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Four legs are not always good. The two pigs Napoleon and Snowball share power after the revolution. Out of the two pigs, Napoleon becomes the sole dictator of Animal Farm. How does Napoleon maintain power over the animals? In Animal Farm by George Orwell, Napoleon stays in charge through ideology, fear, and manipulation. The first method for staying in charge used by Napoleon is ideology. "[W]here the Seven Commandments were written, there lay a ladder broken in two pieces. Squealer…was sprawling beside it, and near at hand there lay a lantern, a paint-brush, and an overturned pot of white paint" (Doc A). "Muriel, reading over the Seven Commandments to herself, noticed that there was yet another of them which the animals had remembered wrong…. Actually the [Fifth] Commandment read: ‘No animal shall drink alcohol to excess'" (Doc A). This evidence helps show how Napoleon is able to stay in charge because it shows how the pigs change the seven commandments to get what they want. By doing this, the pigs can keep changing the animals' ideology to control them however they want for their own advantage. …show more content…

"When they had finished their confession, the dogs promptly tore their throats out" (Doc B). "When it was all over, the remaining animals, except for the pigs and dogs, crept away in a body. They were shaken and miserable…” (Doc B). This evidence helps show how Napoleon is able to stay in charge because it shows how Napoleon uses violence to insert fear within the animals. This makes the animals afraid to speak out, making them obey the pigs out of

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