How do you define leadership? To me, leadership is leading a person, persons, or an organization; usually done with selflessness and the desire to achieve. Being a leader should be an honor and it should be something that somebody should have to earn. Throughout Animal Farm, by George Orwell, the qualities for leadership were both shown, and not shown, by Napoleon and Snowball. Both Snowball and Napoleon displayed some pros and cons of their leadership style. Napoleon had a very skeptical way of leading the farm. He had a lot of negative characteristics (cons) with the way that he lead the farm. However, he also had some good qualities that he had as a leader (pros). He was a good leader in the way that he always wanted to move forward and innovate the farm. He was relentless in completing something that he had already started, …show more content…
He was unselfish, was a great planner and a resolver, and he was friendly, smart and sociable. Snowball was proven to be a great planner and resolver when he took over the planning for the farm and led them to the best year of harvest that they had ever had, even with Jones as a leader. Overall, Snowball was a good leader, but he did have some faults in his leadership style too. His style of leading was poor in the way that he was a quitter in the way that he didn’t come back to the farm to help the other animals from Napoleon's dictating leadership. Also in the ways that he was a lier in the way he promised that he/they would never be like the humans, and he shot the gun as a remembrance of the Battle of Cowshed and gave brass metals, and how he did put the pigs in front of all the other animals on the farm. Snowball was ultimately exiled due to Napoleon and his power struggle. They didn’t see eye to eye on much at all, so Napoleon had him kicked off the farm for good since he isn't okay with his teachings and ideas. Napoleon becomes a dictator of the farm when Snowball is
For Snowball, he fought Mr. Jones and got injured on his back. When Squealer, one of the pigs tell the other animals about how Snowball had been working with Mr. Jones the whole time, the other animals did not believe Squealer because they remembered how Snowball looked like and his actions in the Battle of the Cowshed. The animals decided to rewind their memory and thoughts and what they remembered was “how they seen Snowball charging ahead of them at the Battle of the Cowshed, how he had rallied and encouraged them at every turn, and how he had not paused for an instant even when the pellets from Jones’s gun had wounded his back” (89-90). Based on the animals thoughts and description on Snowball, one can know that Snowball was indeed a good leader and cared about the noble societal concern which was to fight with the other animals against the enemy. Snowball was actions consisted of being “rallied and encouraged […] not paused for an instant” shows how Snowball cares for the noble society concerns of the other animals by helping them in the war.
Snowball was the leader in the battle and planned the animal's strategies and fought with them.
George Orwell, writer of the book Animal Farm captures important aspects of the Russian Revolution and portrays them in a humorous and more understandable way. Each animal represents an important person or event that happened during this time. Snowball is a pig that lives on Mr. Jones farm who is enthralled at the idea of a Revolution and one of the main animals to help get it going. The inspiration for his character was from important revolutionist, Leon Trotsky. Snowball was modeled after him, showing most of his character trails and interest. Most of the people and events that look place throughout Trotsky’s life are also incorporated in Snowball’s life. Orwell’s imagination ran wild as he wrote this memorable story so that he might warn the people of Russia for what was to come. Snowball and Leon are the same in every way from what they believed to their personality.
Leadership, just like many other words, deems itself very subjective. Specifically, I believe that it defines itself by using yourself to better others. Examples like Beowulf and Lt. Colonel Hal Moore help identify leadership by setting examples for selflessness and bravery to his brothers of humanity. These men were able to efficiently lead for themselves and, more importantly, for their men by using heroism, altruistic integrity, and charm.
Enlightened despotism is when there is an absolute ruler, in some cases a tyrant, who follows the principles of the Enlightenment through reforms. Permitting religious toleration, allowing freedom of the press and speech, and expanding education are a few main guidelines to being and enlightened despot. Napoleon I is often referred to as one of the greatest enlightened despots. Although, he did not follow the ideas of the enlightenment entirely, he managed his country in a way that he maintained complete authority as well as many of the gains of the French Revolution. Yes, Napoleon did want to do a few things for himself, but he also ruled for the majority in most cases, promote government-funded education, and supported many other enlightened ideas. But, most importantly, Napoleon did what he thought would make his country stronger.
Snowball is the other main leader in animalism, along side Napoleon. He was the one who was most interested in the well being of the animals and their education. The complete opposite of Napoleon. I fell if he had not been chased away (assassinated) then the idea of communism may have succeeded.
