Napoleon from the novel Animal Farm, uses the animals’ fear of Jones and fear of death to ensure they will do everything he wants. As the pigs start to break the commandments and sleep on human beds, they defend their actions by claiming without them sleeping on the beds, Jones would come back, ““You would not have us too tired to carry out our duties? Surely none of you wishes to see Jones back?”” (p.67). The animals quickly agree that the pigs sleeping on the human beds is better than Jones coming back and drop the matter. Napoleon goes on to kill any animal that claimed to be working with Snowball. “And so the tale of confessions and executions went on, until there was a pile of corpses lying before Napoleon’s feet and the air was heavy with the smell of blood…” (p.84). By showing what happens to animals that work for his “enemy”, Napoleon instills the fear of death into the animals, making sure no animal would dare betray him. By knowing and using the animals; fears, governing is easy and effective for
Napoleon from the novel Animal Farm, uses the animals’ fear of Jones and fear of death to ensure they will do everything he wants. As the pigs start to break the commandments and sleep on human beds, they defend their actions by claiming without them sleeping on the beds, Jones would come back, ““You would not have us too tired to carry out our duties? Surely none of you wishes to see Jones back?”” (p.67). The animals quickly agree that the pigs sleeping on the human beds is better than Jones coming back and drop the matter. Napoleon goes on to kill any animal that claimed to be working with Snowball. “And so the tale of confessions and executions went on, until there was a pile of corpses lying before Napoleon’s feet and the air was heavy with the smell of blood…” (p.84). By showing what happens to animals that work for his “enemy”, Napoleon instills the fear of death into the animals, making sure no animal would dare betray him. By knowing and using the animals; fears, governing is easy and effective for