Napoleon Blame In Animal Farm

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The message in the book of Animal Farm blames the communist system for failing, the blame is placed on the government or dictator who lie to the animals using propaganda, as Squealer did in the story. Napoleon is to blame for the cruelty and hardship that the animals faced.
Napoleon and Snowball support the rebellion. They discussed the issues of the farm, but in secret, Napoleon does not want to share his power with Snowball. In fact, Snowball is run off the farm by Napoleon and his dogs after he becomes too popular with the other animals. Napoleon who takes on qualities of the humans. Napoleon doesn't care about any of Snowball's ideas of improving the farm, he doesn't care if the animals work hard, he just benefits from their hard work,

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