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The characters in Fauna farm can be carve up into 3 groups - the humans, the pigs, and the other subcontract animals. Each grouping represents a unlike element of the Russian Revolution in 1917.

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Napoleon in Creature Farm

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

Napoleon is a threatening and 'fierce looking' Berkshire boar . He is ane of the three pigs that have Onetime Major'southward ideas and turn them into 'Lust' - a system of thought that encourages the animals to rebel. He is not a gifted speaker but is known for getting his own way. He as well manages to go the support of the sheep, he encourages them to chant 'four legs good, ii legs bad' during debates, preventing others making their points.

He takes two litters of puppies from their mothers and brings them upwardly himself. Once they accept grown upward he uses them to take command of the farm. After he has done this, he and the other pigs start to break the Seven Commandments that the animals agreed to alive by. He somewhen becomes as much of a tyrant as Mr Jones ever was and exploits the other animals.

	How is Napoleon like this?	Evidence 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 information technology, and promptly sat down again.	The sense of threat in the way Napoleon speaks 'very quietly', is sinister and menacing , there is a hint that he is planning something and he does non need to raise his vocalism.
Hypocritical	Napoleon oftentimes contradicts himself or 'Animalism' in the messages he puts out through Squealer.	Napoleon appear that there would be work on Sunday afternoons as well. This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal that absented himself from information technology would accept his rations reduced by half.	Napoleon uses the discussion 'voluntary', yet the fact that information technology will issue in reduced rations means that at that place is no choice for the animals - he is contradicting himself .
Tyrant	Napoleon abuses his power to the point where he fifty-fifty kills some animals.	The dogs promptly tore their throats out, and in a terrible voice Napoleon demanded whether any other animal had annihilation 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 we 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 dominion 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 by dearth and fear, millions of people starved to death and those who opposed him were imprisoned or killed.

The proper noun also evokes the French military leader, Napoleon Bonaparte (1776-1821), who seized power after the French Revolution, crowned himself Emperor and ruled France until 1815.

Analysing the evidence

Napoleon himself was not seen in public as often as once a fortnight. When he did appear, he was attended past not only his retinue of dogs just 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.

Question

Looking at this excerpt from the book, how does Orwell brand Napoleon seem more tyrannical every bit the novel goes on?

How to analyse the quote:

'Napoleon himself was not seen in public as ofttimes as once a fortnight. When he did appear, he was attended by not only his retinue of dogs just a black cockerel that marched in front end of him and acted as a kind of trumpeter, letting out a loud 'cock-a-doodle-doo' earlier Napoleon spoke. Even in the farmhouse, it was said, Napoleon inhabited separate apartments from the others.'

'not seen in public' - this gives an e'er-increasing air of mystery and distances him from the other animals.
'retinue of dogs' - a further sense of fear as the animals are aware of what the dogs have washed at Napoleon's bidding.
'blackness cockerel' - the black of the cockerel adds a sinister presence.

How to use this in an essay:

In the excerpt nosotros see how Napoleon was 'not seen in public' . This volition help to create an atmosphere of mystery around him, and it 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 brand Napoleon seem more tyrannical.