In the dystopian novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, Napoleon demonstrated manipulation by ignoring rules and changing history to convince their subjects into believing their rulers. Using different strategies, Napoleon can bend the way his subjects think and control what they do. In doing this, he makes himself relatable to other leaders in history, different leaders who became known for lying and manipulating. When Napoleon comes to power, he eventually begins to ignore his own rules. He and the other pigs begin to sleep in the Jones’s beds. To the recollection of the other animals, this was against the seven commandments. By the time the animals went to check the commandments, he had changed it to read that an animal can not “sleep in a bed with sheets”(Animal Farm). Napoleon takes advantage of the stupidity of the animals by manipulating them into believing that he was never wrong. This event on the farm is similar to an event during COVID when the mayor of Denver encouraged the people of Denver to stay home for Thanksgiving, but he flew to go see his family (Chicago Tribune). Both of these figures said one thing in the beginning, then did the exact opposite by the end. The only difference was that Napoleon could save his mistake. …show more content…
This allows Napoleon to teach them things that aren’t necessarily true. They were not exposed to any community other than the other puppies. This creates a very similar story to the Japanese textbook controversies. The textbooks in secondary education in Japan were said to not have an accurate depiction of the countries affected by Imperial Japan in the war (Japanese History). In both instances the individuals were manipulated and taught the wrong thing about the country’s past and how they should view other countries and
"When they had finished their confession, the dogs promptly tore their throats out" (Doc B). "When it was all over, the remaining animals, except for the pigs and dogs, crept away in a body. They were shaken and miserable…” (Doc B). This evidence helps show how Napoleon is able to stay in charge because it shows how Napoleon uses violence to insert fear within the animals.
Because of this many of the animals that understood that Napoleon was a cruel and evil dictator. However they could not express their opinions because of fear for their lives. Napoleon’s forceful methods left animals with only one option, which was to submit to his
Napoleon lied to the other animals in many different ways. One way he lied was by telling the other animals that he was going to send one of the horses on the farm, Boxer, to doctor to be treated for his sick lung. Napoleon made the other animals think that he was sending Boxer off to get better, but he was actually sending Boxer to a horse slaughterer to be killed. When Boxer was being loaded into the “ doctors” van one of the animals began to read what was on the side of the van. It read “ ‘ Alfred Simmonds, Horse Slaughterer and glue boiler, Willingdon.’ ”
Napoleon also took this for granted by allowing the other animals to do it themselves and allowing the pigs to help at critical moments. This is a smart tactic that Napoleon uses by the animals thinking that they are working for the farm , but, instead they are working for him. This was a good tactic that Napoleon used but, the next one is even
Manipulation is the most deceitful way for us to achieve the things we desire the most. Throughout George Orwell’s novel, Animal Farm, language and the use of persuasive language lead to the accumulation of power. Language and the disappearance of Mr.Jones is where Napoleon dictatorship is made possible. The powerful rhetorical and their smart manipulations skills of language for any situation was what controlled the farm of its entirety. Pigs manipulated the Seven Commandments,Napoleon dictating, and the deceitful lies told by the Pigs were all methods for them to gain more power.
Furthermore, Napoleon gives the other animals the impression he was the sole leader of the rebellion on Animal farm and makes Snowball -a leader who wanted what was best for the animals- seem like an enemy who was in cahoots with Farmer Jones since long before the animals took over the farm. Napoleon and Squealer (another “fat cat” pig.) always put the blame on Snowball whenever something went wrong in the farm to avoid having the blame fall on them. Napoleon is an exemplary example of just how selfish and hypocritical people can be in furthering their own aims because he continued to subtly but purposely change the seven rules put in place as the pillars of animalism. For example, Napoleon and the other pigs move into Farmer Jones’s house and sleep in his bed after commanding “No animal shall sleep in a bed”, so he changes the commandment to read “no animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets”.
