Compare and contrast Snowball and Napoleon.

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„ Compare and contrast Snowball and Napoleon „

The first time we read about the two pigs, their names are linked togother. “Pre-eminent among the pigs were two young boars named Snowball and Napoleon”. It is those two pigs that are the most likelly candidtaes for the position of the leader, after old Major has died. At first Snowball seems to be the more active pig, while Napoleon is hidden in the shade. After the revoultuon it is he who is destroying signs of opression and it is he whom pursades fellow animals of the need and good of revolution. “Can you not understand that liberty is worth more than ribbons?”. However it is Napoleon that takes over the full leadership. Like Stalin who Napoleaon represents, he is cunning. At the hight of the leadership struggle, Snowball emphesises the need to build a windmill, while Napoleaon argues to increase food production. No doubt for the primitive animals food will have greater importance. Throught the time simce the rebellion, Napoleaon was buliding up the supprt from the dogs and training them. It is these dogs, that chase away Snowball on Napoleaons orders. Snowball represents Trotsky, Stalins rival. There are similarities between snowball and Trotsky. Trotsky too, was exiled, not from the farm, but to Mexico, where he spoke out against Stalin

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On the hole the two pigs were very different, and hence their opinions differed. Napoleaons physicall appearence was large, and fierce-looking. This appearnce is intimidating and suggests the use of violence, which later in the book takes places. His characteristic was that he was not much of a talker but tended to get his on way. This discription also foreshodows that it is liekelly he will get the power. Snowball on the otherhand is discribed to be more livelly, more inventive (the windmill was his idea) and he is the better speaker of the two. Just before he ...

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