The following essay will compare the lives of the animals of animal farm when living under Mr. Jones as opposed to being under Napoleon and show in what ways they are similar. Also showing the ways in which the rebellion began, and how Napoleon received so much power.
...we are given just so much food as will keep the breath in our bodies, and those of us who are capable of it are forced to work to the last atom of our strength, and they very instant that our usefulness has come to an end we are slaughtered with hideous cruelty. (Page 3).
It is clear the animals on the farm are unhappy with how Mr Jones treats them as they were underfed, werent taken care of and simply treated like slaves. One ambitious pig, Old Major, had a dream and announced it to the group in a speech ...Rebellion! I dont know when it will come, might be a week, or a hundred years, but the rebellion will be done! (Page 5).
Once successfully over-taking animal farm, Napoleon and a young intelligent pig, Snowball, lead the farm as leaders of the rebellion. Snowball was the more intelligent one of the two and is always thinking of ways to improve the farm, while Napoleon is only thinking of ways to make himself seem more loved by the animals and makes secret alliances with other animals to one day have enough power to overthrow Snowballs authority
The day arrived, Napoleon was the leader. The animals of Animal Farm believed he was the one for the job. But that simply wasnt meant to be. Napoleon turned out to be as overtaken by power that it all went straight to his head.
Firstly, he gave all the pigs a better lifestyle and changed the commandments to suit them simply because he believed they were smarter than the rest of the animals. Without even consulting with the animals, Napoleon soon after announced that the farm will commence trading agreements with surrounding farms. For a set price, Napoleon will give the other farms hay, wheat and eggs from the hens. If someone refused, they will be tortured and/or executed.
Once the animals heard this, they couldnt help but think that Napoleon was slowly turning into Mr Jones. He does everything for money and personal wealth and not for the improvement of the farm.
In the winter when food supply was minimal, Napoleon announced that the hens will give away all their supply of eggs to the other farms for grain and meal. Completely disgusted by this, the hens refused and as a result, were immediately isolated from the rest of the farm, and were restricted food or contact to anyone else. With no other option, the hens agreed and gave away their eggs as they were laid.
This was extremely similar to Mr Jones because it made the animals feel like it is either his way or no way. Forcing the animals to take action against his rules.
Napoleon was informed that Snowball was in one of the neighbouring farms, and was communicating with animals from his farm. Acting in anger, he called an immediate meeting and executed any animal that has had any contact with Snowball since he was driven out of leader.
This was similar to Mr Jones because it showed that if anyone defies his orders, he will severely punish them, which is death in this case.
After years of hard work, the windmill they were building was finally complete, but the animals were shocked to hear the Napoleon was selling off the windmill to a neighbouring farm for money. Days after the trade, Napoleon announced the money was a forgery and that the other farms were planning an attack.
After years of hard work, the second windmill was complete, and it was used for milling corn and not electricity which allowed the farm to profit. A third windmill was also under construction which was to be used for electricity purposes.
This was different to Mr Jones because he actually did something to improve the farm, and didnt quit after being tricked the first time.
Without asking the rest of the farm, Napoleon gives the farm to Mr Pilkington, although theyve had their differences, they are now a team. The commandments are all taken off the wall and added a new one saying All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than other. Then the pigs walked on two legs and said four legs good, two legs better.
This was different to Mr Jones because he would never sell the farm. He believed he owned the animals, and could do whatever he wanted to them.
In comparison, Napoleon started out very different to Mr. Jones, but was slowly given more power, and simply went to his head and turned out to cause the animals the same amount of terror as Mr Jones provoked on them. It is clear that Napoleon was not the best animal for the job, as the innocent animals received no better treatment as Mr Jones, and were still being starved and treated like slaves. Napoleon is just as back as Mr Jones, if not worse. They are both simply their for power and money.
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