... Old Major's utopian vision of a farm for all animals degenerated into an autocratic dictatorship. Also, one pig was in control of it all-Napoleon Bonaparte. In the beginning, the animals wanted out of their hardship, and the cruelty humans brung them so the animals commenced a rebellion. Instead ... said by the pigs. Physical violence is also another stratagem Napoleon uses, by taking away a mother's puppies and turning them into bloodthirsty beasts. When Napoleon had the savage beast kill those who "communicated" with Snowball(ex-leader of the farm) brutally killed, this immediately str...

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... crushed when he marches against the animals with his fellow farmers (a parody of the pro-monarchy, anti-communist white counter-revolution that almost defeated the bolsheviks). Now Napoleon, with the help of Squealer, and Snowball take over the running of the farm, even though this act is actually contradictory to the whole-supposed system of equality. The first act of their new ... clothes. 4.: No animal shall sleep in a bed. 5.: No animal shall drink alcohol. 6.: No animal shall kill another animal. 7.: All animals are equal. ("Animal farm- 3) Eventually, after things settle down, Nap...

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... numerous immoral acts, which they hide from the other animals, easily because the pigs believed to be a much more intelligent breed of animals. Napoleon and his dogs eventually drive Snowball out of the farm because of his threat to Napoleon. The animals build a windmill that is destroyed three different times. Several of the commandments are changed to fit the life style of the ... having a meeting with the humans but can't tell man from pig. In George Orwell's Animal Farm there are several main characters but the main protagonist is Napoleon and the main antagonists in the story are S...

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... farm. He wanted to make sure every animal was secure and happy. While Snowball was gaining supporters with his benevolence, Napoleon was losing supporters with his evil ways. Napoleon was also a manipulator. When Snowball proposed building the windmill, Napoleon was strongly opposed to the idea. After the expulsion of Snowball from the farm, Napoleon strangely changed his mind about the windmill. All of a sudden it comes out ... that it was his idea to begin with and Snowball was the one who stole it from him. With Squealer's propaganda, Napoleon easily convinced the other animals of th...

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... them. He teaches them a song called "Beasts of England" in which his dream is described. The animals like Majors plan. Major dies a couple of nights later and three other pigs Napoleon, Snowball, And Squealer make his dream into a reality and form his idea into a new government called Animalism. The animals of the farm defeat Mr. Jones and take control of the farm ... dogs that he was teaching the principles of Animalism to, but in reality he was teaching them to be his enforcers on the farm. The attack dogs chased Snowball off of the farm. Napoleon took full control over animal farm an...

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... them making decisions that are moral. In the novella Animal Farm by George Orwell, Old Major's dream of a socialist utopia causes the animals to turn against one another and Napoleon and Snowball compete for power and cause the division of the farm; in the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Jack's need for power leads to the destruction of the ... days after teaching the animals of his dream. After he dies, the younger pigs on the farm, Snowball, Napoleon and Squealer turn Old Major's dream into a principle called Animalism. Out of all the animals, Snowball and Napoleon try the...

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... problems for the animals. Thus begins the odyssey of this book. Old Major dies three days after the meeting so two of the younger pigs (Napoleon and Snowball) take up his dream. The animals rise up together to evict Jones and his wife from the farm so they can begin to build their utopia ... of the animals work together to achieve the common goal. However, it is not long before the power begins to take its toll on Napoleon and Snowball. Napoleon and Snowball are clearly the two in charge and use Squealer as their patsy. To that end, they both use him to promote their ideals about ... wh...

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... made upon important issues of a society. But there is a downside. Since there is a lot of debating and discussion in the book, especially between Napoleon and Snowball, and because the animals are divided into two groups favouring either Napoleon or Snowball, not much can be done. The process is therefore slow and time consuming, but in my opinion this is the only method to get ... farm. I believe that soon enough the other animals will start to question the leadership of the pigs. There is also increasing aggression between Snowball and Napoleon, Napoleon seems to be a very aggressive ...

