ANIMAL FARM PROJECT
-Character analysis
Napoleon is one of the main characters in George Orwell's novel Animal Farm. He is a
pig who has the role of leader of the farm animals, along with Snowball. He presents
himself as an authoritative, intelligent leader who uses force to maintain order and
control. He is characterised by his boundless ambition, his mischief and his cruelty.
Napoleon is presented as a convincing leader who is capable of motivating the other
animals with his speeches and words. This is reflected in the love that farm animals
have for him. However, the reality is that Napoleon is a manipulative leader who is
always looking for his own benefit. This is evident in contrast to the figure of the
intellectual leader, the Old Major, and the other animals on the farm. Napoleon has a
very good relationship with Boxer, because he is the most loyal of animals and always
does his job and works very hard.
The relationship between Napoleon and the other animals on the farm is strained, as
Napoleon is always looking out for his own gain and is willing to use force to get what
he wants. He always watches over the animals so that they do their job, and when
they don't do their job, he punishes them.
The allegory that George Orwell used to represent Napoleon is that of Josef Stalin.
This was because Stalin was an authoritarian leader who used force to maintain order
and control in Russia. Just like Napoleon, Stalin was a manipulative leader who was
always looking for his own benefit, we can see it in the way Napoleon treats the other
animals on the farm and the way he manipulates the situation to benefit only himself.
The two characters are bad and cruel people, they don't care about anyone but only
them, so they don't care about anyone else, they treat the rest badly.
2. The importance of Propaganda
Propaganda is a form of communication intended to influence public opinion, with the
aim of promoting or discrediting an issue, product, service or idea. Propaganda was
used during the Russian Revolution to further the cause of the revolution and spread
the message of the communist party. This was particularly important to achieve the
national unity of the population to the revolution. Propaganda was also used to
promote a centralised economy, where the factors of production are in the hands of
the State, the nationalisation of the industry focusing on its factories and production
and the fight against capitalism, to achieve equality. Propaganda was also used to
promote the Marxist-Lenin doctrine.
Propaganda:
This motto refers to Lenin, with this propaganda informing that communism in a more
peaceful or violent way would be able to implant his ideology, because according to
him it was the best for society.
