Rough Draft Animal Farm “Telling the truth and making someone cry is better than telling a lie and making someone smile”. Napoleon would rather lie and make the animals smile so he can gain power over them than tell the truth and make them cry. Napoleon uses military force (his nine loyal attack dogs) to intimidate the other animals and consolidate his power. In his supreme craftiness, Napoleon proves more treacherous than his counterpart, Snow ball. .This is relating to topic because Napoleon is always lying. Napoleon is a character from Animal Farm story by George Orwell. Napoleon holds power over the animals by using Force, terror and deception. Napoleon holds power over the animals by using force. Napoleon is trying to turn the animals against Snowball: “ Napoleon decreed that there should be a full investigation on snowballs activities”.(78) Because Napoleon doesn't give them a choose they have to do a full investigation on Snowball. Napoleon is forcing all the animals to confess to their sins: “Napoleon demanded if any of the others animals had anything to confess” (84). Napoleon is showing power all over the animals. Napoleon is forcing them to confess and it doesn’t matter if they are saying the truth or not. Napoleon holds power over …show more content…
Napoleon is telling the animals that the windmill is nonsense: “The 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.”(52) Napoleon later says he was for the windmill and is basically confessing to how much he is doing deception to the animals. Napoleon is a hypocrite and he is taking another person’s idea: “On the third Sunday after snowball's expulsion, The animals were somewhat surprised to hear Napoleon announce that the windmill was to be built after all”. Napoleon shows that he switches up first he was completely against it now he is totally down for
Napoleon does not possess honesty which is an important trait in a leader. Napoleon said he wants to make all the animal’s lives better. The windmill had the potential of benefiting the animals. Napoleon claimed the windmill plans were his to begin with, but the animals did not know that it was really Snowball because they are unintelligent and gullible. Squealer actually went to the animals to explain that “Napoleon had never in reality been opposed to the windmill. On the contrary, it was he who had advocated it in the beginning…” (57) and Snowball had just “stolen” the plans from among Napoleon’s papers. The animals built the first windmill three times because it was destroyed so many times. Once Napoleon saw how the windmill could
out Snowball, Napoleon told the animals that the windmill was his idea and he just
In his speech, Old Major claims that “Man serves the interest of no creature except himself… All men are enemies. All animals are comrades” (1). He tells the animals to never work with humans and to never listen when they say that man and animals have a common interest. Disregarding Old Major’s warnings, Napoleon continues to work with humans for his benefit. He engages in business with humans, and he also does it without considering the others’ opinions. Orwell states that the animals were “struck dumb with surprise” when they found out Napoleon had sold timber to Frederick. Not only does this prove that Napoleon does everything for his benefit only, but it also shows that he has enough power now to do whatever he wants to without having to be questioned by the
”(Page 33, chapter5) Thus, this proves that Napoleon is an obnoxious pig because just because he was against Snowball’s windmill idea he urinated all over his work so he could get his way. Comprehension 3. If there had been one more chapter in Animal Farm, I think it would go as follows: Weeks pass by and the animals still could not get over the fact of what they had witnessed looking through the window. They felt betrayed and exhausted and had lost hope for Animal Farm.
Napoleon’s method of victimizing the animals with his physiological attacks allows for his control over Animal Farm and its animal population. Napoleon initially bombards the animals with propaganda and thus conditions and enslaves them to his subjective ideals. Afterward, Napoleon’s implement of expert power overwhelms the animals and subjugates them to him. Finally, the animals are controlled by Napoleon as they are besieged with his coercive powers. Overall,
At the beginning of the story, there were two leaders, Snowball and Napoleon, who were sharing power. Snowball was good with words, honest, good at arguing, was inventive, and believed in technology. He stayed in touch with the animals, and wanted to make things better for them. Napoleon, on the other hand, was bad with words, dishonest, hated arguing, and was not inventive. He wanted to be above all the animals; he didn't care about making things better. He only believed in serving himself. In order for Napoleon to be above all the animals, he had to get Snowball out of the way. Napoleon did that by getting his dogs to scare him away so Snowball would never come back to the farm. Napoleon was now in total control of the farm and the animals. Napoleon and the pigs started acting like humans - they would drink, wear clothes, sleep in beds, fight, and walk. They did everything that they had once said was wrong.
