Animal Farm is an example of leaders and followers because, there were main characters like Napoleon, Snowball, and Squealer who were powerful, and took charge. There were also characters like Boxer, Clover, Molly, Bluebell, Jessie, and Pincher, who just listen to whatever the pigs say. This story is a great example of what a leader-follower situation looks like. In this story, the pigs are the political leaders that make the decisions for the others. Napoleon is a powerful, take-charge type of leader and he wants to be number one. Whereas, Snowball is looking for a softer attempt to rule the animals. Unfortunately Napoleon beats Snowball and ends up winning leadership by manipulating the others. This leaves The Animal Farm in bad hands.
A good leader should be looking out for the betterment of the people, or in this case animals. Napoleon was doing just the opposite, by thinking of himself and the other pigs first. The pigs were at the top of the anarchy and had power over the animals below them. Napoleon took charge immediately and stole the cow’s milk for the
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Boxer genuinely thought that the pigs wanted the best for the farm, so he would blindly follow them,he says quote,”Napoleon is always right”. At some points Boxer knew that something was wrong and that the other animals on the farm didn’t like Napoleon but he wanted to think the best of him. Boxer said, “If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right.” Boxer ultimately dies for the farm and says quote, “Forward, Comrades! … Forward in the name of the Rebellion.” Napoleon is a malicious, abusing, manipulative, self centered, pig, who sent away Boxer to be killed. Boxer was a follower and was following the wrong leader, he stood by him and listened to whatever he was told to do. Napoleon used Boxer for his benefit and then when he was of no use to him anymore he sent him away to die. How’s that for a