Animal Farm Followers

At first the animals questioned Napoleon but couldn’t fight back for the fear Napoleon struck on them with his newfound army. Napoleon came to power with his oppressing rule and the animals could do nothing but watch everything they believed in be slowly taken from them.

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.

His main way of getting people to listen to him is by using his dogs to force people to do the required task or else they will get their heads bitten off along with the sheep saying ¨four legs good, two legs better¨ (Orwell, pg. 134) to help reinforce the idea that pigs are superior to the other animals. Another way Napoleon uses fear to gain the control over the animals at the farm is he threatens them with starvation. Both of these methods used by Napoleon were also used by Joseph Stalin to gain control over the masses. If society gives in to these methods then they are just giving more power and control to the higher power. Napoleon also threatens the animals with saying jones is going to come back and that is a reference back to when Stalin told his people that if they didn’t do what he wanted the old way of living was going to come back to them. With that much power and having all those people listen your commands can make you feel like you are unstoppable and greedy.

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

Napoleon: A large Berkshire boar who administers Animal Farm after the rebellion. He uses nine dogs, which he raised since they were pups, to make other animals accept his offers and rules.

The first example of the animals being loyal and supporting Napoleon was when Napoleon had so called “worked hard.” Napoleon ended up sending Squealer to the house to tell them the new arrangements to the animals. Squealer had told the animals “Comrades,” he said, “ I trust that every animal in here appreciates the sacrifice that Comrade Napoleon has made in taking this extra labour upon himself! Do not imagine, comrades, that leadership is a pleasure” (55). He is trying to convince the animals that Napoleon is doing honorable work when in reality he is the enemy.

The novel clearly reiterates the notion that more people conform than rebel when confronted with authoritarian control. The animals in the novel are divided into two categories. Those who have knowledge and therefore power, and those who lack knowledge and therefore are submissive. The main difference is that the submissive animals such as the horses and sheep represent the people that chose to stay uneducated, as it is a much less difficult pathway. They chose this because knowing consequences creates threatening actions against the livelihood of the animals. Despite the animals suffering from violence, poor conditions, and being overworked, they continue to conform as it becomes an easier lifestyle for them. The repetition of the lines “Napoleon is always right” and “I will work harder” showcases how the farm animals follow the routine of others and resign to conformity as their means of life, for it is an easier, simpler outlook to life for them. The idea of being an outlier and having a voice is forsaken by the animals, as the narrative evolves they witness more and more unruly acts of behaviour from the pigs, who are controlling the farm. The emotive language used within the line “Silent and terrified, the animals crept back into the barn” effectively demonstrate how a wave of melancholic and frightened emotions flood through the farm animals, creating a sense of compliance within. The use of threatening tone within the lines “At this there was a terrible baying sound outside, and nine enormous dogs wearing

At this point, Napoleon is now understanding the hard work that goes into running a farm. Napoleon decides to conversate with humans that can buy the needed supplies from the town stores. When the animals heard about the newly made agreement, they were stunned. Animals that have any relations with humans were seen as a traitor. Napoleon then

It was once when an animal was a slave and just an animal, but with a little bit of rebellion, things are turned upside down. Animal Farm shows an important point that it is easy to take advantage of those who are feeble, or less intelligent. Napoleon uses his power to keep the sheep working who follow along with the rest of the animals, and also exploits characters like Boxer who helps. In Animal Farm, George Orwell uses personification and detail to show a leader and followers viewpoints in an environment to prove how leaders and followers contributes to the loss of freedom and equality.

Napoleon used his crisis to rule the land. In multiple scenarios of the book, he was ruling by the minute. When one animal would point out that he was sleeping in the bed of the farmer, he would say that “ he wasn’t sleeping with any bed clothes” even though the animals knew that the 10 rules written on the barn said otherwise. The animals grew to anger when each time they would argue with Napoleon, they would check that list where the information was located and it would be changed by what he had said.

The hens tried to thwart Napoleon’s wishes, Napoleon was quickly given punishment for the hens, “He ordered the hens’ rations to be stopped, ... (76), this was that if animal disobeyed Napoleon, punishment came down. There were always dogs around Napoleon, “Napoleon, with Squealer and another pig named Minimus,...” (57), this was that Napoleon made Intimidation by using dogs around him. Animals did not say anything because the dog was scared for animals. Napoleon killed every animal or person who he did not like, “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.” (84) this was that no one could not disobey Napoleon. As a result of continuing to give animals intimidation, no one did not say complaint to Napoleon, “Then there came a moment when the first shock had worn off and when, in spite of everything-in spite of their terror of the dogs, and of the habit, developed through long years, of never complaining, never criticising, no matter what happened” (133), “Of never complaining, never criticising, no matter what happened” represents Napoleon's

Napoleon who is demanding and overpowering pig always put himself first he believes that he Animal Farm leader and praises himself for things he done for the animals. He is an example of dictatorial leader because he is greedy for power and is also corrupted. Napoleon doesn’t show interest in the welfare of the animals. In the book

“Napoleon was well aware of the bad results that might follow if the real facts of the food situation were known, and he decided to make use of Mr. Whymper to spread a contrary impression. Hitherto the animals had had little or no contact with Whymper on his weekly visits: now, however, a few selected animals, mostly sheep, were instructed to remark casually in his

Napoleon is one of the two leaders of the farm who symbolizes Joseph Stalin. Just like Stalin, Napoleon takes advantage of the animals uprising which would lead him to becoming dictator. In addition, Napoleon makes his own secret police by kidnapping the dogs. In the same way, Stalin created his own powerful police the NKVD, the people’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs.

The antagonist of the book ‘Animal Farm’, Napoleon was highly emphasized for his cruel tactics that he upheld against his fellow animals. He tortured and tormented them giving himself the title of a cruel leader. This sense of tyranny is why he resembles Mr.Jones the previous owner of Manor Farm. Similar to Mr.Jones, Napoleon has created a caste system in which he is the “farmer” and the rest of the animals are his “slaves”, he has shown that he only uses the animals for his own monetary gain, and that he uses fear and propaganda to control the rest of the animals. In this essay I will compare and contrast the two individuals.