The animals start recognizing Napoleon for any good achievement done that day. For example, one of the hens recognizes Napoleon for just one stroke of good fortune. “Under the leadership of our Leader Comrade Napoleon, I have laid five eggs in six days…”(78). These poor animals are tricked into thinking that everything good that happens is due to “Comrade Napoleon's Leadership”. Every quote we see is a deeper level of corruption in Napoleon, and now, his influence on the farm is tearing what the revolution was all about.
Only puppies and pigs can live in the house, sleep in the bed, eat apples and cookies and have all of the best things. As the history is developing, Napoleon is getting more and more like a dicator. He slowly begin to being superior but did not act like a dictator. Moreover, he broke some rules, he’s in contact with humans, and he had hours of works, and he killed aniamsl, and change the only commandment for “4 legs good, 2 legs better”. He also think that “Every animals are equal, but some are more equal then others.”
Boxer, who had now had time to think things over, voiced the general feeling by saying: ‘If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right.’ And from then on he adopted the maxim, ‘Napoleon is always right,’ in addition to his private motto of ‘I will work harder.’” (37). In this piece from Animal Farm, Boxer mentioned how everything Napoleon says is right, and how the animals must follow Napoleon, since he is always right. Boxer is brainwashed to believe Napoleon is good for the farm, and since Boxer is very well respected on the farm the other animals may be led to believe this as well, but by Boxer saying these few sentences it makes the reader realize how he is a loyal follower of Napoleon and how much loyalty he has towards what Napoleon says and does and the loyalty he has to what he thinks will help [Napoleon] and be best for him.
In the classic novel, Animal Farm, the author brings up many interesting topics relating to real life events such as manipulation. It also shows many ironic moments throughout the 141 page book. Animal Farm is a book written in 1946, and created by George Orwell. The book is about a small farm called Manor Farm, owned by Mr Jones. The animals in the farm overthrow him and rename it to Animal Farm.
Napoleon also uses manipulation to gain and maintain a firm control by changing the Commandments for the farm in ways that work to his benefit. Squealer, Napoleon’s propaganda department, Keeps the farm animals believing in Napoleon by describing what they hear and see to make it seem harmless. Using effective tactics of fear, convincing propaganda, and manipulation, Napoleon gains and maintains control of Animal Farm. “Animal Farm” has corruption and equality in a way the animals try to succeed and achieve a goal to make the farm better. Power corrupts in “Animal Farm” because the pigs have a goal which is working together and helping one another.
The way that the animals were brainwashed was that Napoleon convinced the animals that they too sleep in beds. Napoleon and the other pigs slept in beds, changed the
He convinces them by making up scientific facts that using your brain is more exhausting than physically working all day. Since he is the smartest and one of the only ones who knows how to read, he can get away with making up facts. Once he got away with getting extra food, he decided to assert his power in harmful ways. Napoleon started to change the seven amendments of Animal Farm, which were sworn not to be changed, and started to rewrite the past. “‘It says, “No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets.”
Mrs.Rabbit was a mother of 4 children Flopsy, Mopsey, Cotton-tail, and Peter Flopsy, Mopsey, Cotton-tail were all good children but Peter was bad. Mr.McGregor hated rabbits in his farm. In the morning Mrs. Rabbit Left to go to the market and buy food. Before Mrs. Rabbit left she said that Flopsy, Mopsey, Cotton-tail, and Peter could play in the fields but they couldn’t go to Mr.McGregor’s farm.
Meta-narratives in post-modern thought, are narratives which have historical meaning, experience or backing. As stated above, Orwell’s Animal Farm (1945) presented a meta-narrative of the Russian Revolution and rise of Joseph Stalin. Marxist theorist Jean-François Lyotard (1984) describes meta-narratives as knowledge in the form of storytelling. The concept of meta-narrative is a tale in which one talks, not just about “one damn thing after another”, but sees some kind of interconnection between events (Lyotard, 1984, pg.37). This narrative knowledge is then able to be used to make sense of history.