“They dashed straight for snowball, who only sprang from his place just in time to escape their snapping jaws” This shows that even before the windmill had come into play napoleon had reared these puppies to be aggressive dogs and to get rid of snowball. Next the pigs begin to abuse there power and break the commandments. This starts to happen as soon as napoleon takes place as leader of Animal Farm. “Whatever goes upon two legs an enemy” This is
On the contrary, it was he who had advocated it in the beginning.” Orwell is able to illustrate the hypocrisy of Napoleon's regime as Squealer's ability to pervert the truth, effectively enables Napoleon to manipulate the minds of the animals through mindless propaganda and rhetoric. Napoleon’s reign of terror would not have succeeded without the use of the symbolic dogs. Acting as his own personal army, the dog’s resonate with Stalin’s “KGB” whose role was to instill fear in
ANIMAL FARM George Orwell In Animal Farm, George Orwell uses the character of Napoleon to reveal the true nature of tyrants. He uses devices such as; fear and threatening force which is used to keep the animals quiet and obedient, making all of the animals akin to putty in Napoleons hands. Orwell has also shown the true nature of tyrants in other ways, by using Snowball as a scapegoat; keeping the animals under the constant feeling of attack from the outside world. The first excellent example of how Orwell, through the character of Napoleon, reveals the true disposition of tyrants would be how Napoleon used his political adversary snowball as a fall-guy. Napoleon would make it seem as though Snowball was trying to impede the animals in their attempt for a better existence; as though he was rallying against them all.
An Insight Into Society Animal Farm/Red Empire Parallels In the book “Animal Farm”, George Orwell gives us insights into our society that we would not generally notice, by creating a fictional world. Utilizing the form of an animal fable, “Animal Farm” tells the story of a group of barnyard animals that revolt against their human master in an attempt to create a utopian state. However, power and greed caused their society’s tragic downfall, as they end up repeating the cycle of human tyranny. The plot of Animal Farm follows the Russian Revolution. This is achieved by corresponding events in the novel to the actual events in Russian history.
The enforcement of terror and force through the use of the dogs dramatically frightens the other animals. With the dogs as their enforcements, Napoleon and the pigs are able to convince the other animals that they are always right. When Squealer is sent to explain why Napoleon, now that Snowball was gone, claims the windmill as his own, “...the three dogs who happened to be with him growled so threateningly, that they [the other animals] accepted his explanation without further questions” (p.39). By seizing power by force, Napoleon annuls the other animals’ right to choose
The sheep, which are so stupid that they only know the phrase “Four legs good, Two legs bad,” are a caricature of the people of Russia. Orwell was telling them that they were blindly accepting this idea, when it was going to make them miserable. Of course, he did not think they were as dumb as the sheep, but the exaggeration helped the author get his point across. All of the characters in Animal Farm represent people or ideas, making the book an allegory. Napoleon is a caricature of Joseph Stalin.
Napoleon’s dictatorship is further evidenced when he sets the dogs against Snowball to increase his political power. Eventually, Napoleon becomes a corrupted dictator and exploits the other animals through violence and tyranny. Evidence of a communism begins with Old Major’s vision that all animals could share in the wealth of the farm without a distinction of “classes”. After Old Major’s
Squealer has all the characteristics of a successful orator; he is charismatic, intelligent, emotional, persuasive, and even hypnotic. He shed tears when speaking about Boxer's death, convinced the animals to lower their food rations, and as he walked to and fro, his tail "moved in a way which was very persuasive." Squealer's name suits him appropriately. Since a pig's primary vocalization is squealing, Squealer squeals nonsense and betrays his animals. While pigs like Napoleon and Snowball are allegorically Stalin and Trotsky, respectively, Squealer has a less definitive role.
Hunger for complete control and raw power makes for inattentive leaders who make unwise decisions due to the ignorance of the important problems. Adolf Hitler, for example, made the wrong choices when it came to WWII and his distraction led to the downfall of his empire and the victory of the war by the Americans. He became obsessed with creating a perfect society, and in doing so he created the biggest genocide the world has ever seen- The Holocaust. Hitler was obsessed with making sure that everyone was a follower of his rule, and anyone that went against what he said was executed. The same is true in the novella Animal Farm, when Napoleon ruthlessly slaughters many animals because he is under the impression that they are in cohorts with is enemy, Snowball, and are sabotaging his rule by committing crimes that Snowball has told them to
87). In this way, Napoleon rules like a tyrant over the animals; he takes advantage of the animals’ blind loyalty and hard work by using it for his own selfish reasons. Old Major declares that man is the cause of suffering. However, when the animals remove the alleged evil of man, the animals continue to suffer. Consequently, by removing man from the scene, the animals pave their own path towards evil.