Snowball is a “vivacious pig… quicker in speech and more inventive, but was not considered to have the same depth of character” (Orwell, 13). Snowball is a brilliant speaker who “won over the majority by his brilliant speeches” (43). Snowball is lively and friendly, and truly believes that all animals are equal. He believes in Animalism, where all animals shared equal labor and the fruits of their labor.
Both the characters Snowball, and Napoleon have different characteristics, Napoleons traits are negative but effective; greedy, discreet, and the ability to misdirect the attention of animals is Napoleons specialty, and a piece of evidence that displays Napoleons traits
Napoleon Bonaparte was an interesting ruler in that he was compromised of attributes of both a tyrant and a hero. Napoleon had a strong following throughout his reign and even during his two exiles. He was the emperor of France between 1799 and 1815, following the fall of the Directory. Despite the efforts of the French Revolution to rid the country of an autocratic ruler, Bonaparte came to power as Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte I in 1804. He claimed that he preserved the goals of the Revolution, which can be easily argued as his rule became more dictatorial as it progressed. Despite his departure from some of the gains of the Revolution, he overall was a hero for the French people. Through his military ventures, political changes and social reform, Napoleon proved himself as a hero. This is not to say that there were aspects of his reign that were tyrannical, but he was overall beneficial for France.
Napoleon was better than Robespierre in all ways. He expanded France's territory farther than Robespierre could have imagined. Napoleon also instituted the Napoleonic Code which has had more impact on France, then and today, then any of Robespierre's speeches. Napoelon was on the front line fighting for his countries freedoms, whereas Robespierre only talked.
Snowball and Napoleon held a great deal of contrast between the way they each ruled over “Animal Farm/Manor Farm.” The only thing he did lack, was the ability of pursuasion to the other animals. Snowball had all the right ideas, all to better the whole farm. Napoleon, on the other hand, had a knack for stealing other animals’ ideas, then telling the rest it was his and getting credit for it. His ideas only seemed to benefit the pigs and not the animals. It was this, that led to the crumbling of the farm. Napoleons obsession with becoming the ruler is what got Snowball nearly killed by the dogs...in a plot made by Napoleon. Which then produced a whole new rebellion not of the animals to the humans, but of the animals to the pigs. So for these reasons, Snowball showed better qualities for leadership than Napoleon because he wasn’t selfish and thought about the future of “Animal Farm.” First, the dominated farm animals viewed Napoleon and Snowball differently at different times throughout the book. The way the animals reacted to each leader brought upon new problems of the farm. The animals respected Snowball, and believed that his teachings were all true and had a good cause. Although Snowball and Napoleon had superior qualities leadership, it was clearly Snowball who had the better qualities for running a farm. Under Snowballs’ rule, the animals were generally content with what was going on and were all for it if it was to better the farm. It was obvious that Napoleon had the better half of getting his own way on the farm. However, the animals had some problems with Napoleon but they didn’t know haw to express their feelings and show him that they didn’t like the way he ran things. It was the animals’ ignorance that helped keep Napoleon in rule for as long as it was. The responses were so different between the animals that it must have been a drastic change between Snowball and Napoleon.
Snowball, Animal Farm's first and foremost leader, is and always should be well respected. He bravely fought at the battle of Cowshed, the first conflict between man and animal. He took wounds, he took control, and he spoke for the well being of the Animals. He conceived the great windmill that would supply the Animal Farm with electric power. All this for the prosperity of his fellow animal… until Napoleon stepped in.
A definition of leadership from the Management Study Guide (MSG) says that leadership is a process by which an executive can direct, guide and influence the behaviour and work of others towards accomplishment of specific goals in a given situation. (Brown,A. 2014)
What is leadership? Leadership is defined as a process by which a individual will influence others to obtain goals. Leaders will guide, direct motivate, or inspire others. Leadership is defined by not only traits but actions as well. Leaders are inspirational, trustworthy and charismatic. Many people may think a manger is leader. Although leadership and management go hand in hand, they are not the same. Everyone has their own beliefs about what characteristics an effective leader should have. To me, communication skills, critical thinking skills, and having a vision are few characteristics of becoming an effective leader. A leader is not only born, but made. Some are born as leaders or some are made to be leaders.
Many people believe that leadership is simply being the first, biggest or most powerful. Leadership in organizations has a different and more meaningful definition. A leader is someone who sets direction in an effort or task and influences or motivates people to follow that direction. The power point presentation explains leadership is the influence that particular individuals exert on the goal achievement of others in an organizational context.