Character Analysis Of Napoleon In Animal Farm

Napoleon became my least favorite character in the book, Animal Farm, because he is a controlling, cold-blooded, murdering hypocrite. One way that shows Napoleon is controlling is when he uses his guard dogs to intimidate the animals into agreeing, or at least not object out loud with what he says. A quotation that shows this is “Four young porkers in the front row uttered shrill squeals of disapproval. . . the dogs sitting round Napoleon let out deep, menacing growls, and the pigs fell silent and sat down again” (Orwell 54). When Napoleon ended Sunday morning Meetings and debates, four pigs questioned and protested, but instead of listening to their thoughts, Napoleon used his guard dogs to scare them into keeping quiet. This portrays him

Napoleon and the executed victims were of the same kind: animals, but because they confessed to be associated with Snowball, no matter how minor the crime was, they were still put to death. To order the execution of the animals that once had the same goals and purposes as you, just reveals Napoleon’s cold, unforgiving nature. Another trait that Napoleon has, is his hypocrisy. “They had thought the Fifth Commandment was "No animal shall drink alcohol," but there were two words that they had forgotten. Actually the Commandment read: "No animal shall drink alcohol to excess" (109). This passage from the novel displays Napoleon’s hypocrisy because the original commandment does not have the words “to excess,” it was added so that Napoleon could manipulate the animals into thinking that whatever he does is right. Earlier in the story, Napoleon made a decree that if any of the animals drink alcohol, they will be punished by death, but later, he proceeds to drink alcohol anyways. In addition to drinking alcohol, he also takes an area that was meant for retired animals and uses it to sow barley to make