Thursday, 29 November 2012

Animal Farm: Development of character




In the story, Animal Farm written by George Orwell in third person, we are introduced to Napoleon who takes charge into guiding a revolution (with a group of farm animals) against mankind and their cruelty to protect their rights of Animalism. During the story, the narrator indicates a great comparison between him and Snowball where we learn that he is rather more of “a large, rather fierce-looking Berkshire boar, the only Berkshire on the farm, not much of a talker, but with a reputation for getting his way” while Snowball is described as "a more vivacious pig than Napoleon, quicker in speech and more inventive, but was not considered to have the same depth of character”. Eventhough, Snowball is a confident public speaker; Napoleon is able to find his own way of levelling his position similarly as Snowball but in a more cunning way. It is clear that he was not interested in politics of Animal Farm except his power over them until he adopts a litter of puppies to use them for his benefits of chasing Snowball in order to control over politics where he is portrayed similarly as Mr. Jones. Treacherous as ever, he uses violence for regaining power to prevent rebellions and changes the commandment for his and the pigs' comfort despite the fact he promised for democratic principals and banning of usage with human instruments. Therefore, it is evident that Napoleon's development of character had mislead the animals into another puppet show where they have to encounter Communism in which they return to the old state where they were ruled by mankind. By the end of the story, George Orwell finishes with Napoleon and a group of other pigs wearing human clothings, walking with two legs and interacting with a human. "Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were alike. No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which." 

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