Did Napoleon Gain Power In Animal Farm By George Orwell

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“Once you can express yourself, you can tell the world what you want from it, All the changes in the world, for good or evil, were first brought about”-Jackie Kennedy Onassis.
In animal farm Napoleon expresses himself by mainly coming up with most of the rules and didn't really follow the rules of the 7 commandments. Napoleon did it for the health of the pigs.
Leaders can gain power by intimidation and persuasion.
In animal farm napoleon gained power through intimidation. First of all boxer passed it off as usual with “napoleon is always right.” Orwell 79 the pigs had barely moved into the farm house some of the animals were disturbed when they heard that the pigs not only took their meals in the kitchen and used the drawing room as the recreation room, but also slept in the beds.
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“The windmill was, In fact Napoleon's own creation” Orwell 79
Squealer Explained privately to the other animals that napoleon had never in reality been opposed to the windmill.
Therefore napoleon gained power because he tries to take credit for the idea of the windmill.
In conclusion napoleon gained power through persuasion because he was saying the windmill was his idea even though it originally was snowballs.
In summary Napoleon gained power through intimidation by boxer saying that “napoleon is always right.” He also gains power through persuasion by taking credit of the idea of the windmill.
Napoleon only does what's best for the pigs because he is one too. For Example he let them sleep in beds.
Napoleon is like a lot of other people they do stuff to become leaders and gain power and control. They use other people's ideas and say that it was theirs
Ultimately, not everything became perfect, you can't always get your ways. We've learned from this book that persuasion and intimidation might not always