Animal Farm Snowball Essay

The second main character in Animal Farm, who is also the antagonist, is Snowball. He is a round and static character, who is described indirectly through his speech and actions. To begin with, Snowball is a metaphor for Leon Trotsky. He is exiled by Napoleon and never seen again. To begin with, although Snowball isn’t a bad character in the novel, he is still considered as an antagonist since he challenges the main character, Napoleon. Snowball runs against Napoleon for power on Animal Farm. Also, Snowball is liked better by the animals, and he is more intelligent than Napoleon. To start with, “Snowball was a more vivacious pig than Napoleon, quicker in speech and more inventive, but was not considered to have the same depth of character.” (Orwell, 9) Here, Snowball is vividly described, we learn about his character, and how he was a better speaker than Napoleon was, therefore making him liked better by the animals. Snowball is round since he played an important role in the development of all the politics in the novel. Also, he is a static character since he followed Old Majors principles for everything and throughout the whole novel, and he also always looked out for all the animals and worked for what was best for the farm. He knew how to convince the animals. For example, when Boxer injured a boy during the …show more content…
It includes dramatic, situational, verbal and cosmic ironies throughout the novel. To begin with, an example of dramatic irony is: “The next night, some of the animals find Squealer near the barn, holding a paintbrush; he has fallen from a ladder leaned up against the spot where the Seven Commandments are painted on the barn. The animals fail to put two and two together, however, and when they discover that the commandment that they recall as stating “No animal shall drink alcohol” actually reads “No animal shall drink alcohol to excess,” they once again blame their memories for being faulty.” (Orwell,