work on the windmill was to be put to the vote. When the animals had assembled in the big barn, Snowball stood up and, though occasionally interrupted by bleating from the sheep, set forth his reasons for advocating the building of the windmill. Then Napoleon stood up to reply. He said very quietly that the windmill was nonsense and that he advised nobody to vote for it, and promptly sat down again; he had spoken for barely thirty seconds, and seemed almost indifferent as to the effect he produced. At this Snowball sprang to his feet, and shouting down the sheep, who had begun bleating again, broke into a passionate appeal in favor of the windmill. Until now the animals had been about

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.