Snowball Vs. Napoleon In George Orwell's Animal Farm

“All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.” In the novel Animal Farm, by George Orwell, there is a rising conflict between the two leaders, Snowball and Napoleon, on the farm. Napoleon begins to feel intimidated when he realizes the people favor Snowball over him. As a reaction Napoleon sends ferocious dogs to exile Snowball and dictates the farm, but Snowball would be a better leader because he is selfless, resourceful in ways Napoleon is not and offered the animals a better life.
Unlike Napoleon, Snowball was selfless and cared for the greater good of all the animals. “ By the autumn almost every animal was literate in some degree.” (Orwell 55) Rather than keeping knowledge to himself, Snowball educated the animals as much

“Gradually the plans grew into a complicated mass of cranks and cogwheels, covering more than half the floor, which the other animals found completely unintelligible but very impressive.” (Orwell 49) Snowball spent hours working on the blueprints for the windmill and studying how to construct it; his knowledge concerning the windmill surpassed Napoleon’s intellect on the subject. Because of this Snowball has leverage over Napoleon. “But it was a slow laborious process. Frequently it took a whole day of exhausting effort to drag a single boulder to the top quarry, and sometimes when it was pushed over the edge it failed to break.” (Orwell 61) Napoleon didn’t care about how the windmill was was supposed to be properly constructed, consequently, this lead to the windmill having to be rebuilt several times. Also, if Snowball was in charge he would use his resourcefulness to find a more efficient way to build the windmill that would save time and effort. Again, Snowballs traits outweigh Napoleon’s as a leader, but in this case it’s proven through how resourceful he is and how it would be an advantage on the

“And thereafter, he declared, so much labor would be saved that the animals would only need to work three days a week.” (Orwell 60) Snowballs three day plan would enhance the lives of the animals by giving them time appreciate the freedom they didn’t have when they were still controlled by Mr.Jones. This is important because freedom was the reason the rebellion began in the first place. “Throughout the spring and summer they worked a sixty-hour week and in August Napoleon announced there would be work on sunday afternoons as well.” (Orwell 59) Napoleon forcing the animals to work 60 hours a week defied everything Animalism is about, but because he knew the animals would do anything to avoid working under the hand of a human ever again he could stretch their abilities even if it diminished their good health. If the lives of the animals were in the hands of Snowball and not Napoleon they would have a better life, thus Snowball is a better