How Does Orwell Create A Satire In Animal Farm

Meet Napoleon, a pig that tries to act as a human in order to pursue his lifelong dream as a farm’s dictator (not really). Welcome to Animal Farm. Napoleon is a pig in a farm called Animal Farm, after the animals decide to rebel against their farm owner Jones, they change the farm’s name from Manor Farm to Animal Farm. This story goes on to Napoleon deciding to use his intelligence as an advantage to lead the other animals. He writes 7 commandments that the animals need to followed. Napoleon’s power could have been checked after he broke these commandments, by deciding to give the pigs all of the milk and apples, by beginning to sleep in the beds of the farmhouse, and by killing two sheep.

Napoleon being another intelligent pig on the farm believed he could become the leader and have all the power on the farm by scaring the animals. He does so by telling the animals they will work more or there will be punishment “Throughout the spring they worked a sixty-hour week, and in August Napoleon announced that there would be work on Sunday afternoons as well. This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half” (Orwell 40). “The animals believe what the leadership tells them—that they are working for their own good now, not for Mr. Jones’s—they are eager to take on the extra labor”

At the start Napoleon and the other pigs strongly believed that all animals were equal and had the right

Napoleon's driving force that kept the pigs in power was his way of forcing the animals to depend on the pigs for everything, and that they were simply more capable and therefore more deserving. “It

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.

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 pigs get many special privileges such as, getting to sleep in the farmhouse beds, drink alcohol and have crops and food specifically reserved for them. In contrast, the other farm animals sleep on straw, drink from the pond and are always starving.The final commandment ‘All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others’ is a strong indication that corruption has swallowed the boar. Furthermore, Napoleon has obtained both ‘Animal Hero, First class’ and ‘Animal Hero, Second class’ showing irony through the fact that for all to be equal there should not be a class system such as an upper class and working class. The inequality within the farm slowly spread through the farm until the pigs were almost completely different from actual farm animals and considered more as ‘man’.

A quote from George Orwell’s Animal Farm reads, “ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL, BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS.” This commandment that Napoleon commands, replacing all the other seven commandments. Napoleon first dispossessing Snowball, the leader who work hard(53), after that he lead the pigs and the dogs making profits at the expense of downtrodden animals(77). The pigs do not work, but they let other animals work instead(129). And Napoleon also gives the other animals not enough food for eat, but he and the other pigs and dogs eat a very big amount of food and cause them get very fat(130). Napoleon proves to be an ineffective leader of Animal Farm because he hungers for power, wallows laziness, and enjoys selfishness.

As said in the previous paragraph, the pigs were to be represented as leaders during the USSR, Napoleon showed great likeness to one leader named Joseph Stalin. Stalin was a dictator of the Soviet Socialist Republics from 1929 to 1953. The Soviet Union, also known as USSR was supposed to change a peasant like society into a strong military industrial power; changing their party to communism. Communism was created by Karl Marx to change the inevitable better life for everyone. When Joseph Stalin took power he became a fearful leader and didn't let anyone get in his way, there he made a debut of being a dictator to all with terror. In similarity of Napoleon and Joseph Stalin, both showed fear of what would be their lives if they weren't there. Also known as they can't live without me, they need me. According to the book Animal Farm, Napoleon states how the only people who are now getting milk now that Farmer Jones is gone is only

Many novels,such as Animal Farm, include satire. Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, is a satirical fable based on the Russian Revolution. Animal Farm has sold over 9 million copies worldwide. Today the book Animal Farm is banned in Russia and China. Orwell uses exaggeration and parody techniques of satire in order to highlight the fact that pigs and russians are almost identical.

The pigs showed leadership by using fear. Napoleon used fear to achieve his goals, “[he] pronounced a death sentence upon Frederick” (96) to show that if anyone stood in the way of what he wanted he would kill. Fear is control; if you are feared then you have power and respect. The pigs wanted total control. That is why they caused the animal to fear so that they would have respect and power. In addition, Napoleon used actions to force the animals to follow his cause. By saying volunteer work “if absented would have his rations reduced by half” (63) destroys the meaning of volunteer work. The ignorant animals would not dare to lose rations just to get out of work. The animals willingly followed until the bitter end because of their fear of opposition. The fear in the animals grew until there was nothing else to

In Orwell’s Animal Farm, it is interesting to see the metamorphosis of Napoleon from the swine in shining armor to the terrifying tyrant in a short matter of time. At first, he is the trusted leader of the animals, but as his power grows, his villainy grows through his manipulative character and malevolence. When the novel first starts off, Napoleon is seen as the savior of the farm, and thanks to his ability to lead and his intelligence, “The animals were happy as they had never conceived it possible to be”(Orwell 12). They reach a height of happiness and liberation among the farm, as they no longer need to submit to humans or work like slaves.

Everyone followed the tasks that were given by them, but Napoleon constantly clashed with Snowballs ideas and commenced to being impatient. Napoleon became too eager and hungry for power, and he made the animals go against Snowball and banished Snowball from ever being able to walk on the farm again. “Even when you have conquered him, do not adopt his vices” (Orwell 31). Napoleon, upon many others have come in contrast with this at some point in the book. We begin to see that although the initial purpose of running out Mr. Jones from the farm was to be free, the animals are still under control by Napoleon and his allies. They brainwashed the others into believing they were safe and do not have to worry about being “property”. Fear and doubt are the instruments acted upon them to ensure that no second guessing would be situation at hand. This caused them to fail to comprehend the idea that even under the leadership of Napoleon, they were all in the same position as they were when Mr. Jones was

Napoleon was indefinitely the most trouble for the farm, he not only took most of the resources from the farm, but he made the animals work. The main reason why the animals rebelled was because they didn't want to work anymore. But Napoleon didn't care, he made the animals work vigorously and

Napoleon automatically tries and actually succeeds in taking the farm under his and the pigs control. Napoleon convinces the not so smart animals first into following and obeying his orders, this then spreader to the other animals which then they followed and obeyed. Napoleon took advantage of these animals by making them do all the laboring and building. Most of the time the animals weren't feed due to that Napoleon was being greedy and spending money on his whiskey. Napoleon took the animals freedom by making them care for the crops and build the windmill. Napoleon compares to some dictators such as Kim jung un and Adolf Hitler in that he takes the animals rights, makes them follow his rules and changes the commandments.