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How Did Napoleon Become Stalin

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The story Animal Farm, isn't just animals trying to prove to humans they're “better” than them. Rather, the villain, Napoleon, getting to show that he is capable of keeping the farm in order, the same way Joseph, Stalin acted during the Russian Revolution. George Orwell, portrays Napoleon as Stalin through the way Napoleon made Squealer make him seem as the “good guy” and caused the puppies to kill innocent pigs. The best- known character in Animal Farm is Napoleon, he is known for all the mischief he's done to the farm. Orwell illustrates how Napoleon and Stalin are similar, due to the fact that Napoleon changed the seven commandments when he failed to follow them. He is an allegory for Stalin, who had too much power and took advantage …show more content…

Napoleon had agreed to take care of the puppies after they were left without an owner, he was trying to look like the good animal. Although, he had agreed he raised them to become bad dogs. The puppies, who were an allegory for the secret police, made sure no one would question Napoleon because they would attack anyone who would stand up. For example, “seized four of the pigs by the ear and dragged them, squealing with pain and terror, to Napoleon's feet. The pigs’ ears were bleeding, the dogs’ tastes blood, and for a few moments they appeared to go quite mad.” (page 58) This indicates how badly raised they were and how they seemed to have gone mad after a few seconds, Napoleon didn’t raise them correctly. The pigs had stood up in the previous assemblies but the sheep would always interrupt them saying “Four legs good, two legs bad” and everything would go back to how it was. This is also how the secret police had everyone during the Russian Revolution, they were always scared that they would die. They didn’t know who was in the secret police and that was an advantage for Stalin because the police would they him everything and anything anyone

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