Napoleon symbolizes Stalin, who led the Soviet Union from 1930 until his death in 1953.What was snowball's role in the battle of the cowshed Snowball is the main leader of the animals military defense. He ultimately changes Animal Farm’s name back to Manor Farm in a bid to make it seem more palatable to the farmers, and he proves himself to be just as corrupt as his human counterparts. In Napoleon’s eyes, it’s a good thing that the other animals are so hungry and powerless, and he insists that this state of affairs is called for in Animalism. By the end of the novel, Napoleon is undistinguishable from the humans he has denounced along: he is fat, powerful, and begins to walk on two legs, wear clothes, and carry a whip. Throughout the novel, Napoleon proves himself to be paranoid, self-important, and unable to accept that he’s wrong-he blames all manner of horrible things on either Snowball or the neighboring farmers.
He’s especially interested in developing an educated ruling class, which he does by educating the dogs, and later by insisting on educating the 31 piglets he fathers in a special schoolhouse. Napoleon is often the one to make grand, sinister-sounding pronouncements, but then always sends the pig Squealer around to convince everyone that Napoleon is actually acting in their best interests-and never in his own self-interest. He maintains his rule by demanding unwavering loyalty and trust from his subjects, and he achieves at least outward displays of trust through intimidation and the spread of misinformation through propaganda. When the conflict comes to a head over whether or not to build a windmill, Napoleon reveals that he’s trained nine dogs to be his secret police force, chases Snowball off the farm, and institutes a totalitarian state at Animal Farm. Where Snowball is relatively idealistic and wants to help others, Napoleon soon proves himself cruel and power hungry. At first, Napoleon and Snowball work together to develop the ideology of Animalism and spread its ideals throughout all the animals on the farm, but Napoleon proves to have very different goals than Snowball. The primary antagonist of the novel a pig who is one of Old Major’s disciples, along with Snowball.
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