How Are The Characters Used In Animal Farm To Demonstrate Different Groups In Soviet Russia?

Characters

The characters in Animal farm tin can be split into iii groups - the humans, the pigs, and the other farm animals. Each group represents a dissimilar element of the Russian Revolution in 1917.

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Napoleon in Animal Subcontract

Napoleon, featuring labels that highlight him as threatening, a tyrant and hypocritical

Napoleon is a threatening and 'tearing looking' Berkshire boar . He is one of the three pigs that take Old Major'southward ideas and turn them into 'Lust' - a system of thought that encourages the animals to insubordinate. He is not a gifted speaker just is known for getting his own way. He also manages to get the support of the sheep, he encourages them to chant 'four legs good, 2 legs bad' during debates, preventing others making their points.

He takes 2 litters of puppies from their mothers and brings them up himself. In one case they have grown up he uses them to take control of the subcontract. After he has done this, he and the other pigs beginning to break the Seven Commandments that the animals agreed to alive by. He eventually becomes as much of a tyrant as Mr Jones e'er was and exploits the other animals.

	How is Napoleon like this?	Bear witness from the text	Analysis
Threatening	The way Napoleon makes his point during meetings carries threat.	He said very quietly that the windmill was nonsense and that he advised nobody to vote for it, and promptly sat down again.	The sense of threat in the fashion Napoleon speaks 'very quietly', is sinister and menacing , there is a hint that he is planning something and he does non need to heighten his vocalism.
Hypocritical	Napoleon often contradicts himself or 'Animalism' in the messages he puts out through Squealer.	Napoleon appear that at that place would be work on Lord's day afternoons too. This work was strictly voluntary, only any animal that absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by one-half.	Napoleon uses the word 'voluntary', however the fact that it will result in reduced rations means that there is no choice for the animals - he is contradicting himself .
Tyrant	Napoleon abuses his power to the point where he even kills some animals.	The dogs promptly tore their throats out, and in a terrible voice Napoleon demanded whether any other beast had anything to confess.	Napoleon has become a tyrant. He is capable of having his 'comrades' put to death to protect his position. When he 'demands' to know of more than confessions nosotros tin can imagine the other animals cowering in fear.

Social and historical context

Joseph Stalin, Soviet communist leader

Napoleon is based on the Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin. Stalin was involved in the Russian Revolution of 1917 and came to rule Soviet Russian federation after the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924.He ruled until his death in 1953. During his time in power, the country was gripped past dearth and fear, millions of people starved to expiry and those who opposed him were imprisoned or killed.

The proper name as well evokes the French war machine leader, Napoleon Bonaparte (1776-1821), who seized power subsequently the French Revolution, crowned himself Emperor and ruled French republic until 1815.

Analysing the evidence

Napoleon himself was not seen in public as often as one time a fortnight. When he did appear, he was attended by not but his retinue of dogs but a black cockerel that marched in forepart of him and acted every bit a kind of trumpeter, letting out a loud 'erect-a-doodle-doo' before Napoleon spoke. Fifty-fifty in the farmhouse, it was said, Napoleon inhabited separate apartments from the others.

Question

Looking at this extract from the book, how does Orwell make Napoleon seem more than tyrannical as the novel goes on?

How to analyse the quote:

'Napoleon himself was non seen in public as often equally once a fortnight. When he did appear, he was attended by non just his retinue of dogs but a black cockerel that marched in front of him and acted as a kind of trumpeter, letting out a loud 'cock-a-doodle-doo' before Napoleon spoke. Even in the farmhouse, information technology was said, Napoleon inhabited separate apartments from the others.'

'not seen in public' - this gives an ever-increasing air of mystery and distances him from the other animals.
'retinue of dogs' - a further sense of fear equally the animals are aware of what the dogs accept done at Napoleon's behest.
'blackness cockerel' - the blackness of the cockerel adds a sinister presence.

How to use this in an essay:

In the extract we see how Napoleon was 'not seen in public' . This will help to create an temper of mystery around him, and information technology makes him seem dissimilar to the other animals. The use of the 'retinue of dogs ' and the 'black cockerel' adds a sense of fright to that mystery - the animals have seen the terrible acts that the dogs take committed on Napoleon's orders. The fact that the cockerel is 'black' gives it a sinister presence. All of these factors combine to make Napoleon seem more tyrannical.