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... rule themselves and be equal. The speech made by Old Major inspires the animals to rebel. Not long after his speech Old Major dies and Napoleon and Snowball rise as the leaders of the rebellion. The animals successfully over throw Mr. Jones and establish a new government based on Animalism. The rebellion begins ... but because of the "human" nature of the animals the system is doomed to fail. Napoleon and Snowball take over after the death of Old Major and twist his socialist plight into their own system of government. Napoleon is an obvious metaphor for Stalin and represents the flaw in...

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... disputing pigs that both opt to be leader of the farm after the revolution takes place. Napoleon, the quiet one and the most merciless, and Snowball, the smarter one and the more generous one were competing to be leader of the farm, but due to Napoleon's treachery, Snowball was run off the farm before his plans could take effect to build a windmill to generate ... the farm's power. Joseph Stalin, a Russian dictator, is the counterpart of Napoleon in the story. George Orwell obviously despised Communism and showed it in his descriptions of the ... up in the book. He was a cruel man and ...

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... firing his gun into the darkness. This quickly scatters the animals. Three days later Old Major dies so Snowball and Napoleon take over but Napoleon wants all the power. Snowball does a lot of research and planing but Napoleon wants to take over completely by himself. So Napoleon frames Snowball so he can become the leader. Orwell tells about the meeting to discuss the windmill: By the time ... pitched whimper of a kind no one had ever heard...nine enormous dogs wearing brass studded collars came...they dashed strait for snowball. (P.57) This scene shows Napoleon is a tyrant and wants a...

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... achieved. The windmill symbolises many things. Firstly the success of animal farm and that is why it is destroyed by the neighbouring farmers, but it also symbolizes the conflict between snowball and Napoleon. For the animals the windmill symbolizes the chance of an easier life, and that is why they are determined to see it completed. To the pig's it symbolizes a lazy ... and Clover. Orwell uses Mollie to characterize the people after the rebellion who aren't to receptive to their new leaders and new economics. Napoleon uses Snowball as a scapegoat for all the ills faced by the communit...

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... events in Russia during the revolution. By looking at the actions of the pigs, Orwell shows that a communist system does not work. Trotsky and Stalin can be compared to Snowball and Napoleon. "Snowball and Napoleon were by far the most active in the debates. But these two were never in agreement"(48). Though they are both working for the good of the animals, they ... always argue. One item of debate is the windmill. Napoleon "lifted his leg, urinated over the plans"(65) and left. Napoleon is not a speaker, like Stalin. And just like Stalin, he has garnered support behind the lines. When...

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... one of your follower to do it. One of the most obvious characters who show how power corrupts is Napoleon. Napoleon is a pig and the leader of Animal Farm after he drove out Snowball, his rival. He took away rights from the other animals and gave more privileges such as sleeping on the ... about the Battle of the Cowshed when Mr. Jones came back and tried to take the farm back. Napoleon's bravery is made more dramatic through the smartness of Squealer while the things Snowball did was not accounted for and not mentioned. These things made the animals followers on the farm trust in ... ...

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... Russian Revolution. Many characters in this book symbolized Russian leaders from the Russian Revolution. Mr. Jones was like Czar Nicholas, Old Major was compared to Vladimir Lenin, Snowball was similar to Leon Trotsky, and Napoleon was reminiscent of Joseph Stalin. Mr. Jones is similar to the Russian leader Czar Nicholas who treated his people similar to how Farmer Jones treated his animals ... started, he wit! hout doubt was the reason the Revolution occurred. When Old Major died, Napoleon and Snowball took over. Napoleon was very rude, aggressive, and was just concerned with having a lo...

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... are more equal than others"(133). That single commandment made the pigs more powerful. Animalism no longer existed. At the beginning of the story, there were two leaders, Snowball and Napoleon, that 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 ... 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 ge...

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... and Trotsky (1879-1940) eventually took power. Upon Lenin's death, a power struggle took place between Trotksy and Stalin. Much like Snowball, Trotsky was a brilliant intellectual but had very little knowledge in politics. Stalin won and his opponent was driven into exile, later to ... of equality and freedom, their new future Animalism (Communism.) All is well for a time until two pigs, Napoleon (Stalin) and Snowball (Trotsky), struggle for control over the farm. Napoleon raises a whole litter of puppies, unknown to the others, and teaches them to do his bidding ( The ... read "No anima...

