Absolute Power In Animal Farm By George Orwell

Napoleon, the revolutionary leader, was a power hungry and abusive pig. When the animals wouldn’t listen he had to have them follow his rules and visions. He brainwashed the animals into believing whatever he said, threatened them and used popular animals to convey his desires. As dictatorship was the most prominent form of governing during the revolution, the leader used techniques to influence the animals’ opinion.

Napoleon did not care about the well being of the other animals and this is how he became just as selfish as a human.

While Napoleon was gaining power over the animals he had to get rid of other politicians and opposing citizens. He did this by raising dogs that would strike fear into citizens and end up chasing Snowball out of the farm making Napoleon have total power. “Four young porkers…uttered shrill squeals of disapproval…. But…the dogs sitting round Napoleon let out deep, menacing growls, and the pigs fell silent and sat down again.”(document B). This made it so the animals were too scared to oppose or overthrow Napoleon. He also made it so no one could challenge him politically. He did this by having his dogs kill masses of people so no one would dare have different opinions and speak out against him. “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”(document B). The mass murder made it so Napoleon had total control of the farm. The violence of Napoleon’s leadership caused the animals to fear to have their own opinions and forced them to conform to Napoleon’s

George Orwell in his novel Animal Farm explores the reality through the abuse of power using the character Napoleon. In order to gain absolute power, Napoleon eliminates any opposition, uses propaganda, and chances the commandments.

Like with Stalin running Tronski out of Russia, Napoleon did this to not only to show his dominance but also seek revenge over Snowball disagreeing with his point of view. The next large instance occurred during the Hens rebellion, a.k.a. The Bolshevik revolution, when the hens defied him he had no qualms with sending in the dogs to take them out all the while making sure that they got no

The animals want to escape humans, but what happens when one of their own turns on them? The story Animal Farm by George Orwell, Is about the animals on Mr. Jones's Manor Farm. The Oldest pig is Old Major, and he describes a dream he had. His dream was of the animals rebelling against the humans. A few days later, Old major dies in his sleep and Two new pigs take power, Snowball and Napoleon. Then make the rules of Animalism called the seven amendments. Napoleon wants to be in full control, so he uses guard dogs he raised to banish Snowball and then lies and says Snowball is a “bad guy”. Napoleon continues to change things until he is the unquestioned ruler of the farm. The theme corruption can change people. The story shows this through Napoleon's dialogue, actions, and appearance.

(Orwell, 62). Napoleon and the pigs use Jones as a threat to keep the animals in line. Napoleon rose to power on the farm by running snowball out with his dogs. Napoleon then used Snowball as a scapegoat for everything that went wrong, therefore turning all the animals against him. Stalin did the same thing with Leon Trotsky in the Soviet Union.

The quote show how Napoleon has made himself more important by separating himself from the rest making him seem more important to the rest. The quote states, “In April, Animal

Napoleon used force to gain control of Animal Farm, and used fear to keep it. When he and Snowball both led the other animals, they had many disagreements. Napoleon saw that Snowball was better at communicating with the animals, so he used the dogs which he had secretly trained to drive Snowball away – permanently. Napoleon used these dogs to keep all the animals ‘in line’ and quash any thought of rebellion with fear.

In the book Animal Farm the animals take over the farm shutting out Mr. Jones. Then the pigs tell the animals that they are more intelligent and know how to read and write so therefore they should be the leaders of the farm. The animals basically a agree without any objections in play. This doesn’t include Snowball and Napoleon. These two are always fighting and debating about what needs to be done. Which all leads to the pigs gaining power.

Describe at least ONE character or individual who changed in the written text(s) The moral of the novel Animal Farm written by George Orwell is Absolute power leads to Absolute corruption. In the novel a character that undergoes change is the pig Napoleon. Throughout the novel becoming more and more oppressive to the animals around him. His first period of change is when he keeps the milk from the other animals, for his own personal gain.

The allegorical novella Animal Farm by George Orwell uses the characterization of Napoleon and the pigs to reveal the truth that power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Napoleon and Snowball from the book Animal Farm by George Orwell share many similarities and differences when compared together. Napoleon who is the dictator leader uses his powers to frighten and control the animals while Snowball is hardworking at developing a plan so it can minimize the animals work. Both pigs have their own similarities and differences but both seem to fight an endless war at being the best.

As the author adds various events the animals seem to follow along the ideas of Napoleon. Heis taking over the farm quickly without a suspicion from the other animals. His ideas and promises were always stolen from another or never worked out, yet the other animals never figured out how bad Napoleon is. For he is worse than Jones ever was but with a convincing outlook no other animals could remember the past correctly. When problems came up it was Napoleon who decided what was best.

Due to his ultimately corrupt nature, Napoleon resorts to unethical methods to forcibly obtain authority over the rest of the animals (i.e., instilling fear through the dogs and expelling Snowball). However it’s not Napoleon’s