Animal Farm And ¨the Tiger Who Understood People

After the dirty deed of murder was done Napoleon accused Snowball of being a traitor working with Mr. Jones trying to have him Mr. Jones reacquire the farm. The great ideas of Snowball were taken by Napoleon and claimed to have made his own like the Snowballs design of the windmill. The work on the farm increased and since it is a democracy where everyone agrees to make decisions, Napoleon tells the people he will do what is best for them. It starts to create a divide among the working animals and the pigs who were the brains of the operation.

He chases a sheep named snowball who was the leader off the farm and takes over with the pigs. Throughout the story the animals are lead to believe that Napoleon and the pigs were doing what was best for them. Soon the pigs and Napoleon started breaking laws and quickly change them to make it look like they did nothing wrong. They were starting to act like humans, and not animals, which is the whole reason they rebelled.

The pigs show they have complete control over everything and everyone. Many animals are killed and crushed because of wrong doing or being in the way, which is seen as ok due to Napoleons amount of power and how he can go across doing things. The commandments that the pigs had originally wrote down always seems to be changing to then suit the pigs in the way they acted and how they went about, which all the animals had noticed but never spoke aloud about it, or anything at all, because of what they knew Napoleon was capable of doing and how much of the farm he had already corrupted for his

Napoleon has his dogs chase Snowball off the farm and and then blames Snowball for everything that goes wrong on the farm. Soon, the pigs become more powerful, they move into the farmhouse, wear human clothes, and walk upon two feet. As the farm begins to fall apart and the animals are treated even more cruelly, it becomes almost impossible to distinguish the pigs from the humans. The novel is a representation of the Soviet Union, from the Russian Revolution of 1917 to Joseph Stalin’s rise to power.

When the pigs change the seven commandments the animals just assume they forgot about the changed part. “No animal shall kill any other animal without cause. Somehow or another the last two words slipped out of the animals memory” (98). This quote is an example of how the animals just assume that the pigs are right and that it is their fault that there is a “change” in the commandments. When Napoleon realizes this he takes advantage and starts changing the commandments more often until they are no longer commandments but guidelines.

Actually the commandment read: "No animal shall drink alcohol in excess." "One can see that the pigs have changed the law to that no animal shall drink alcohol to excess to better suit their enjoyment. by altering the seven commandments, they are trying to maintain their privileged position on the farm and to consolidate their powers. Clearly the pigs decided to change the laws and even though in the beginning the pigs had good intentions they started to get more corrupt throughout the book and believe that they are not equal to other animals and are superior to

“No animal shall drink alcohol” (Orwell 25) was the 5th commandment, but Napoleon didn’t let that stop him. After he got drunk he had Squealer change the 5th commandment to “No animal shall drink to excess” (Orwell 109). Having that much power can be used for self-interest instead of thinking about the common good. No man or animal should have that much power or they will abuse it, just like Napoleon. Napoleon starting to think that the pigs were more superior. Orwell seemed to be stating that if Napoleon was the only one who knew what was right or true, then Napoleon could convince the animals that he and the pigs needed more of the resources, like milk and apples. Simultaneously Napoleon later on state that “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others” (Orwell 134) Napoleon is literally saying all the other animals are less than the pigs. Because they are using tyranny as their style of government they can say whatever they want without having to prove it. From the start Napoleon is gaining control by having a better education, having apples and milk, drinking alcohol, wearing clothes, walking on two legs, and manipulating the animals to think they are dumb. Power is corrupting the farm and all of the other animals besides the pigs are losing control. From the start the pigs only did what they wanted to benefit themselves, by pretending to have the other animals

The first few changes went against the commandments, such as he canceled Sundays morning meetings, he and the other pigs decided that they were going to move into Mr.Jones home and he also started engaging in trade with neighboring farms, an example of this, “Napoleon announced that there would be work on Saturday afternoons as well. This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half” ( 92). Napoleon started slowly changing things for the worse. Some of the commandments he started breaking was things such as pigs sleeping in beds, drinking beer, and using money and he even made the song beast of England illegal. The pigs started lying to the animals and giving themselves special privileges, even though equality between the animals was incredibly important and was the causes of the

Napoleon uses brutal forces, while Snowball relies solely on the force of his own logic and rhetorical skill to gain his influence. Snowball allows the superiority of the pigs, while Napoleon does not and wants the superiority for himself. Snowball is used as a scapegoat, such as how the media is today, by making a person seem worse than reality. Snowball, in this case, is the animal in crime since he left. He was blamed for all the trouble made. Today, we have our president attacking immigrants saying they are the reason for many of the country's problems. The media that is used makes the case seem more terrific than it actually is. Snowball gives an image of hope that has gone bad. Snowball is blamed for the problems he didn’t cause.

