Snowball He is a pig that fights with Napoleon over the power on the farm. ... Napoleons jealousness of him makes him try to kill Snowball. ... The growing conflict between Snowball and Napoleon builds up when Snowball proposes that a windmill be built. Napoleon gets agitated with Snowball and sics the dogs on him. ... Napoleon blames it on Snowball. ...
Stalin's part being played by Napoleon and Trotsky's by Snowball. ... Stalin actually does over throw Trotsky, as does Napoleon to Snowball. ... Much like Soviet events, Stalin then makes a country dislike Trotsky through a series of lies and eventually Trotsky is fleeing the country much as Snowball does in Animal Farm. Near the end of Orwell's story the other animals stumble upon Napoleon acting as a human. ... Although Napoleon was actually only trying to better his own position. ...
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...
In the beginning of the story there are two leaders, the first named Snowball, is the representation of a moderate leader interested in the betterment of mankind, that's to say, animal-kind. The second leader, Napoleon is a hard-line totalitarian who wants to meticulously lead animals as he sees fit. ... In the book Napoleon finally wins control over the people through the means of subtlety. Rather than Snowball's democratic decisions where everyone was involved, Napoleon found that through small changes in daily routine that favored him he could instill confidence in the masses a...
