In George Orwell’s allegory, Animal Farm, the characters portray important people from the Russian Revolution. One of the main characters, Napoleon, has become a tyrant. He suppresses all ideals as a rebellion and makes his own rules. He overthrows fellow animals to become a leader with power. Moreover, with Napoleon as a leader, he has become a unfaithful, cruel, and manipulative pig.
Napoleon is an unfaithful and parasitical pig even to the most loyal devotees excluding his fellow deputation of pigs. For example, “The van had previously been the property of the knacker, and had been bought by the veterinary surgeon, who had not yet painted the old name out” (39). This shows that Napoleon has been ignominiously trying to keep the animals off his back about Boxer being slaughtered. This also shows that Napoleon can not give the treatment that Boxer deserves even after he has been loyal to him. In conclusion, the animals can say that Napoleon is not reliable after the awful event of Napoleon sending Boxer to be processed after Boxer had been very embolden and devoted to him.
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For instance, “ Immediately the dogs bounded forward, seized four of the pigs by the ear and dragged them, squealing with pain and terror, to Napoleon’s feet” (26). This demonstrates that Napoleon, consequently, will take any actions, even if it involves cannibalism to maintain his position as leader. This also demonstrates that his actions are to show the others what will happen to them if they betray or disobey him. Overall, Napoleon was filled with malignity due to the power of his position of being head of the Animal
While Napoleon was gaining power over the animals he had to get rid of other politicians and opposing citizens. He did this by raising dogs that would strike fear into citizens and end up chasing Snowball out of the farm making Napoleon have total power. “Four young porkers…uttered shrill squeals of disapproval…. But…the dogs sitting round Napoleon let out deep, menacing growls, and the pigs fell silent and sat down again.”(document B). This made it so the animals were too scared to oppose or overthrow Napoleon. He also made it so no one could challenge him politically. He did this by having his dogs kill masses of people so no one would dare have different opinions and speak out against him. “When they had finished their confession, the dogs promptly tore their throats out, and in a terrible voice, Napoleon demanded whether any other animal had anything to confess”(document B). The mass murder made it so Napoleon had total control of the farm. The violence of Napoleon’s leadership caused the animals to fear to have their own opinions and forced them to conform to Napoleon’s
The fear of the animals made it possible for Napoleon to get what he wanted. In “Animal Farm” the author states how the animals were scared to speak of what's wrong: “Some of the animals remembered - or thought they remembered - that the Sixth Commandment decreed 'No animal shall kill any other animal.' And though no one cared to mention it in the hearing of the pigs or the dogs, it was felt that the killings which had taken place did not square with this.” (Orwell, Quote 16). Animals were so scared of Napoleon that his dog’s will kill them, if the animals said one word against Napoleon they will die, so the animals never took a stand for each other, and were scared
As Napoleon becomes the leader of the pack, he doesn’t use his ability of authority in the best of ways and his power starts to corrupt because he and the other pigs with power start to treat their followers unequally, lie to the other animals, and think of themselves being untouchable and tend to be selfish. Firstly, as
Napoleon is the leader of Animal Farm and is Orwell’s chief villain, as he is also the central character on the farm. He is smart by manipulating others to get what he wants. For instance, he changes one of the commandments from “no animal shall drink alcohol” to “no animal shall drink alcohol to excess.” Comrade Napoleon represents Joseph Stalin and the frailties of any revolution because both were overcome by greed and power. Stalin was viewed as a cruel leader who will eliminate anyone who would not abide with his rules or were in the way.
