Napoleon Animal Farm

The fable Animal Farm, by George Orwell is a dystopian allegory about a group of farm animals that rise up to rid themselves of their human oppressors. Throughout the text there are three very important characters Napoleon, Boxer and Squealer who show qualities such as Dictatorship, Determination and persuasiveness.

An important character in the text is Boxer (The old work horse). He is an important character because of his loyalty towards the pigs and his beliefs and religion. He's the perfect example of someone who is easily persuaded by complex speech and convincing speaking and he also is a big motivator for all the other animals on the farm. Boxer is always saying "I will work harder" because he believes that if he works to his maximum

He is an important character because he resembles the dictator Joseph Stalin, taking control of the farm by leading with fear and utter ruthlessness. Napoleon spends no time with hard labor as he sees himself and the pigs to be more superior than the other 'lower class' animals on the farm. Napoleon always walks around with 4 guard dogs, out of the seven that he stole from birth. He shows his utter ruthlessness when "they confessed that they had secretly been in touch with Snowball ever since his expulsion…" after these confessions, "the dogs promptly tore their throats out". After this confession several other animals came forward to announce that they had also been in partnership with Snowball, they received the same treatment. The pigs confessed because they were unhappy about the poor working conditions and treatment of all the animals, they had reached the point of willing to sacrifice their lives to try and abolish Napoleon and his dictatorship. Napoleon is a very important character because of his representation of the leader Joseph Stalin and his mass execution of anyone who would stand against his establishment of

Squealer upholds the role of Napoleons mouth piece, his way of getting into the animals heads and convincing them of almost anything. Squealer made his debut appearance when he justified the fact that the pigs have hoarded milk and apples for themselves. He claims that these foods "contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of the pig. We pigs are brainworkers". Due to his complex dialogue and swift ability to constantly have fresh ideas he is able to convince the animals of almost anything, the pigs or Napoleon desire. Squealer is an integral part of Animal Farm because of his ability to speak on behalf of Napoleon and his capacity to speak convincingly. I believe that Squealer was the most important character in Animal Farm because of what he did for Napoleon, through public speaking and general dirty work, such as changing the seven commandments something that Napoleon would not have done. In the end it was Squealer who got Napoleon to become such a well respected leader in the minds of the Animals in Animal Farm making him an Important Character in the