In the novel, “Animal Farm”, by George Orwell, a Berkshire Boar named Napoleon is very mischievous, cruel and manipulative when he takes control of the farm that the animals had previously freed from its former ruler farmer Jones. This allegory, is symbolic of the 1917 Russian Revolution and often alludes to many Communist ideals or figures from this event. One such example is the representation of the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin as Napoleon. Another is the flag that the animals find depicting a horn and a hoof, much like the Soviet hammer and sickle. The events in the novel and particularly those involving Napoleon are very reminiscent of the events in Russian history. Napoleon is often very sneaky and does many bad thing inconspicuously …show more content…
For example, on page twenty-two the text states, “they were just getting their clutches ready for the spring sitting and they protested that to take the eggs now would be murder...Napoleon acted swiftly and ruthlessly. He ordered the hen’s rations to be stopped, and decreed that any animal giving so much as a grain of corn to a hen would be punished by death.” This shows that Napoleon does not care about the needs or wants of others, he only cares about himself. This also shows that Napoleon will always try to get his own way by any means necessary, including extreme violence. In addition, according to page twenty-six, “without any further prompting they confessed that they had been secretly in touch with Snowball ever since his expulsion, that they had collaborated with him in destroying the windmill, and that they had entered an agreement with him to hand over the Animal Farm to Mr. Fredereck. When they had finished their confession, the dogs promptly tore their throats out.” This shows that Napoleon is merciless and unforgiving and will not tolerate insubordinates. This also shows that he will do anything to maintain his control by wiping out all threats to himself. In this novel, Napoleon is very strategic and always finds a way to get what he wants, no matter the
(35). The meetings give other people a say in what is happening and Napoleon isn’t a fan of that. He plays it off has doing all the hard work of all the decisions, paperwork, and interacting with people. These are to disguise the reality of Napoleon’s true desires to do nothing. This true desire stops for no one.
George Orwell’s Use of Power. In Animal Farm, a novel written by George Orwell uses the symbols: Stalin, the working class and the upper class to convey that the more intelligent someone is, the more power they will have. George Orwell writes a novel about animals who represent human beings to show that the less intelligent someone is, the harder life will be. Stalin was very intelligent so he could own anything, if they did not listen or obey Stalin, they were punished.
His shade of greed complemented his fervent ambition nicely. Napoleon’s biggest blunder is a direct result of this avarice, the loss of some 490,000 soldiers in an invasion of Russia. “...driven by the same obsession that had taken him to Egypt.” Now it had grown much more than simply ambition but an
Another time where he was treated with the utmost inequality was leading up to his time of death. Before he collapsed with lung complications he was working substantially hard. The other animals knew his complexion was worsening and he himself knew his last years were approaching. He believed that he was going to retire and have a good end to his life. But as soon as he couldn’t be beneficial to Napoleon, they would use him one last time.
These three reasons are why animals were too scared to overthrow him and to be free from his rule. One example of how Napoleon stays in charge is Animalism. Animalism was meant to be set in place keeping any animal from having more power than the others. Napoleon uses this to his advantage by having a basic first set of commandments which is “reduced to… ‘Four legs good, two legs bad.’
In George Orwell's Animal Farm, Napoleon, a pig leader that represents Stalin from the Russian Revolution plays a big role in the book as the pig leaders are a superior group among the population of Animal Farm. In the story Napoleon is representing Stalin in Animal Farm as the main leader after Mr.Jones is ran out of the farm and Old Major died, resembling how Stalin took over rising to power in Russia. Napoleon started as a seemingly good leader but that soon changed… Napoleon, just like Stalin started to have problems with citizens of their own community and tried to hurt people and take things away. Both leaders can be shown using their superiority and power to their advantage to get everything they wanted and felt was necessary.
Juliette Blalock Singh 4/5 Animal Farm In the satiric novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, the character Napoleon represents a dictator in society, who turns a self-governed and unbiased farm into his own. Napoleon initially unifies with the rest of the animal’s, but soon decides to take matters into his own hands and disposes of Snowball and his proposals towards the farm. He takes advantage of the vulnerable animals so he can become in command. Napoleon is clever, brutal, and dictatorial to the animals.
The book Animal Farm is an allegory which corresponds to the Russian Revolution. In the book, the animals take over the farm and run the humans off of the property. They are tired of being treated cruelly and decide to take things into their own matters. This is where “war” between animal and man start. The Russian Revolution had much in common with this but also has its differences.
In this story of Animal Farm, it represents characters and situations that establish a certain time in the Russian Revolution. Also animal farm reflects the Russians and farmer Jones that it represents the Russians Czar. Napoleon represents Joseph Stalin, and Snowball is Leon Trotsky. Boxer serves as an allegory for the Russian who help out to establish the Soviet Union. Animal Farm failed because not all animals are equal.
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.’ ”
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.
Such was the order of the world for a man whose ambition stretched beyond the the globe itself. A lion, an eagle, an emperor, a hero, a villain, a scoundrel, no one could play so many roles to such perfection, not even the most veteran of actors. The world received Napoleon in a fashion no different from how Napoleon received the world, on the battlefield. But he minded not, for on the battlefield the world flowed through him, and he the
In Animal farm we see several demonstrations of Napoleon's temper. Napoleon would get angry when someone dared to oppose him. This temper of his would often raise concerns and questions from the other animals in the farm. When Napoleon would lose his temper he would often make bad decisions. He tended to start purges, get drunk, and make bad deals when he lost his temper.
He appeared to be opposed to humans in power. At the end of the story, he became one of the humans. Napoleon is an antagonist because his views are conflicting with the rest of the animals, except for the pigs. His views are opposing the other animals ' views about humans in