The Ineffective Leader In George Orwell's Animal Farm

One way Napoleon was able to stay in charge was by using Animalism. Napoleon used the seven commandments as a way of Animalism. In the seven commandments humans are presumed as an enemy. Their ways were also speculated as bad, like commandment five which states no animal shall drink alcohol or commandment four which states no animal shall wear clothes. But animals are conjectured as good and the opposite of humans as it states in

Napoleon’s use of propaganda keeps the animals on his side. Squealer tells the animals that the pigs need milk and apples because they work more than the other animals. Squealer told the animals, “... So it was agreed without further argument that the milk and...apples...should be reserved for the pigs alone,”(Doc C, Chapter 3). Napoleon uses propaganda through Squealer telling the animals to do what he says.

Towards the beginning of the book, the animals make a list of rules which they call the Seven Commandments. Throughout the story, Napoleon adds on to the commandments, such as changing the last rule from “All animals are equal” to saying, “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.” The animals accept the changes and just think that they remembered the commandments wrong..blaming it all on their ‘faulty memory’. This happens again and again, and Napoleon continues to take advantage of his power. He realizes that he is much more smart and clever than any of the other animals on the farm, and changes things to be in his favor. He cuts down on the serving sizes of each animal’s food portions and makes them work even more than they worked with their previous human leader. The animals so obliviously followed Napoleon even though what he was doing was incorrect, but because they had trust and respect for him, they never thought that he was in the

He gave them the false inspiration and hope that they were working for to stay free. This is what Hitler did to the Jews who were able to work, he had in his concentration camps say “work to be free”, but in reality he did not have the intention to set them free. The reason as to why the animals did not rebel was for two reasons. One being that they just were not educated at all and the other reason is because Napoleon has an immense amount of fierce dogs around him at all times. This made him an intimidating pig. The animals were oblivious to the corruption around them that he shrugged off a fellow animal dying by another simply because Napoleon said it was fine and the Commandments said that it was exceptional. The dumbest of the animals was a horse named boxer. Because he was the strongest of the farm animals, what he said greatly influenced the others animals, and because he was on the side of Napoleon the other animals followed. There were many times were the animals would have revolted without Boxer present, but after he died, it was too late to turn back. He inspired the animals by constantly saying, “I will work harder”, and, “Napoleon is always right”. This often concluded questions regarding Napoleon’s style of handling business.

As Napoleon becomes the leader of the pack, he doesn’t use his ability of authority in the best of ways and his power starts to corrupt because he and the other pigs with power start to treat their followers unequally, lie to the other animals, and think of themselves being untouchable and tend to be selfish. Firstly, as

As a result Napoleon kills all of them. Napoleon’s actions of killing the animals proves that he is not afraid to harm another animal for his own

Napoleon exploit's the animals inferiority complex. When he changes the seven commandments to justify his actions, the animals are doubtful as their memories tell them that the seven commandments were different. However Squealer tells them that they are wrong and it is just a figment of their imagination. The animals think that if napoleon says so then he must be right and so let him get away with it.

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’.

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

“The others said of Squealer that he could turn black into white.”(16) this was that Squealer's speech was persuasive. Squealer draw Napoleon’s face on the wall, “Napoleon approved of this poem and caused it to be inscribed on the wall of the big barn....” (95), this was that animals worshipped Napoleon by drawing. Napoleon wanted to let the animals listen to everything by worshiping. Squealer taught sheep to sing a new song, “Four legs good, two legs BETTER! Four legs good, two legs BETTER! Four legs good, two legs BETTER!” (134), this was that old songs, “Four legs good, two legs bad” was not desirable for pigs so pigs changed the song. The animals held Spontaneous Demonstration, “Long live Comrade Napoleon!” (116), this was that Napoleon tried to make consciousness one. From these quotes, Napoleon the animals were worshiping Napoleon and he trying to control animals by using

An Inept Leader: Calamity for a Nation and its People The state of a nation primarily reflects the strength and aptness of its leader; a weak leader submits their nation into an abysmal state, whereas a great one promotes progress. In Orwell's novella, Animal Farm, the animals of inferior intelligence comply with their vehement leader, Napoleon, who initially demonstrates strong qualities as a leader. However, Napoleon's leadership succumbs to corruption as he gradually implements unprincipled authoritarian rules that primarily benefit the pigs at the expense of the working class. Similarly, past leaders have displayed abuse of power for personal gain.

On page 92 the quote "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." I believe that this shows Napoleon's true intentions, to make one species of animal seem to be at higher power than another. After all of this time he was blaming things on Snowball and making it seem like he wanted the best for the farm, but really he just wanted the best for himself. for a leader of an area, he only wanted to make himself look good and didn't care how much work the animals had to do.

Throughout the book of Animal Farm the theme of leadership and corruption is continuous. The animal’s who have the biggest part in both of these major themes are the pigs. Napoleon, for example, takes over as the leader in the beginning of the book and later his leadership methods turn corruptive.

Also, Napoleon is characterized indirectly in the story through his thoughts speech and actions. Through all his actions, the readers are led to understand that he was a cruel dictator like leader. We learn that power corrupted him and he ended up ruining the animals’ future instead of building a better

First, Napoleon showed his effectiveness as a leader because he established trust with the other animals on the farm. No matter if he earned their trust or not, the animals eventually put their faith in every decision he made. One particular animal that showed unending trust in Napoleon was Boxer, a large horse. On many occasions Boxer says, “Ah, that is different! If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right” (58). In this scene Squealer tries to convince the animals that Snowball was against them all along and Boxer has trouble believing that. Finally, after many different ways of trying explaining his reasons, Squealer says that Napoleon told him that Snowball was evil, and Boxer instantly trusts what Squealer said, because it first came