How Does Napoleon Use Power In Animal Farm

A great superhero once said, “With great power comes great responsibility”. That is one of the truest statements ever said. It can be used to explain why almost every leader or government has fallen in the history of the world. The pigs of Animal Farm used their power for good at first, but over time, they began to use the power irresponsibly and ultimately, they became the very thing that they rebelled against. Napoleon and the pigs used their power to scare the other animals on the farm into submission. Napoleon indoctrinated his thoughts into the young animals. The animals were “silent and terrified” (Orwell 53). The large dogs were very scary and threatening to the other animals. They made no attempted to fight back for Snowball. This

They would throw blame off of themselves or onto others whenever they felt the need. “Snowball has done this thing” (Orwell 70). The pigs knew that a storm caused the windmill to fall down. However, they told the animals that Snowball came to the farm and knocked it all down by himself. He is a small pig and could not physically break the windmill down quietly and quickly to not be noticed. The animals were so scared that they didn’t even imagine arguing with the pigs. They believed them right away. Sometime, the pigs broke one of the Commandments. To fix this, they just changed them over time. They added the phrase, “without cause” (Orwell 91), to one of the Commandments and the meaning changed completely. The 7 Commandments were not meant to be broken. They were written by the original leaders and ratified by the animals on Animal Farm. Once they were written, they should have stayed. The main problem was that most of the animals couldn’t remember the original Commandments, so whenever there was a change, it went generally unnoticed. A lie can easily become believed as true. The animals began to “Attribute to Snowball” (Orwell 78) anything that went wrong. The animals were taught that Snowball was behind everything and they eventually believed it with all of their heart. The animals where basically brainwashed against Snowball. The pigs only succeeded in this because they continuously pressed it into the minds of everyone