When you can be yourself and it becomes an art, that’s when writing is fun. Barbara Mellix shares a great example of when she wanted to use "proper English", instead of her "black English." While doing so it made her feel uncomfortable and out of her realm. " "Thank you very much," I replied, my voice barely audible in my own ears. The words felt wrong in my mouth, rigid, foreign.
To begin, in the stories of “Animal Farm” the book concludes on how the animals of Manor Farm turn into the owner of them by dictating each other, stealing ideas from one another, changing rules, overworking each other, and being just overall a communist farm. The author’s perspective and tone regarding intelligence explains how the pigs and Napoleon used their intelligence to trick and persuade the animals to their way of living. In the book “Animal Farm”, “The pigs did not actually work, but directed and supervised the others. With their superior knowledge it was natural that they should assume the leadership” (Orwell 12). The pigs dictate the animals and use them as slaves because they were not intelligent.
Animal Farm: How Napoleon Stayed In Charge Having superiority over something is not easy. If put in the wrong hands, having superiority could destroy something as big as a country. In the story Animal Farm by: George Orwell a pig named Napoleon wanted to establish superiority over Manor Farm, but farmer Jones was in charge of the farm. So, Napoleon and the other animals held a rebellion against farmer Jones and the other humans then the animals kicked the humans off the farm and Napoleon slowly turns into a dictator over the farm. Napoleon stayed in charge of the farm by using fear, propaganda, and Animalism.
Trying to gain freedom on the farm, the animals obtain a leader, Napoleon, who is much more harsh and stern than the former farm owner, Mr. Jones, has ever been. Symbolizing a ruler from the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, Napoleon brings the farm into a hole, they have a hard time getting out of. Napoleon kills various animals, and has also broken the Seven commandments the animals promise to abide by. In the beginning, the farm was run by Mr. Jones, who is later overpowered by the animals on the farm. To gain power, Napoleon starts to earn their trust by making it seem as if he is a trustworthy comrade.
The animals in Animal Farm represent different groups of people and political ideologies. The story reveals the dangers of totalitarianism and the importance of democratic principles. Napoleon's rise to power and leadership style in Animal Farm mirrors Stalin's rise to power and leadership style in the Soviet Union during the Russian Revolution. Both Stalin and Napoleon were ruthless and cunning leaders who used propaganda, violence and fear to maintain his power.
Some people will do whatever it takes, to have power, and be in charge of things. This is shown in George Orwell’s, Animal Farm, as Napoleon has done many different actions, to stay as the animal in power, on the farm. Napoleon’s three key tactics that he used, to stay as Animal Farm's leader, included his reputation with the animals, his manipulative propaganda, and his intimidation of the animals. Napoleon’s first main tactic that he used to stay as the leader of Animal Farm, was using his reputation with the animals, making it much easier to persuade them. As Boxer is working the hardest of all the animals, to build up the windmill, he states, “His two slogans, ‘I will work harder’ and ‘Napoleon is always right,’ seemed to him a sufficient answer to all problems”.
In Animal Farm, George Orwell warns how power will often lead to corruption. Napoleon was placed in a position of power after Major died, and he slowly starts to lavish in his power and become addicted to the lush life of a dictator. When Napoleon first becomes a leader, he expresses how everyone will work equally, but as his reign goes on, he shortens the work hours. At the very end of the novel, the observing animals even start to see that pig and man had become the same. The irony present in the above example, illuminates how regardless of how much a ruler promises to maintain equality and fairness, the position of power that they hold, will corrupt them.
In George Orwell's Animal Farm, Napoleon, a pig leader that represents Stalin from the Russian Revolution plays a big role in the book as the pig leaders are a superior group among the population of Animal Farm. In the story Napoleon is representing Stalin in Animal Farm as the main leader after Mr.Jones is ran out of the farm and Old Major died, resembling how Stalin took over rising to power in Russia. Napoleon started as a seemingly good leader but that soon changed… Napoleon, just like Stalin started to have problems with citizens of their own community and tried to hurt people and take things away. Both leaders can be shown using their superiority and power to their advantage to get everything they wanted and felt was necessary.
In the novel Animal Farm, George Orwell shows how citizens lose their power through the characters of Napoleon and Boxer, these characters gain more or lose their power which led to the farm's failure. One day the animals were tired of Mr Jones mistreating them poorly, they rebelled and made Mr Jones leave the farm. After Mr Jones had left the farm Napoleon and Snowball took leadership of the farm, making a communist farm. Throughout the story, communism proves to lead , to unfairness and dictatorship through the better living conditions of the pigs, harder work for the animals, and the inability for animals to share their opinions George Orwell throughout the story expresses that Napoleon gains more power. He is not a good leader, he is
A theme seen throughout the book Animal Farm by George Orwell is the abuse of power used by many characters from beginning to end. The main character Napoleon is a great example of power in the wrong hands. Napoleon abuses his power and rules over the other animals in fear he takes joy in being the leader. Napoleon doesn't care for the animals or anyone except himself; he doesn't even want the animals on the farm to rest. All he wants is for the animals to work like slaves and make him money.
For example, Napoleon decides that “It was about this time that the pigs suddenly moved into the farmhouse and took up their residence there... It was absolutely necessary, he said, that the pigs, who were the brains of the farm, should have a quiet place to work in. It was also more suited to the dignity of the Leader (for of late he had taken to speaking of Napoleon under the title of "Leader") to live in a house than in a mere sty” (21) meaning that he is starting to take control of the farm. This shows that Napoleon is slowly starting to become the leader of the farmhouse and concludes that he deserves more than the others because of his high position. Furthermore, this also illustrates that the animals do not understand that Napoleon is becoming the thing that he feared most; human.
Napoleon’s system of ruling is no different, if not even more dictatorial, than that of Mr. Jones because he can never be appeased by his starving desire for more power. He shows that there is no guarantee of satisfaction to greed because it never ceases to grow. Orwell illustrates this visualization perfectly through Animal Farm by using Napoleon’s unceasingly growing desire for power to bring upon destruction to the social
Animal farm is a book written by George Orwell. The book is a reflection of the events of the Russian Revolution and Joseph Stalin’s rise to power. Joseph Stalin is represented by Napoleon and the story follows the events that lead up to Napoleon’s rule over Animal Farm. During the novel, Napoleon uses both psychological and physical fear to control the animals. This is proved by Napoleon using Jones and Snowball as a Physiological fear, to prevent rebellion.
Leaving leaders unchecked can have brutal consequences. In the Allegory, Animal Farm, Orwell created the character of Napoleon to portray a leader that took his own needs and put them in front of the well-being of the other animals. The animals look up to Napoleon and turn to him for answers on how to live a better life, but he neglects their needs. At the beginning of the novel, Orwell portrays Napoleon as a leader who has trouble influencing others. Napoleon leads alongside Snowball, but Snowball is a more persuasive leader.
In the book Animal Farm, there are two main “enemies” to the common animals. These two enemies, are Farmer Jones and the pig known as Napoleon. Each of these entities have their own pros and cons, and each one rules over the animals in their own way. Some may argue that Farmer Jones was a better owner, and Napoleon was bad, or vice versa. As stated before, each had their own unique way of ruling the animals and different popularity among the animals.
