How Does George Orwell Characterize Napoleon In Animal Farm

The undeniable greed Napoleon possesses can only be fulfilled by giving the other animals the illusion of bettering themselves by not questioning his logic: “Boxer, who had now had time to think things over, voiced the general feeling by saying, ‘If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right.’ And from then on he adopted the maxim, ‘Napoleon is always right,’ in addition to his private motto of ‘I will work harder’” (Orwell 60). Because Animal Farm’s audience predominantly consists of working class citizens, they begin to feel sympathy for Boxer since he cannot recognize Napoleon is exploiting him exclusively for his personal goal of becoming a puissant leader; therefore, animosity towards Napoleon develops in the audience. Considering the animals promptly welcome Napoleon’s promise of a better life, they work towards exhaustion, unknowingly fueling Napoleon’s greed: "All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were happy in their work; they grudged no effort or sacrifice, well aware that everything that they did was for the benefit of themselves and those of their kind who would come after them, and not for a pack of idle, thieving human beings" (63). Although the animals working for Napoleon are unaware he is gradually becoming more human and willfully betraying his fellow animals for his own benefit, it is evident to the audience that Napoleon is corrupt. As Napoleon cunningly achieves power, his greed continues to grow, the same as a totalitarian leader’s:

Napoleon is a representation of Joseph Stalin, a ruthless and power-hungry dictator who overthrows Tsar Nicholas II, represented in Animal Farm by Mr. Jones. In the beginning, Stalin promises to make Russia successful, make everyone equal. However, Stalin slowly corrupts, and changes the laws to benefit him instead of the people. Besides the Russian Revolution, this is shown in Adolf Hitler’s rise to power. When Germany loses the war, the people are angry.

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I will be comparing Napoleon the pig to Hitler as to how he conquered his people and used the jews as a scapegoat. In the book “Animal Farm” by George Orwell, Napoleon uses his competing pig, snowball, as a scapegoat to gain control of the people. He does this by having dogs chase him off of the farm saying that Snowball was conspiring with the humans. This allowed Napoleon to take complete control of the farm and the rest of the animals. If the animals stopped the dogs from chasing off Snowball, it would have completely stopped his plans. However, because it was successful, he was able to use him as a way to focus the animal’s anger and keep them distracted from Napoleon's devious actions. For example, Squealer the

Napoleon is a big and fierce looking Berkshire boar, he's the type of animal that gets what he wants in his own way. He is actually smart, smart enough to trap you and make you believe that everything he says is true. Animal Far, doesn't include the part in history where it talks about Lenin's part which is represented in the book as Old Major, then Napoleon is the leader of the farm from the beginning of the revolution just as how Stalin did. Napoleon is the pig that becomes the leader of Animal Farm after the rebellion. Based on Joseph Stalin, Napoleon uses military power to threaten the other animals and strengthen his power. In the book, Napoleon proves to the animals that he isn't truthful more than his companion Snowball. While Stalin was ruling in the (USSR), he was a cruel leader who would get rid of anyone who got in his way, and millions of people that didn't want to work for him were kicked out. Just like Stalin Napoleon used violence for him to keep his ruling position in Animal Farm. A good example would be when Napoleon trains the puppies not for their own education, but to protect him and get rid of anyone who stands in his way and to not have anyone suspect him. After Snowball being expelled, Napoleon killed the puppies and said that they were spies for Snowball," the traitors who had leagued themselves with Snowball" (page 61). Another characteristic of Joseph Stalin that is shown in Napoleon is Napoleons

Both Napoleon and Joseph Stalin exploited the power they were given by using it to only benefit them and treating everyone else as lesser people. “In animal Farm, the pigs gradually twist and distort the rhetoric of socialist’s revolution to justify their behavior and to keep the other animals in the dark.” ("Themes, Motifs & Symbols." Spark Notes.) Examples of this include the many changes of the 10 commandments which barred the animals from behaving like humans. But as time went past the pigs took advantage of the other animal’s lack of education, and twisted the Commandments in order to benefit themselves.

In the novella Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, fear plays a significant role amongst the animals. Fear is seen when the pigs utilise the dangers of man. It is also seen through the violent nature of the dogs, which help the pigs maintain control of the farm. In addition, Napoleon uses his power to cause the animals to fear questioning him and to convince them to follow his rules. These mechanisms help make fear more powerful within Animal Farm.

Firstly, Napoleon uses manipulation to generate a cult of personality in the Animal Farm. Napoleon directly shows how he manipulated the animals as he believed “...[weaker] animals on Animal Farm did more work and [would] receive less food than any animals in the country” (92).Napoleon shows how he only cares about himself as he uses the animals. He would make the animals do labour to support himself and to be powerful.The animals would agree to everything that he said because they believed that Napoleon wanted the best for them. Napoleon made the animals believe that they were in better conditions even though “starvation seemed to stare them in the face.” (50). He did a great job to hid the reality from the animals. His thoughts and

Napoleon is the example of a more dictatorial leader. He is more greedy for power and therefore corruption existed when he was ruling. He does not show much interest in the welfare of the animals, which means he only cares about himself but not about anyone else. He uses several methods to take and maintain control of the farm. He is quiet yet intimidating. Early on in Animal Farm, Napoleon takes Jessie and Bluebell’s nine newborn puppies. These puppies become the forefront of his campaign of fear. He uses them to gain power by eliminating his nemesis. Napoleon uses his intellect to good effect as far as self-interest is concerned. But a real good leader never uses fear to gain the power. He instills fear as a way of giving the animal no chance to argue about what he says. This allows him to run the farm in his

Napoleon was an exquisite character in the book: Animal Farm. He overpowered all the animals, and they followed. He was acknowledged as the leader, and the creator as their “Animal Farm”. No humans, no using human-made items, and never lay where a human has laid. Napoleon’s rules were simple. However he grew to the point where he wasn’t even following them, and was changing them as life went on. Animal farm included many instances where Napoleon was commanding as a dictatorship rather than a democracy.

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

The theme of corruption through power is strong in this novel. It was critical to Orwell, as it delivered his purpose well and communicated to the audience the truth about the communist revolution. A significant character who was used to support this concept was the novel's main antagonist, Napoleon, who is perceived as a selfish, devious pig and stands as the oppressive ruler of Animal Farm. Napoleon is an effective representation of the consequences of absolute power. He is also used as an allegory for the infamous leader of the communist revolution,

“Outline the ways in which Napoleon obtained and maintained power on Animal Farm. What message is Orwell conveying to the reader through these processes?';

What defines a good leader? How they treat people? Or if they have good visions for the future? Leadership does not necessarily gain its definition as having good intentions but more as getting the job and going it efficiently. In Gorge Orwell’s Animal Farm, the pigs lead the rebellion against Farmer Jones but eventually Napoleon takes charge and leads them all. He directed the other animals on the farm and much got accomplished from the time he took charge to the end of the book. Napoleon was not a nice leader, but he was very efficient. Even though Napoleon did not have any moral qualities and broke all the rules of originally made for Animal Farm, he prospered as did the rest of the farm. Napoleon was an effective leader on Animal Farm because

George Orwell uses characterization to show Napoleon’s character development throughout the story. Orwell uses characterization in Animal Farm to show how Napoleon went from an ordinary pig to the dictator. In the beginning of Animal Farm, while Jones was still in charge, Napoleon started out the same as the other pigs. He had to follow the