Napoleon

The social hierarchy and class differences of The Animal Farm caused its demise. The most prominent social groups settled into their own habitats, establishing their own “grounds.” The animals on the bottom of the hierarchy are not well educated, and so are inferior under the top of the hierarchy.

After Snowball is betrayed and chased off the farm by Napoleon, his name becomes synonymous with disaster and failure. Specifically, Snowball is blamed for the destruction of the windmill as well as for breaking eggs, smashing windows, and plotting to attack the farm in collusion with the neighboring farmers.

Napoleon is a bad leader in Animal Farm because he’s selfish and has no consideration for the other animals. Instead of working hard to make life better for everyone, he’s more concerned with acquiring power for himself.

Why does Napoleon cut off the animals’ contact with Mr. Whymper? So that the animals won’t say how bad the food shortage is. You just studied 10 terms!

Napoleon is based on the Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin. Stalin was involved in the Russian Revolution of 1917 and came to rule Soviet Russia after the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924. He ruled until his death in 1953.

Vyacheslav Molotov

Analysis of Napoleon’s Leadership Napoleon’s character is intended to symbolize Joseph Stalin as part of the story’s broader allegory for the Russian Revolution. He epitomizes a selfish, controlling leader who prioritizes himself, his supporters, and his power over the struggles of the citizens that he is controlling.

That wasn’t enough, Napoleon wanted more power. He decided to kill his brother, Snowball, so that he would be the only leader. So this selfish pig, Napoleon, destroyed what the animals built (the windmill) and blamed Snowball who escaped the farm.

He is taken by surprise by the animals when they fight back against him and his men, so much so that he is thrown off the farm. He tries twice to take back the farm but both attempts fail. He ends up dying in a home for alcoholics.

The windmill is actually destroyed and rebuilt several times throughout the course of Animal Farm. After the first windmill is destroyed, which Napoleon blames on Snowball’s sabotage, the animals begin reconstruction and make the walls much thicker.

Why do human beings hate Animal Farm? Why do they respect it? The humans hate animal farm becauase it is run by animals. This is also why the animals respect it.

Essentially, Napoleon was suffering from a hangover, which made him feel nauseous, tired, and sensitive to light. By the end of the chapter, the pigs begin researching how to make alcohol and the Fifth Commandment is rewritten, “No animal shall drink alcohol to excess.”

The sight of Squealer and the pigs walking on two legs. What keeps the animals from protesting? The dogs’ barking. “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”

Overall, the animals do not protest Napoleon’s decisions, because they are manipulated by Squealer’s propaganda, fearful of the repercussions of challenging Napoleon, and blindly trust that Napoleon will always make the right decisions to benefit the farm.

The sight of Squealer and the pigs walking on two legs. What keeps the animals from protesting? The sheep’s singing.

No animal on the farm ever retires. In Chapter Nine, it is hoped that Boxer might be the first animal to enjoy his retirement but, instead, Napoleon sells him to a glue manufacturer. Retirement, then, is a dream which Napoleon quickly crushes.

Squealer claims to have been present at Boxer’s death, a tale he relates emotionally to the other animals. He claims that Boxer’s last words were, “Forward, Comrades! … Forward in the name of the Rebellion” and “Long live Animal Farm! Long live Comrade Napoleon!3 hari yang lalu

The book’s final image expresses the animals’ realization that the pigs have become as cruel and oppressive as human farmers. The ending also makes the argument that political power is always the same, whoever has it and whatever ideology is used to justify it.

Animal Farm by George Orwell Animal Farm along with other writings of Orwell were forbidden in Russia until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

One important moral of the “fable” of Animal Farm is the ease with which language can be manipulated and twisted for evil purposes. Orwell was a journalist who understood the power of words and the power of propaganda.

horse Boxer

Benjamin. The donkey. He is the oldest animal on the farm and stereotypically stubborn and crotchety. He is also intelligent, being the only animal (aside from the pigs) that can read fluently.3 hari yang lalu

pigs

Benjamin is not responsible for Boxer’s death because he stayed with Boxer while the other animals went for help, and he was the one who read the sign on the truck and told everyone that they were taking Boxer to the glue factory, but I wouldn’t say that had he done things differently he woyuld have been able to stop …

The situational irony in the piece is that the animals took over the farm so they could run it themselves. They didn’t like the way they were being treated by the humans, but in the end they end up exactly like them. Dramatic irony is when the reader of a piece knows something the characters do not.