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In the book Animal Farm George Orwell sets the scene with the animals do hard back breaking work for little to no rations, who’s in charge who has the power to fix all of it? After being inspired by Old Major speech The animals on the farm rebelled and won against farmer Jones. A pig named Napoleon took control as a sole dictator and after a long reign you couldn’t tell the difference between the pigs and a humans. The first technique Napoleon used was propaganda to his advantage, he also used his power and animalism to bend the rules and finally Napoleon used fear to keep his power. Napoleon used propaganda to stay in charge. “Every night it was said he came creeping in under cover of darkness and performed all kinds of mischief. He stole corn, he upset the milk pails, He broke eggs whenever something went wrong it becomes usual to attribute it to snowball” (Document D). The whole farm used poisoning the well and blamed snowball for all the problems on the farm.”And do you not remember that it was just at that moment when panic was spreading and all seemed lost that comrade Napoleon sprang forward with a cry of Death to Humanity! And sank his …show more content…

“1.)whatever goes upon two leg is an enemy 2.) whatever goes upon four legs and has wings is a friend 3.) No animal shall wear clothes 4.) No animal shall sleep in a bed 5.) No animal shall drink alcohol 6.) No animal shall kill any other animal 7.) All animals are equal.”(Document A). All the pigs including Napoleon changed,bent, or removed a commandment. “Four legs good two legs better! Four legs good two legs better! For a minute or two they stood gazing at the tarred wall with its white lettering their was nothing there now except a single commandment It ran all animals are equal but some are more equal than others.”(Document A). The pig changed the commandments till there was only one commandment left, Napoleon bent and changed the rules at his will to stay in

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