There are many characters in this story. They all have different personality and special features. Out of all the characters, Napoleon is closest to being the main character. Other main characters would be Squealer, Snowball, and Boxer. Napoleon is the ruler of the Animal Farm, He is selfish, cruel and hypocritical. He uses military power (which means a loyal attack dogs) to intimidate other animal and consolidate his power. Moreover, he violates seven commandments and punishes the animals. I hate this character because he is two-faced, and oppressed animals that were weaker than him. Squealer, another important character, acts as mouth for Napoleon, in other words he is spokesperson. He spreads Napoleon's propaganda and twist the truth to maintain social control. His habit was mentioning Mr. Jones like "Surely none of you wishes to see Jones back?" I bear hatred of him because he acted craftily. He always defends Napoleon from the animals by any means and tricks them into working harder. That's the reason why I hate Squealer as well as Napoleon. In contrast Snowball was an intelligent and passionate ruler competing with Napoleon. He challenges Napoleon for control of the Animal Farm. Later on Snowball was used as a Scapegoat for animal’s troubles. I like him because with his intelligence he had chance to take over the authority by deceiving other animals yet, he decided to stay less subtle and cunning than Napoleon. Instead, he used his knowledge to make the animals comfortable and therefore won the loyalty of the other animals. In the novel, Snowball had made plans to build a windmill to lower the burden of work for the animals and promised them the retirement age to be earlier than ever. However, all his plans were stolen by Napoleon. Lastly, Boxer is a cart horse with a credible strength, dedication, and loyalty. He is bit slow-witted and much devoted. He's motto was " I will work harder", and "Napoleon is always right." I liked him because he was honest and devoted however, I feel something about his character was lacking. I would feel less sorry for him if he had a brighter side in him and be more enthusiastic about life. Boxer was one of the best characters in this novel for his positive attitude and always being helpful even when he was sick.These animal characters are revealed in universal human experience. For example, we can compare the characters with the people in the work place. Napoleon, as high officer, who never works and instead of that only give orders to subordinates acts as a boss. Squealer can be revealed as an employee who does whatever he can to be promoted at work even if it’s an act of bribing or telling lies to other co-workers. Then Snowball would be the counterpart of squealer (other co-workers) who is betrayed by those who play the devil. Boxer can be also revealed as employee in a different way. Among many employees some will stay devoted as Boxer and only focus on what need to be done not caring about anything else but their own duty and responsibility.
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When I read the Animal Farm, I also thought that Snowball would be a better ruler for the animals than Napoleon. However, I think that if the other pigs such as Squealer was next to Snowball, the situation would have been not much different from when Napoleon ruled. I argue that Snowball would have became more like Napoleon, selfish and hypocritical although he might not have wanted to have greed and selfishness. Take a look at the situation when pigs and the other animals were treated equally. They went by a rule that stated that all animals were equal however, later on, because the pigs tasted what it's like to be in control which gives them benifits, they don't want to let go of it. I also state that Squealer and the other pigs take huge credit in Napoleon becomeing greedy. This is because it looks like in some areas, they persuaded Napoleon to do some evil deeds to satistfy their own benifits. Because 'power'is so addicting and if some pigs like Squealer is next to Snowball, persuading him to do things that are not right, then it's very possible for Snowball to become just like Napoleon.
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