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
Firstly, Napoleon uses manipulation to generate a cult of personality in the Animal Farm. Napoleon directly shows how he manipulated the animals as he believed “...[weaker] animals on Animal Farm did more work and [would] receive less food than any animals in the country” (92).Napoleon shows how he only cares about himself as he uses the animals. He would make the animals do labour to support himself and to be powerful.The animals would agree to everything that he said because they believed that Napoleon wanted the best for them. Napoleon made the animals believe that they were in better conditions even though “starvation seemed to stare them in the face.” (50). He did a great job to hid the reality from the animals. His thoughts and
Napoleon is the example of a more dictatorial leader. He is more greedy for power and therefore corruption existed when he was ruling. He does not show much interest in the welfare of the animals, which means he only cares about himself but not about anyone else. He uses several methods to take and maintain control of the farm. He is quiet yet intimidating. Early on in Animal Farm, Napoleon takes Jessie and Bluebell’s nine newborn puppies. These puppies become the forefront of his campaign of fear. He uses them to gain power by eliminating his nemesis. Napoleon uses his intellect to good effect as far as self-interest is concerned. But a real good leader never uses fear to gain the power. He instills fear as a way of giving the animal no chance to argue about what he says. This allows him to run the farm in his
While Jones' tyranny can be somewhat excused due to the fact that he is a dull-witted drunkard, Napoleon's can only be ascribed to his blatant lust for power. The very first description of Napoleon presents him as a "fierce-looking" boar "with a reputation for getting his own way." Throughout the novel, Napoleon's method of "getting his own way" involves a combination of propaganda and terror that none of the animals can resist. Note that as soon as the revolution is won, Napoleon's first action is to steal the cows' milk for the pigs. Clearly, the words of old Major inspired Napoleon not to fight against tyranny, but to seize the opportunity to establish himself as a dictator. The many crimes he commits against his own comrades range from seizing nine puppies to "educate" them as his band of killer guard dogs to forcing confessions from innocent animals and then having them killed before all the animals' eyes.
“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.
The story of “Animal Farm” is not a mere children’s book. In fact, it is a story of corruption, greed, and dictatorship. I know that the source of the problem is napoleon the boar. This animal is described as an absolute ruler, he adds a sense of disbelief among the animals, and the reader. His point of view can represent any great leader in the present or past.
Napoleon was an exquisite character in the book: Animal Farm. He overpowered all the animals, and they followed. He was acknowledged as the leader, and the creator as their “Animal Farm”. No humans, no using human-made items, and never lay where a human has laid. Napoleon’s rules were simple. However he grew to the point where he wasn’t even following them, and was changing them as life went on. Animal farm included many instances where Napoleon was commanding as a dictatorship rather than a democracy.
The novel Animal Farm, by George Orwell, was an allegory about the Russian Revolution in which the author used a farm and it’s members to symbolize major characters and their actions. In this composition, I will reveal to you many of Joseph Stalin’s important contributions and how they relate to the actions of Napoleon from Animal Farm. I will break this topic down into the following three parts, their rise to power, how they maintain power, and how they use and abuse their authority.
Napoleon uses his pack of dogs as a threat to everybody else on the farm. Napoleon also went against the seven commandments in order to become predominant, “Immediately the dogs bounded forward, seized four of the pigs by the ear and dragged them, squealing with pain and terror, to Napoleon's feet,” as said in the book (82-83). Napoleon used violence as a tool of physical oppression. If any animal rebels or questions the pigs leadership, he or she can expect to face Napoleon's punishment. But Napoleon did not need to worry about protesting against him anymore because he later got rid of public meetings.
You can either support Napoleon and allow animal freedom to thrive or you can face a future of torture and suffering. In these serious times, I speak to you, animals of Manor farm, as the representatives of the future animal generations. At this time you are deciding which road will be paved. I would like to remind you once again, my dear friends, that this is the time where we will be able to make four legs truly better than two. This is the time of the valiant Napoleon, a pig who sacrificed his four legs in order to destroy the two-legged society. This is the time when the beasts of England unite under Napoleon’s roof of justice and peace. This is the time that we can support our
As their leader, Napoleon shows the other animals that lying and deceiving each other are a means to the top. It gives one power. In the end, the other animals didn’t even realize that Napoleon walked on two legs, like their first oppressor, Mr. Jones, and they were nothing more than his slaves.