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... the humans, or the czars, were pushed out. Unfortunately his dream would never happen. Then we are left with his predecessors. The first is Snowball. Snowball believed one hundred percent in Old Majors principles. He wanted all the things Old Major wanted, such as the welfare of the animals. In ... the decision-making with any other individual. This was the same for Stalin. At first Napoleon and Snowball shared the decision-making and had debates about what course of action they would take. This worked for a while but Napoleon grew weary of long debates, and he thought he could make the ...

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... quiet. Most totalitarian leaders acquire and keep their positions of power through fear, as can be seen through Napoleon's actions in Animal farm after the expulsion of Snowball. (Pg. 67) An example of using fear to acquire power is when Napoleon used dogs to expel Snowball and achieve a dictatorship, which he disguised as an equal, almost communistic society to keep support from the ... ." This quote from Thomas Jefferson can be proven from different instances in Animal Farm. At first, Napoleon was not totally corrupt but still somewhat unjust. Before the exile of Snowball, a Democrati...

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... because they are more intelligent and want to be leaders on the farm. Napoleon becomes the sole leader after chasing away his competition, Snowball, with his fierce attack dogs, but the questions of what happened are resolved once Snowball is accused of being a traitor and criminal. Now as the farm is ... . When boxer 'dies' the pigs want the other animals to follow Boxers two, propaganda slogans," always work harder," and "Napoleon is always right". By corrupting the other animals' minds with false facts, the pigs gain more power and control on the farm. Hypocrisy was ... rebellio...

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... motivational speech about the rebellion, the animals were very moved by this but they managed to pull through quickly. Two new animals took charge after the death, two pigs named Snowball and Napoleon, who quickly got the animals ready to start the rebellion despite their two very different views. The rebellion came quicker than the animals thought. One day they rose up ... the animals were free they could do what they wanted; eat as much as they desired, do however much work they wanted, and enjoy there new freedom. The pigs Snowball and Napoleon decided on creating the seven commandme...

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... of a vision he saw, a time where animals ruled humans. After Major dies, the animals are prepared to finish what he started. Three animals, Napoleon, Snowball, and Squealer, create a system called Animalism, which is an elaborate system of Major's teachings. Jones is run off of the farm when he does ... humans. Once the rebellion occurs, three animals emerge as leaders. One of those leaders is a boar named Snowball. He establishes the idea of building a windmill. Another leader is a boar named Napoleon. He believes that the young animals needed to learn their ABC's and how to read and ...

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... windmill. Just a couple of days after he past away the pigs came into play, Napoleon and Snowball. Napoleon was basically the exact opposite of Snowball. Snowball was a straight out kind of person who told you what was on his mind and Napoleon was the kind of guy that kept his ideas basically to himself, like a real stern ... and greedy ruler. Another example would be how Napoleon came up with the 10 ... know the leader needs the alcohol then they basically own them, or the farm. The animal can't even rebel against the pigs because Napoleon took the puppies and trained them to be like ...

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... utopian idea to heart, and one day actually do revolt and drive the humans out. Two pigs emerge as leaders: Napoleon and Snowball. They constantly argued, but one day, due to a difference over plans to build a windmill, Napoleon exiled Snowball. Almost immediately, Napoleon established a totalitarian government. Soon, the pigs began to get special favours, until finally, they were indistinguishable from humans ... Old Major, who invented the idea of "animalism," is seen as representing Karl Marx, the creator of communism. Snowball represents Trotsky, a Russian leader after the revolution...

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... pigs are regarded as filthy and unclean animals. The two pigs represent Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky. Stalin's part being played by Napoleon and Trotsky's by Snowball. Many of the events that occur in the story are based on actual Soviet events. Stalin actually does over throw Trotsky, as does ... Napoleon to Snowball. The characteristics given to both of these animals are also amazingly similar to those of the Soviet leaders. Trotsky is truly a good ... Stalin then makes a country dislike Trotsky through a series of lies and eventually Trotsky is fleeing the country much as Snowball...

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