Napoleon’s Corruption George Orwell writes about the corruption that occurred during the Russian revolution with Josef Stalin, all while using talking pigs that rule over a farm run by animals. Animal Farm is a work of allegorical literature that uses animals to educate about the Russian Revolution. Napoleon, the pig that Joseph Stalin portrays, is eventually corrupted by his own intellect. This is demonstrated by Snowball (who represents Leon Trotsky),the puppy situation, the manipulation of others with the usage of Squealer, and the death of Boxer. Because Napoleon desires power, he uses his knowledge of manipulation to go behind the scenes of debates in order to gain other's votes against Snowball. Snowball is seen as Napoleon’s rival for …show more content…
In chapter 3, Two dogs named Jesse and Bluebell had given birth to a total of 9 puppies. Since Napoleon’s way of thinking entailed youthful minds, “...Napoleon took them away from their mothers, saying that he would make himself responsible for their education.” (Orwell, page 35). This eventually leads to them becoming Napoleon's executioner bodyguards, killing those who betray him. An example of this can be seen in the seventh chapter of the book when Squealer had talked about the spies of snowball among them. When Napoleon gave his ‘signal’ the vicious dogs seized four pigs accused of these crimes. The pigs confessed to everything, and “...the dogs promptly tore their throats out.” (Orwell, page 84). This all demonstrates Napoleon's intelligence in training the puppies to learn and obey before they were exposed to or learned an alternative way of thinking that may differ from the way he wants things, as well as giving him far more power on the lesser animals with brute force and blind …show more content…
Throughout the book, Napoleon is seen breaking a variety of rules that contradict his previous beliefs, one of which being the 7 commandments. The 7 commandments were a set of ‘rules’ made in the second chapter of the book, to show what animal farm stands for. When the pigs moved into the farm house in chapter 6, the fourth commandment, “No animal shall sleep in a bed” (Orwell, page 24) was broken. When the Animals start questioning Napoleon because they feel as though he has broken one of the seven commandments, Squealer swiftly changes it without their knowledge to make it slightly different but still justifiable in the circumstances. This demonstrates Napoleon's eventual corruption because he believes he can get away with anything by using