Napoleon uses his skill, cunning, and power to be more treacherous and dominant than his rival, Snowball. ... Snowball, based on Leon Trotsky, is the pig who challenges Napoleon to run Animal Farm after the Rebellion. Snowball is sharp, articulate, zealous and much less restrained and scheming than Napoleon. ... Although Orwell illustrates Snowball as a somewhat perfect character, he manages to refrain from putting snowball on a pedestal, and we see Snowball's faults quite clearly. ... Squealer stands beind Napoleon by defending the pigs' resources. ...

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When Napoleon felt threatened by Snowball Squealer convinced most of the farm that Snowball had been against the far the whole time so they shouldn't trust Snowball. ... Squealer's continuous support to Napoleon alike of the Pravda, made him unpopular, due to the fact that he made up stories to cover for Napoleon's controversial decisions and he convinced the animals that the pigs were the leaders and the rest of the farm worked hard to please the farm overall, when really it was only to provide for the pigs. ... This approach is displayed through characters such as Boxer, a st...

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From then on, the pigs, namely Napoleon, a "large, rather fierce looking Berkshire boar," and Snowball, a "more vivacious pig quicker in speech and more inventive" continue to corrupt the rest of the animals" vision for a better future. ... Napoleon abuses his power in this way many times throughout the novel and strives to keep the animals in constant submission. ... The sheep in the novel were easily persuaded to believe whatever Napoleon wanted them to believe. An example of this is after the expulsion of Snowball, who suddenly is "no better than a criminal," when before the animals held hi...

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