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In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, he shows how leadership can be good or bad. He informs the readers of the difference between leaders and dictators throughout the story. Old Major, Napoleon and Snowball were prime examples of leadership.
One leader that stands out the most in the story is Old Major. Old Major died is a very wise leader because he taught the animals to have peace amongst each other and not war. Old Major shows his humble qualities well before he dies in the second chapter of the book. “I have to little more to say I merely repeat remember always your duty of enmity towards man and all his ways. Whatever goes up upon two legs is an enemy.”(Orwell,11) In this quote Old Major explains to the animals that man doesn’t care about them. It’s very clear that Old Major is a leader not a dictator. He believes in equality among all the animals in the farm because he knows they are all equal and have a right to sport their own opinion. “Weak or strong clever or simple, we a real brothers no animal must ever kill any other animal all animals are equal. (Orwell,11) Old Major spoke these wise words to the animals because he didn’t want the animals to fight each other. Majority of the animals (including Old Major) were pigs so the other animals thought it would to take advantage of them throughout the novel.
Another strong leader in the story is Napoleon. Unlike Old Major, Napoleon is more of a dictator. He figured after Old Major he dictate over the farm. “Napoleon, with the dogs following him now mounted on to the raised portion of the floor where Major had previously stood to deliver his speeches he announced from now on Sunday morning meetings will end. (Orwell,54). In this quote Napoleon feels that the meetings are “unnecessary” because he wanted to control everything. He also knew that the pigs conducted them every Sunday in honor of Old Major. Napoleon continued to show his demanding ways as tension began to rise in the farm. “Throughout the spring and summer they worked on a sixty-hour week and in August Napoleon announced that there would be work on Sunday afternoons as well” (Orwell,59). Napoleon always made the animals work day in and day out just to torture them. He took advantage of all the animals. He took away the pigs freedoms when he took away the Sunday meetings, he is making the animals work for nothing and he excludes the dogs from the bunch because he uses them as fake police men to help dictate and overrule. It’s obvious the he is a power hungry creature.
The last leader that stands out in the book is Snowball. Snowball is one the best leaders in the book because he stood his ground to Napoleon whenever needed. Snowball took Old Majors wise words to heart and out them to use. He was a mature enough not to fight back when Napoleon caused chaos to the farm. He simply came up with ways to destroy Napoleon’s evil masterminds. In this quote snowball is showing his leadership. “At the meetings Snowball often won over the majority by his brilliant speeches, but Napoleon was better at canvassing support for himself in between times (Orwell, 54) Snowball knew what he needed to do to win the crowd over. He fought mentally fought Napoleon with mental ideas and facts, that’s why Napoleon wanted to sabotage his life. “Snowball was a more vivacious pig than Napoleon, quicker in speech and more inventive, but was not considered to have the same depth of character.” (Orwell, Chapter 2). Snowball is a very outgoing person. He speaks for what he believes to get his point across. He only does all these things because he cares for the farm and because he wants peace like Old Major.
Overall, Leadership takes a very big role in this story. Animal Farm makes readers understand that not just anyone can be a leader. They have to be qualified, humble and not a dictator.