Napoleon's Power In Animal Farm

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Animal Farm Essay “I think it's just greed and power at its very worst,’’ said Senator Mary Lundby. Imagine a society of animals that have rebelled against the humans and after gaining power, Napoleon turned into a dictator, and corrupted the land whereby Napoleon and Squealer changed laws and adapted to human traits. Napoleon is a selfish leader who uses military force to intimidate animals and maintain his power. Animal farm is basically about animals that work together to defeat humans. After defeating humans the pigs gain power, which they use totalitarian control to basically terrorize the animals, and Napoleon kicked out the only pig(Snowball) that was trying to help the animals and follow everything Old Major said to do for a better future. Old Major is …show more content…
Napoleon is a true description of a dictator. He is so unfair that even after taking the animal’s rights by manipulation he continues to reduces the food for all animals except the pigs who are his comrades. Napoleon says “The following sunday It was announced that from now onwards all barley was reserved only for pigs pg(47).`He adjusts the laws again by only letting the pigs have the barley.This is a daily basis of manipulation and changing of the rules by Napoleon. He tends to have a greed over animals and thinks he is better than them. Napoleon uses Squealer for propaganda and to manipulate the other animals. Of Course the more ignorant animals were easily persuaded by the propaganda. “Squealer easily convinced them the veterinary surgeon Willingdon could treat boxer’s case more satisfactorily than could be done on the farm pg(78).” Boxers is an ignorant carthorse and he is described as the most loyal and dedicated in the farm. Squealer is the exact opposite even though he is described as the most effective and convincing in the

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