After having a taste of power, the pigs lose themselves in their lust for ultimate power. Because of the supreme position of the pigs in the farm, a minority controls the majority of the animals, their greed for power leads to the corruption of the power. First of all, Napoleon uses dogs to expel Snowball in order to have exclusive power. Napoleon starts to against every suggestions Snowball proposes at the beginning. He raises the puppy secretly and shows them up while excluding Snowball. These fierce dogs become a sign of Napoleon’s authority and absolute power. It is the first time that execution happens in the farm, it disobeys the essence of Animalism, all animals are friends. However, no one dares to question him because Napoleon has the absolute power, even though it starts corrupting. Secondly, when the pigs move into the farmhouse and begin sleeping in the beds, the Fourth Commandment turns out to have mysteriously changed. It now reads “No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets.”(Orwell, 67) Bed is a symbol of being human in the story. The pigs’ greed of being human has not

The pigs disobeyed all of the commandments. The main one was to do things like humans and Napoleon started trading with humans. Napoleon traded with Frederick and Frederick did not pay Napoleon with real money so Napoleon was furious. Frederick put together an attack on Animal Farm and planned to take down the windmill. Frederick put together an army and each man had a gun. In this battle, several animals were injured and several died, even Boxer was shot. If Napoleon were to follow the commandments the humans would not turn on him and knock down the windmill because, there would be no association. Today if you do not follow the rules you could get a detention or even worse, go to jail which would lead to your life being ruined. Or if you don’t follow certain rules in the branches of military you have a chance of death.

With Snowball out of the way, Napoleon’s path to absolute power without accountability is clear. Napoleon enlists Squealer to deceive and trick the animals into anything Napoleon wants them to believe by manipulating the facts and confusing the animals. Some examples of this in the story are Napoleon taking credit for the windmill, Napoleon claiming that Snowball sabotaged the windmill, and ultimately claiming that Snowball was in collaboration with Mr. Jones all along. Napoleon’s skillful use of Squealer proves effective in making Snowball the scapegoat for everything that’s wrong with the farm, and now Napoleon takes his evil intentions to another level by murdering any animal that was thought to be in allegiance with Snowball. One of the most wicked deeds was the sale of Boxer to the knacker for money to buy more whiskey. This evil act was only made worse by the elaborate lie Squealer created to cover Napoleon’s tracks. By the end of the book, Napoleon is seen having a dinner party with other humans, while the other animals are in about the same state they were at the beginning of the book. The pigs have risen to take the place of the humans and run the farm, and all the other animals are no better off for it.

The pigs appointed themselves the positions of upmost authority -living in the farm house, sleeping in the beds the humans had once slept in, drinking alcohol as Jones had, and slaughtering the animals as they vowed they wouldn't, after some of them had recognized how the actions of Napoleon contradicted all of Old Majors expectations for the future. Squealer and Napoleon were even responsible for the changing of the seven commandments to their advantage. They rewrite most of them so that they are beneficial to the pigs, deceiving the more gullible animals into believing they weren't breaking any of the rules that had seemed the be set in stone.

This shows how “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely," when there is no one higher than him, Napoleon becomes so corrupt he brings his own end. Also, he declared the windmill to be built giving a common goal for the animals to work towards uniting them. When it was finished it was not used the way Snowball said it would have, in fact it was only used to satisfy the pigs new addiction to alcohol. The drinking of alcohol was against the original commandments of animalism, which has been changed and eventually eradicated when it no longer suited the needs of the

The pigs raised the dogs as his own personal guards against all the other animals and they were able to relax while other animals did all the work. They provided themselves with more food and luxuries because they thought they were more important and did more work than others. The decision was made, “...the order went forth that all the windfalls were to be collected and brought to the harness room for the use of the pigs. At this some of the other animals murmured, but it was no use” (Orwell 26). This shows how the pigs and dogs got more privileges than any other animal, even though they do less work. The animals that are threats to Napoleon are killed by the dogs or sent to be slaughtered without that animal having any knowledge of it. Many say how the pigs have earned everything that they get or how they are now the new “leaders” of the farm and can do anything if an animal disobeys them. On the other hand, the pigs should not take away food from the other animals just because they believe they are better or that they deserve it somehow. The inequality the pigs show between them and the animals is large and goes against the commandments, or rules, they made in the