Wednesday, May 21, 2014

In "Animal Farm," why does Napoleon revive the threat of the farm being sabotaged by Snowball?Chapters 6 and 7

Napoleon convinces the other animals that Snowball is the cause of all their troubles.  He makes sure that the other animals believe that Snowball was a traitor and he was going to help the farmer get the farm back.

“Our Leader, Comrade Napoleon…has stated categorically…that Snowball was Jones’s agent from the very beginning…and from long before the Rebellion was ever thought of.”  

Napoleon makes it seem to the other animals that Snowball was against them and blames all their hardships on his traitorous behavior.

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