“If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right.” Before this quote, Boxer was arguing passionately against Squealer about Snowball’s alignment until the latter mentions that their leader, comrade Napoleon, said that Snowball was with humans. This makes Boxer immediately crush his own opinion with Napoleon’s views that shows how much Boxer has been ‘indoctrinated’. This quote from Boxer: “It must be due to some fault in ourselves. The solution, as I see it, is to work harder.” This quote shows Boxer’s belief that the pigs would never be at fault at any of the mistakes in the farm’s system. In addition, his main line “Napoleon is always right” shows that Boxer regards Napoleon very highly.
“Napoleon was a large, rather fierce-looking Berkshire boar…not much of a talker, but with a reputation for getting his own way.” The word “fierce” describe Napoleon as furious and violent. Also the phrase “…getting his own way” shows that nobody can stop him/unrestrained. Overall, Orwell portrays Napoleon as someone who is sneaky and clever. The key part that Napoleon plays in the novel, Animal Farm, is the fact that Napoleon and Snowball are always competing with each other to persuade other animals to get on their side and to get more power. “Snowball and Napoleon butted the door open with their shoulders and the animals entered in single file…Snowball and Napoleon called them together.” The words “entered” and “single file” shows and tells the reader that Snowball and Napoleon were in charge.
His tactics are smart but are also politically incorrect. He does this, though he shouldn’t, but cannot fully be blamed because too much power can drive anybody to be corrupt. Napoleon becomes more like a human, his enemy, every day. The pigs are the smartest animals on the farm, so they are at the top of society. They can do what they want, and they will always get away with it.
One such case is that of Boxer, ‘an enormous beast’ who was ‘as strong as any two ordinary horses put together’. This horse’s own ignorance and loyalty lead to his death at the hands of Napolean, the animal Boxer was most loyal to. Boxer does not enjoy dwelling on his own dilemmas and so allows the pigs to decide for him. Thus he adopts two maxims, ‘I must work harder’ and Napolean is always right’. His stupidity blocks him from realising that he could rally all the farm animals to rebel against the tyrannical pigs.
How similar were the dictatorships of hitler and stalin? However much they disliked each other, Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin were actually very similar people - they were both ruthless and amoral, and drove their countries to greatness (albeit this statement does depend on your idea of greatness). These men were persistent and they obsessed over making sure their countries were the ideal world in their minds. They focused on breeding hard working, ‘perfect’ people to live in their countries, while getting rid of anyone who didn’t fit their ideals. Rise to power Josef Stalin was a keen, intellectual man who knew how to make sure he was viewed well by the public.
One of Major’s maxims that rallied the animals to action was “Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished for ever.” It is fairly easy to work out how true and accurate Major’s prophecy is because he makes a cause and effect prediction. The animals achieve the first point of Major’s formula for success by driving out the men, so they should therefore look forward to a life together where hunger and overwork are only memories. Of course no such utopia is created; by the end of the tale the majority of the animals are probably more miserable and oppressed than ever before. Major’s philosophy therefore fails its practical test.
Power and Communication are dangerous things in George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Orwell’s satirical novel mocks the political oppression placed on the people of Russia, by the Totalitarian Government, in the middle of 20th century. The book Animal Farm puts across the opinions of socialists on the corrupt regime that caused the population to suffer. The lower down a person in the hierarchy, the poorer they were, and the poorer they became, is put across in the book, and represents the reality in Russia. The book however is clearly set in England, so as not to directly insult the Russian Government.
It takes courage to earn power to become a leader. George Orwell’s purpose in Animal Farm is that cleverer ones are the one with power but can always start to become greedier and greedier which would build to corruption. But it is you giving enabling someone to control you such as Old Major’s speech. “We are born, we are given just so much food as will keep the breath in our bodies, and those of us who are capable of it are forced to work to the last atom of our strength; and the very instant that our usefulness has come to an end we are slaughtered with hideous cruelty (Orwell 3).” What this quote points out is that you are the one who has power over everything and when you are ‘slaughtered with hideous cruelty’ it is you giving others the power to control you. Since the pigs were the ‘brainworkers’, they start to gain more and more power subsequently through leadership which then corrupts them.
He says enough but not too much. But so does Snowball so the difference them between that gives Napoleon the final power is his manipulation skills and being one step ahead. Napoleon knew many of the animals listened to Snowball and their agreement made him realize that he had to play by his own rules to win the leadership, and to get Snowball out of his way. The turning point is when the animals were discussing building the windmill and the dogs chase away Snowball. Napoleon
Language Used at Animal Farm Don’t you hate it when your farm animals revolt against you? Animal Farm, by George Orwell is the story of animals who revolt against their lazy farmer in hopes of achieving a better life-style, but instead receive a life of pain and suffering; a dictatorship that they never thought possible. In Animal Farm, Snowball, Squealer, and Old Major all used language to persuade the animals, in their own ways, using knowledge, lies, and platitudes, respectively. First off, Snowball used knowledge to persuade the animals. Snowball and Napoleon were debating, “…Snowball often won by his brilliant speeches, but Napoleon was better at canvassing support for himself between times.” (53).