Who Is Napoleon's Power In Animal Farm

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The animals of Manor Farm lived badly because of their master Mr.Jones, a mean and a drunkard, mistreats them. The animals rebel, getting motivation and encouragement from Old Major and it succeeds.Napoleon and Snowball fight for leadership when the rebellion is carried out.Napoleon emerges as the leader of Animal Farm after the Rebellion. Based on Joseph Stalin, Napoleon uses military force (his nine loyal attack dogs) to intimidate the other animals and strengthen his power. In his supreme craftiness, Napoleon proves more treacherous than his counterpart, Snowball. Napoleon is power hungry and loved abusing it. He was a fierce-looking boar with a reputation of getting his way no matter the cost. He is dishonest and doesn’t care about anything else but himself. He also uses persuasion and propaganda, brainwashing techniques and violence to help him obtain and maintain power. He betrayed all the animals and ends up like repulsive Mr.Jones. Napoleon is a much more harsh and stern master than Mr. Jones is made out to be.
He is sneaky by stealing Bluebell’s and Jessie’s puppies and claimed that he will “educate them”. He trained them to be mean and vicious dogs that could be used as personal guards for him and Snowball.”In these days Napoleon rarely appeared in public, but spent all his time in the farmhouse, which was guarded
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He does no work himself, and he goes to live in the house and sleeps on the beds. Napoleon even drinks and walks on two legs. Clearly, he places himself above the other animals.He enforces what he through brutality; his ferocious dogs would attack anyone who dissents. By doing that he rules by military force as most dictators do.As a dictator, Napoleon is mainly concerned about consolidating his power, eliminating those who go aginst him, and controlling the information that the animals get to be sure that they believe he is benevolent. Napoleon is the most selfish and annoying pig that gets what he

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