Snowball's Use Of Intelligence In Animal Farm

The animals on the farm had always been treated horribly by the humans running it. The animals on this farm had a meeting lead by one of the elder pigs, old Major, who introduced the idea of a revolution. Old Major died a few nights later but his speech about the revolution gave the more intelligent animals a new outlook on life. Sadly not everything goes to plan. In Animal Farm, the author George Orwell uses the intelligence of Snowball, the gullibility of the followers, and the greed of Napoleon to contribute to the theme of loss of freedom and equality. Snowball’s, and the rest of the pigs, intelligence makes him seem more superior to the rest of the animals. Since Snowball is more intelligent than the followers there is no longer much equality or freedom due to the fact that he, and the other pigs, make most of the big decisions. Once Snowball and Napoleon take control of the rebellion they try to teach the other animals how to read and write. Due to these lessons

Napoleon had the dogs that he took from their mothers chase Snowball away for unknown reasons. Many of the animals disagreed with this then they were sightly persuaded by one of the other pigs but they were still slightly doubtful. One of the other animals then said, “If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right.” Later on the animals find out more that snowball was supposedly on Jones side the entire time even though the animals thought they saw him fighting against the humans. This is brushed aside by one of the pigs re-described the scene with so much detail that they believed the pig. The animals always just accept what the pigs say which causes them to no longer have much freedom or equality. The other leader, Napoleon, uses the animals gullibility to his advantage by taking things from the animals to make sure the other pigs and himself have a better