Saturday, May 5, 2012

What aspects of Napoleon's character are revealed to us in "Animal Farm"?~FROM THE LATER SECTION~

By the end of the book, Napoleon develops into a fully tyrannical character, more like a human than a pig.  After he has Snowball run off the farm using his attack dogs, Napoleon starts to take on characteristics of a human. 

Napoleon starts to drink whiskey, sleep in a bed and even walk upright.  He begins to make deals with the other farmers, ignoring the commandments of animalism that he and Snowball and Squealer established as the rules of Animal Farm.

Napoleon becomes a master manipulator and liar.  He becomes worse than the worst human that the animals had to deal with before they took over the farm.

He loses his identity in his quest for absolute power, becoming completely corrupted by his unchecked ambition.

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