Characteristics Of Napoleon In Animal Farm

Animal farm is a book about the animals fighting for equality. Old major a well respected pig who before died had a gathering of how the animals should fight for to be equal and to be treated right. Their leader is Napoleon but it seems that Napoleon is abusing his power and authority and I chose Napoleon because he seems like a interesting character that plays a big part in animal farm. He believes he is a “good” leader but on the rest of this essay i will explain the kind of traits Napoleon has.

A.) On my Animal Farm essay, I chose to talk about Napoleon. Throughout the story on Animal Farm. Napoleon is self-centered, Immature, dishonest character in the story. He is a large boar, rather fierce-looking berkshire boar with a reputation

for getting his own way. He was being breeded by Mr. Jones. This essay will demonstrate and explain Napoleon and his poor leadership throughout the book.X1.)Napoleon is self-centered. “At the meetings snowball often won over majority by his brilliant speeches, but Napoleon was better at canvassing support for himself in between times.”(47)(E1.) To explain the quote describing Napoleon’s trait, what it is trying to say is that Napoleon can never agree with anything simply because he thinks it does no good for him. He wants things his way. He thinks that the decisions that are made in the farm are for him. Napoleon only cares about what he wants and what he thinks is best for animal farm but deep inside what’s best for him.X2.) Napoleon is immature. “One day, however, he arrived unexpectedly to examine plans. He walked heavily around the shed, looked closely at every detail of the plans and snuffed at them once or twice, then stood for a little while contemplating them out of the corner of his eye; then suddenly he lifted his leg, urinated over the plans, and walked out without uttering a word(50)E2.) To explain this quote, this shows how immature Napoleon acted. He didn’t agree with Snowballs plans. It’s possible that he might’ve been jealous too. Napoleon decided to act that certain way instead of having a respectful,brief, private conversation with snowball but chose to do the immature thing. We all know Napoleon is known to have things his own way and he’ll do anything to get his way.X3.) Lastly, Napoleon is untrustworthy. “ Except through Whymper, there was as yet no contact between Animal Farm and the outside world, but there were constant rumors that napoleon was about to enter into a definite business agreement either with Mr. Pilkington from Foxwood or Mr. frederick of Pinchfield but never, it was noticed, with both simultaneously.(66)E3.)To explain this, the quote shows how untrustworthy he is. The night after old major died, The 7 commandments were inscribed on the wall in the farm.The 1st commandment states that “ Whatever goes upon 2 legs is an enemy.”,Napoleon secretly made arrangements with a human. Mr. Whymper would visit the farm every monday to receive orders from Napoleon. Napoleon disobeyed the 1st commandment and did things his own way, which isn’t surprising. He got involved with what was suppose to be an enemy to all animals.S.) I really believe Napoleon is the big character in this book because he was best to write about. Napoleon is the leader of animal farm and what he has been doing has caught my attention to describe him and explain the poor leadership.