Napoleon displays how power has affected him when he turns on his fellow teammate Snowball. “At this there was a terrible baying sound outside, and nine enormous dogs wearing brass-studded collars came bounding into the barn. They dashed straight for Snowball, who only sprang from his place just in time to escape their snapping jaws.” (pg.53) Napoleon’s character throughout this book represented the historical figure Joseph Stalin. Both Napoleon and Stalin valued power over everything. Napoleons dogs were a stand in for Stalin’s secret police that got rid of opposition. In this situation Napoleon’s power consumed him and his quest for power was never ending. This event was just the start of Napoleon’s corruption. Some people may say that Napoleon’s power never consumed him and that he was never affected by it. However if Napoleon was never affected by power, he would have never become obsessed with
If Napoleon had ambition, shouldn’t it have been directed towards Animal Farm, not against it? If his actions were against Animal Farm, there would be no ambition. He did it for personal gain, not for the success of the Rebellion, which means the theme would not apply. Instead, one theme that can be applied is “greed leads to corruption”. One instance of this is shown in the beginning of Animal Farm. According to George Orwell, “‘Never mind the milk, comrades!’” cried Napoleon, placing himself in front of the buckets. “‘That will be attended to. The harvest is more important. Comrade Snowball will lead the way. I shall follow in a few minutes. Forward, comrades! The hay is waiting.” This scene in the book depicts Napoleon pushing his fellow comrades to begin the harvest. He may seem like he is eager to get to work to further the Rebellion, but he isn’t as ambitious about it as thought of. Orwell then writes, “So the animals trooped down to the hayfield to begin the harvest, and when they came back in the evening it was noticed that the milk had disappeared.” This implies that the pigs/Napoleon had used the milk for themselves and himself while the other animals were out working. This does not show that Napoleon showed ambition to encourage Animal Farm, it only shows that he used the other animals for his own good. Instead of showing that Napoleon was ambitious for the good of all of the animals, he instead makes the other animals work while he benefits from it, hence the milk being gone and presumably taken by the pigs. However, Napoleon does offer an idea later that will benefit Animal Farm. George Orwell also writes, “That evening Squealer explained privately to the other animals that Napoleon had never in
Snowball and Napoleon constantly disagree. They both hold conflicting ideas on how to improve the farm. Snowball wants to rebuild the windmill. He believes that the windmill could benefit the farm and make their lives more efficient. Napoleon, on the other hand, believes that the windmill is a waste of time and energy. Snowball gathers his plans and assembles a meeting to present them. Once everyone prepares to vote, Napoleon orders a pack of dogs to kill him, thus breaking one of the commandments. He then proceeds to tell everyone that “in the future all questions relating to the working of the farm would be settled by a special committee of pigs, presided over by himself” (54). This, consequently, gives Napoleon absolute control. He openly seizes power, and proceeds to make an example out of Snowball. He also uses the pack of dogs to threaten anyone who disagrees with him. This scene expresses Napoleon’s lust for power and how it has influenced him to break one of the commandments. He does not receive any punishment, and somehow is able to obtain more
Napoleon is an extremely deceitful character in numerous ways. For example, Napoleon tricks the animals into thinking concepts that are not true. “Throughout the whole period of his seeming friendship with Pilkington, Napoleon had really been in a secret agreement with Frederick,” (31). This shows that Napoleon lied to the animals about which farm he was going to sell wood to. Furthermore, this also illustrates that the animals might not trust Napoleon if he continues to lie to them. Additionally, Napoleon is an untruthful menace who will do nothing to help the farm or the animals. “Day and night we are watching over your welfare. It is for YOUR sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples,” (12). This shows that Napoleon is trying to
Napoleon would use fear to stop any arguments or dissent. Napoleon introduces his dogs by having them attack Snowball, and then, “He was running as only a pig can run, but the dogs were close on his heels. Suddenly he slipped and it seemed certain that they had him (Orwell, pg 35). Napoleons dogs would get rid of Snowball even when the words in propaganda could not effectively do so. Since this is the first incident the other animals do not know how to react to this situation. Snowball was only capable of running. The use of dogs created fear in all of the animals and made it very easy for Napoleon to ascend to the position of the leader of Animal Farm. Napoleon appeared to change countenance, and sharply ordered Boxer to let the dog go, whereat Boxer lifted his hoof, and the dog slunk away, bruised and howling” () Despite the dogs effectively use fear against the animals it didn’t always work as planned. This is why Napoleon had to get rid of Boxer. Napoleon uses the dogs’ violence to threaten the other animals as well as Boxers fate. Napoleon was a master of using fear to his advantage, and through this fear the other animals followed
He announced that from now on the Sunday-morning Meetings would come to an end. “ Based on Napoleon’s actions it is quite clear that the assertion of abuse of power is existent in the means of his ideologies and his persona in general. We see that Napoleon knows he can’t beat his adversary, Snowball, in the debate, so he advises a plan to use the sheep to interrupt Snowball during critical moments in the debate. When that fails he comes to a realization that the only way he could gain power is to abuse the power he already holds, and the only way to gain full power is to get rid of Snowball. We see that in earlier chapters Napoleon already had prepared for this moment by taking the puppies away from the two dogs Jessie and Bluebell and storing them in a loft until many of the farm animals forgot their existence. Although he claimed to take the puppies in order to educate them, the animals were too ignorant to realize Napoleon’s real motive. When the time came he was now ready to invoke fear on the farm eventually leading to Snowball getting kicked off the farm and taking control of the farm’s management. By banning the debates it is clear that Napoleon wants the power on the farm to be focused on him rather than in the hands of the other animals. Because of this, the animals have now lost their rights to have a say on animal farm
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.
Napoleon was a leader who led with an iron fist. A fist he used to secretly abuse his fellow animal. He began by raising several ferocious dogs to aid him in enforcing his rules, laws, and expectations. Using them, he abruptly ended Snowballs reign by using the dogs to exile him from the farm. Shortly after, he halted the construction of the windmill. More often than not he would cleverly work his way around the seven commandments by altering them to his pleasure. For example, 'Now animal shall drink alcohol to excess.'; Or 'No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets.'; Napoleon grounded the rations of each and every animal. The farm slowly fell into a dark abyss with every wretched move Napoleon made.
During 1917, Russia underwent one of the most famous revolutions in history; with the sole intention to improve the nation. However, the original plan for the revolution was quickly put aside as the new leaders began to abuse their power; this brought on more than two years of slaughter and economic decrease. Within the text Animal Farm, George Orwell portrays the working class animals as naïve, while also having a lack of personal awareness; the pigs, however, were corrupted and manipulative. The pig’s hypocrisy against their own rules and ideas lead them to become the farms most powerful figure. Nevertheless, none of this would have been possible without the animals constantly turning a blind eye and failing to acknowledge when they were