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Napoleon (Animal Farm Character)

Snowball and Napoleon

Napoleon was a pig born and raised in a harsh and non friendly territory called Manor Farm. Often mistreated, Napoleon soon developed sense of rebellion and forceful leadership. This was a pig who grew being abused and mistreated to the most feared yet respect animals the farm had ever seen. After both parents being slaughtered only days after his birth, he had no choice but to experience the atrocious conditions of this farm all alone.  Napoleon grew up to be the most respected being on the farm. He lived in luxury and was never in danger, as he was always kept safe by dogs as his bodyguards. Napoleon and all the other animals had rebelled over the current leader of animal farm, Mr. Jones, overthrowing him, banishing him from his throne. Napoleon also demanded that his fellow pigs  would rewrite history to make him sound like a greated and even more respected leader. Napoleon almost instantly became the symbol of animal farm, and was admired by all. Those who disobeyed or resisted were slaughtered without hesitation. Napoleon from a young and miserable animal, to the most powerful and villainous animal of all.

Exposure to Animalism

Napoleon and Snowball become the leaders and they always disagreed with each other. One day, Snowball decides to build a windmill. Napoleon as usual, disagrees with him and kicks him out of the farm while he gets chased out by dogs. Napoleon then starts the construction of the windmill since he would like to take all the credit. Napoleon makes the animals work hard for the construction of the windmill. The reason why all of this happened is because when Napoleon was young he always wanted to be respected have the power. The power went over his head and he kicked Snowball out in order to be superior. The hard labor which he forces the animals to do resembles Stalin with his communist mind.

Rise to Power

Napoleon was one of the leaders of the rebellion so it was clear to everybody that he stands for Animalism. He was also a pig which contributed to his intelligence and popularity. But the main reason why Napoleon rose to power was his brutality and cunningness. Napoleon successfully eliminate his competitors like snowball with brutal force and. He made dogs chase Snowball out of Animal farm. He also dealt with any form of opposition irrespective of quantity swiftly and violently. To gardner the support of the other animals Napoleon use Squealer to spread propaganda that glorified the state of the farm. In the animal's eyes Napoleon was a great leader. So when it was time to elect a leader there was nobody to oppose him and the majority supported him. He uses Old Major’s rhetoric (which the other animals really supported) to boost his popularity, the animals would associate him and old major.

Purging of Enemies

Throughout the novel, we can see moments where Napoleon expressed aggression and hatred towards other animals, but the ultimate sign of harm is that when Napoleon executes his purges. At the beginning of the novel, we see Napoleon and the other animals remove Mr. Jones from the farm. This is the first for of persecution of the enemies in the history of the novel. During a Sunday assembly, Napoleon invites animals up from the crowd and to the stage and invites them to tell their crimes to the assembly. They all express criminal acts and are brutally slaughtered for their actions. Most people are shocked and surprised at the outcome of the meeting and the actions that the dead animals had executed, but eventually they buy them. However, these excuses were made up and are just a means of Napoleon eliminating the competition that stood in his way. He kicks Snowball off of the farm and then proceeds to use the purges and the threat of Snowball as a means of asserting his dominance. The expulsion of Snowball is another means of superiority and a way of Napoleon removing the competition that he was pitted up against and removing his main enemies.

Non-Aggression Pact and Battle of the Windmill

In the book, the name of the main character was Napoleon. At first, he agreed to be separate from every farm and that they would and that gave him more power. Later on, when he decided to make deals with a farm close by, Pinchfield farm. Mr Frederick was the farm and he denied the agreement and decided to destroy Animal Farm. The invade the animal farm and a lot of destruction occurred, like the windmill that got blown up into pieces. At the end, Napoleon considered the incident a victory. Yes, they did drove the men off their farm, but on the other side, many of the animals died and the windmill was blown up. The same way when Stalin and Hitler’s alliance broke and the Germans tried to take over the Soviet Union and gain power.  The Russians managed to beat the Germans but, the majority of the population died.