Monday, 10 March 2014

How does Orwell use Napoleon to suggest ideas about leaders in society in Animal Farm?

gives
the dominant pig the nameas a strong and obviousto Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon Bonaparte, the
egomaniac, emerged from the French Revolution as leader and spokesman of the ideals that
inspired that earlier revolution. Under his leadership the French withstood the reactionary
forces seeking to overturn the revolutionary government and restore the monarchy. But then
Napoleon Bonaparte began to act like a dictator. He appointed himself Emperor and began making
kings of his relatives. He was actually creating a new aristocracy based on allegiance to
himself. Since Napoleon the pig represents Stalin, the obvious implication is that Stalin was
creating a new aristocracy which was made up of the leaders and members of the Communist Party;
and like Napoleon Bonaparte, Stalin was using revolutionary ideals and military power to spread
Communism as far as possible. History was repeating itself.

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