In the book Animal Farm by George Orwell, the characters represent important people from the Russian Revolution. One important character that has a huge impact on the other characters is Napoleon. He uses different tactics to brainwash and make the other think an in Napoleon’s way. Which to him is the only and right way of thinking and living? And of course, that is how he completes his mission. What is his agenda to begin with? Napoleon is a static character that uses certain methods to influence the others animals, making him the most important animal with the most control. He achieved this with Squealer and changing the commandments. Of course, every leader or dictator needs to have a side person. Someone to be with them throughout the …show more content…
And Napoleon is the opposite of not being confident with public speaking (Orwell). So this makes for the perfect duo. A leader with ideas where he can get squealer, a semi-respected animal, to preach his ideas to others. The ideas about animalism. But in reality, it is just him using that title for his twisted ideas. And in this case, squealer only speaks about one constant idea. “The political writing, I personally dislike is programmatic, pushing a single cause or concern or party position, or it’s tied into a highly topical situation that doesn’t transfer well out of its own specific time and place”(Foster 84). Foster explains how authors write about politics. And most people dislike when they talk in a programmatic way, talking about one particular view. It can get boring and repetitive. That is why some animals question napoleon’s ways. Because is he really preaching what Old Major wanted the farm to know? No, he twisted Old Major's views to help gain support from others. Now that squealer is under his control it makes all his plans easier. Since most of the animals on the farm cannot read, they just go along with whatever the ones who can say. And to the benefit of Napoleon, all the pigs can read. So this creates the
Over the course of the book, Napoleon and the pigs abused their power. On page 61, it was announced that the pigs would now live in the farmhouse, including Napoleon, since the pigs were the brains of the farm. “...the pigs suddenly moved into the farmhouse and took up residence there. ... Squealer was able to convince them that...
Squealer and the dogs never questioned Napoleon’s ways, and blindly followed Napoleon with a full trust in Napoleon’s ways. Meanwhile, as Napoleon was getting other animals to confess, the dogs were punishing by death whoever did not confess. For example, “... when they had finished their confession the dogs promptly tore their throats out, and in a terrible voice Napoleon demanded whether any other animal had anything to confess” (Orwell 84). The dogs took away the animals freedom to live, with no proof that they even did what they confessed. Then as a result of the first killings, the dogs scared the other animals into confessing to things they did not do which takes away the freedom to make choices.
The pigs took away rights and lives of their own citizens as did the Soviet’s, which helps teach what the book was trying to show that when these political figures gain such power, that they should not use it to only their advantage but to everyone’s. This can be represented at the end of the book when Napoleon has a meeting with humans and starts to resemble the humans exactly. This is because Napoleon used his power for his own well-being like the humans and eventually resembled one. “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.” pg.124 The image of the pigs appearance is tarnished by the way the pig treated his citizen as did Stalin.
Napoleon made a substantial impact on the way the animals reacted to their new hardships. The pigs, including Napoleon, are said to be the most intelligent animals on the farm, but unlike the others, Napoleon uses it to manipulate the
In the novel, Animal Farm, the pigs are substandard examples of good leaders because they are self-serving hypocrites. This is an allegorical story to what happened in the Russian Revolution. Napoleon, the main leader of the farm, represents Stalin, the leader of Russia in the revolution. They were both corrupt leaders that manipulated their own people. For example, Napoleon brainwash the animals into thinking he is always right.
Don’t be the enemy. Now that Napoleon is in charge life is getting a whole lot worse because is has complete power of Animal Farm. Napoleon from Animal Farm written by Orwell maintains control by using ideology, propaganda, and fear. Napoleon uses ideology of Animalism to give him more control over the animals.
Squealer gives many speeches saying how brave Napoleon is and how the animals should all follow what he says. One example is, “Comrades," he said, "I trust that every animal here appreciates the sacrifice that Comrade Napoleon has made in taking this extra labour upon himself. . . He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be? ” (Orwell pg).
Hence, tearing out their throats. Almost as soon as Napoleon and Snowball seize power, Napoleon starts squirreling away the cows' milk all for himself. And then the pigs start sleeping in the humans' beds. And then they start drinking whiskey and having rowdy parties.
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”.
Napoleon is a large Berkshire pig, who has “a reputation for getting his own way”(Orwell 35) Napoleon uses propaganda when the windmill fell down in the night and states to the animals, “Do you know the enemy who has come in the night and overthrown our windmill? Snowball!”(Orwell 83) Napoleon had no form of evidence that Snowball, in fact, did destroy the windmill, but decided the animals would of course believe him. Napoleon does not however, have skill with words, but his greed for power makes him shirk from good.
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.”
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.
However, Squealer strings together false facts and even indirectly threatens the animals with the return of Jones. This misinformation combined with the animals’ gullibility forces them to agree with Squealer’s points, thus handing over their power. Another instance occurs when Napoleon secures his place as the leader by informing the other animals that Snowball was never fighting on the animals’ side, but “fighting on Jones’ side” (78). Moreover, Napoleon states that it was he who inflicted “the wounds on Snowball's back” (78). Napoleon attacks Snowball’s image directly, as Snowball was one of the pigs the animals looked up to.
Two pigs named Napoleon and Squealer have a tremendous leadership on Animal Farm. Furthermore, they are regarded and
The pigs confessed because they were unhappy about the poor working conditions and treatment of all the animals, they had reached the point of willing to sacrifice their lives to try and abolish Napoleon and his dictatorship. Napoleon is a very important character because of his representation of the leader Joseph Stalin and his mass execution of anyone who would stand against his establishment of