Napoleon Character Traits
Story book characters traits and personalities can be developed in many ways. This was shown in, George Orwell’s, Animal Farm when a group of animals decide to overthrow Farmer Jones's farm. After they get rid of Farmer Jones, a pig named Napoleon decides to appoint himself as leader, which causes much issue amongst the animals in the farm. In the book Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was displayed as the cruel, clever and deceptive character Napoleon.
There were many instances where Napoleon was shown as a barbarous animal. Napoleon was very harsh and vindictive to the others, George Orwell affirms, “Frequently he did not even appear on Sunday mornings, but issued his orders through one of the other pigs, usually Squealer.
One Sunday morning Squealer announced that the hens, who had just come in to lay again, must surrender their eggs… Napoleon acted swiftly and ruthlessly.” Napoleon's actions taken towards the hens proves how malicious and relentless George Orwell saw …show more content…
This is demonstrated when Orwell states, “And when the key of the store shed was lost, the whole farm was convinced that snowball had thrown it down the well.” This was very clever of Napoleon and as a result of that action he made everyone believe that Snowball was the antagonist when in all actuality it was Napoleon. Even after he made everyone believe Snowball was the enemy he also made them comply to his ideas by threatening to bring Farmer Jones back. This is shown when Napoleon states, “Surely none of you wishes to see Jones back?”.
These are all ways how George Orwell developed Napoleon as a cruel, clever deceptive character to symbolize Joseph Stalin in the book Animal Farm. Orwell used the events that happened in Animal Farm to give the story and characters a deeper meaning in symbolizing events in the russian revolution. That is how George Orwell developed the character Napoleon throughout the
There were many instances where Napoleon was shown as a barbarous animal. Napoleon was very harsh and vindictive to the others, George Orwell affirms, “Frequently he did not even appear on Sunday mornings, but issued his orders through one of the other pigs, usually Squealer.
One Sunday morning Squealer announced that the hens, who had just come in to lay again, must surrender their eggs… Napoleon acted swiftly and ruthlessly.” Napoleon's actions taken towards the hens proves how malicious and relentless George Orwell saw …show more content…
This is demonstrated when Orwell states, “And when the key of the store shed was lost, the whole farm was convinced that snowball had thrown it down the well.” This was very clever of Napoleon and as a result of that action he made everyone believe that Snowball was the antagonist when in all actuality it was Napoleon. Even after he made everyone believe Snowball was the enemy he also made them comply to his ideas by threatening to bring Farmer Jones back. This is shown when Napoleon states, “Surely none of you wishes to see Jones back?”.
These are all ways how George Orwell developed Napoleon as a cruel, clever deceptive character to symbolize Joseph Stalin in the book Animal Farm. Orwell used the events that happened in Animal Farm to give the story and characters a deeper meaning in symbolizing events in the russian revolution. That is how George Orwell developed the character Napoleon throughout the