This meant that Napoleon was above all the other animals on the farm, Napoleon was a leader; therefore, the animals had to follow what he said. All animals were not ‘equal’ and this is the moment that Clover realises it. Commandment 6 was broken when the traitors were slaughtered for ‘protesting when Napoleon abolished the Sunday meetings’. The traitors represent the mass execution of the people who disagrees with Stalin’s ideas during the 1930’s. Stalin’s ideas were not the same as communism and Orwell is able to portray this when he specifically states that ‘Napoleon’ abolished the meetings, later in the scene, Orwell again wrote that Napoleon ‘demanded’ other animals to ‘confess’.
Displeased with sharing the little power he has with Snowball, he expels Snowball from Animal Farm. This demolishes what little republic system the farm had, and Napoleon begins to make all of the decisions regardless of what the other animals think. This is the beginning of his reign. He develops a government type organization of pigs to do his biddings. He also trains some dogs to guard him.
Napoleon is first and foremost a scheming, plotting liar, who will stop at nothing to make the animals believe he knows best. It all began with him getting rid of snowball, which was also a bore hog like him self and also a leader. Meany times through out the story he lies to the animals about things that happened on the farm. He told the 2 dogs he would teach their 2 puppies, but in reality he was training them to fiercely protect them. Napoleon also leads the other animals to believe that they will have pastures to retire and graze on when they reach retirement age.
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
Orwell cleverly satirises the corruption and greed of Stalin’s supposed ‘classless’ society of the 20th century through allegorical characterisation of seemingly facile, farm animals. Signifying the beginning of the revolution, “Animalism”, Old Major advocates the initial utopian ideals paralleling that of Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto. Propagating the notion of a classless society. He calls the animals to a meeting where adopting a sincere and uplifting tone proclaims that “Man is the only real enemy” of the animals and if they were to “remove man from the scene… the root cause of hunger and overwork” would vanish. He outlines the founding idealistic principles of Animalism, “ Let there be perfect unity, perfect comradeship in the struggle.
Grendel had no hall, no lord, and he disobeyed the laws of warfare by attacking at night. For this, Grendel’s point of view is a little skewed for he has such a burning hatred for men that he murders and eats them. When hearing of Beowulf, he is the shining example of everything that Grendel hates. Over the course of the novel, the reader realizes how much Grendel acts like a human and how his train of thought is more rational than portrayed in Beowulf. This personification is shown throughout because of his complex thought patterns.
The last source of innocence is through his interactions with animals, and his last attempt at salvation lies in his mercy killings of the horses and mules. His act of murder against Captain Leather is justified in the sense that: “If an animal had done this – we would call it mad and shoot it.” (203) Robert believes that the actions of Leather are inexcusable and his self-proclaimed execution is the same treatment an animal would receive. Robert demonstrates his oneness with animals through his final expression in the barn. “We shall not be taken.”
He hunts in his zoo of death, and tries to murder his wife just so he can start a war. Prince Humperdinck can be characterized as an evil genius, a sadist, and a tyrant. He is an evil genius because he creates the elaborate zoo of death and loves to show off his superior intelligence. Prince Humperdinck is a sadist because he enjoys cruelty, violence, and brutality. He kills for the pleasure of killing, with no respect for human life.
Essay Ch. 7-8 In the novel,” Animal Farm” by George Orwell, the character Napoleon gains power through cruel and unjustified violent attacks. These cruel and brutish tactics damaged the will of the animals forcing them to have an undying loyalty to an unjust dictator. The constant violent actions have repressed the spirit of the animals of animal farm. The true meaning of animalism has perished along with the animals that oppose Napoleon’s rule.
When Grendel first encounter the Danes he is feared and hated, and then attacked, due to his animalistic appearance. The humans are unsure of what he is and only know that he is different from them, inhuman. However, from Grendel’s perspective he and the humans are the same mentally. Grendel represents the animalistic, physical side of human nature and the primal urges associated with this side of humanity. In persecuting Grendel the Danes are attempting to repress the animalistic sides of themselves in order to maintain stable society and culture.