Every successful achievement and stroke of good fortune were credited to Napoleon. His alter ego, Squealer, would talk in a speech, with tears rolling down his cheeks, about Napoleon's wisdom, the righteousness of the latter's heart, and the deep love that he showed to all the farm animals, even to those who they thought were discontented and still existed in ignorance and slavery. Napoleon was referred in formal style as "Our Leader, Comrade Napoleon" and other dignifying, invented titles. He was attended by his retinue of huge, vicious canines who frisked around him, growling and scaring the farm animals. Napoleon demonstrated himself as a brilliant administrator by wearing medals, most of which were awarded to him by himself. Nothing would cause a leader to be so much esteemed as having great projects and giving proof of prowess. He must endeavor in every action to obtain fame and to appear outstanding for being good and excellent. Machiavelli stated that it is very profitable for a prince to give some outstanding example of his greatness in the internal administration. It is one of the desires of a tyrant that his subjects should be incapable of action so that they will not realize his misdemeanor, for no one attempts what is impossible, and that they will not attempt to overthrow a tyrant, if they were powerless. Clover, the cart-horse, being unable to read, was effortlessly deluded by Napoleon's commandments and obeyed false rules due to her illiteracy. They became submissive to Napoleon who broke their spirit and made them subservient and inferior. The farm animals had no power to initiate and were utterly enslaved. The farm animals' ignorance became his advantage, and convinced them that their efforts would benefit them in the end, even if it exceeded their capabilities. Besides, Napoleon pronounced that genuine happiness was gained through hard work and earning frugally. They worked like slaves and were led to believe that the fruits of their hard work would benefit themselves and not the human beings. The farm animals were commanded to toil to and fro even if it was difficult for them. Squealer, Napoleon's spokesperson, was the one who informed the people about Napoleon's ill-meaning plans. Napoleon broke his association with Snowball by expelling him to be able to gain control of Animal Farm. He humiliates his subjects and makes them incapable of action. He destroys associations, isolates people, makes them strangers, and deprives them off of their arms. He refuted everything and asserted that it would be better if they concentrated on increasing the food production and that harvest was more important than the building of a windmill. Napoleon disapproved of Snowball's plan to build a windmill which would eliminate hard labor. The two boars divided the farm animals into two camps of supporters. They often debated and this resulted to misunderstanding in almost about everything. Nonetheless, as time went on, he was seen as always in disagreement with Snowball, and eventually made the latter as his rival. Napoleon, the fierce-looking Berkshire boar, was primarily silent, allowing Snowball to express his aims and ideas on social and societal improvements. He shows himself as refined and congenial. First, a tyrant appears to be pleasant and gracious at the initial stages of his dominance to get the sympathy of the people. Plato's description of a tyrant is clearly manifested in the government ruled by Napoleon. The plot of the story can be attributed to different political ideologies, one of which was Plato's idea on tyranny. Old Major affirmed that the root cause of the farm animals' infelicitous existence was the tyranny of man. Moreover, Old Major said that there is no animal in England that was free, and none of them should escape the cruel knife in the end. They were forced to work like slaves up to the last atom of their strength, and once their usefulness had come to an end, they were slaughtered. Old Major told them his extraordinary dream in which he saw his approaching death, and pointed out that their lives as farm animals were miserable, laborious, and short. They gathered outside the big barn on the farm. Old Major, a reverential, time-honored pig, called all the animals together for a meeting which took place after Mr. Jones, a capable farmer, stumbling into bed after a night of excessive whisky drinking. Set on an English Farm named Manor Farm, this fable-like story concerns the misery that the animals faced in the hands of human beings. Animal Farm is a savage satire on communist revolution written by George Orwell.
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