Animal Farm

            "I've been to the mountain top, and I've seen the Promised Land,"" is a quote from Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream Speech'. Snowball had the same mentality of Dr. King in George Orwell's Animal Farm. He believed in prosperity for all the animals. He displayed a mirror image of Old Major's beliefs. If Napoleon made a speech, he would talk of taking control. He would want control all in his hands. Napoleon would reign, like Brother Malcolm X, "By any means necessary-. Napoleon and Snowball were similar in that they were the preeminent leaders of Animal Farm; they were foils because they lead the animals in different ways. In the beginning, it was evident both Napoleon and Snowball were pro-rebellion. They both wanted to rebel against Mr. Jones in order to have better living conditions on Manor Farm.
             Snowball was very involved in forming a rebellion, but Napoleon was not as involved. Snowball used what Old Major preached of in his speech to tell the animals how they would go about rebelling. In the times before the rebellion, Napoleon's voice was not heard much. Both characters were very organized in how they approached things. Snowball had committees formed to get everything in order for the rebellion and Napoleon was not as involved in the thought process as was Snowball. .
             As Machiavelli said in The Prince, "It is better to be feared than to be loved-. Snowball was benevolent and Napoleon was extremely cold. He was only worried about himself and no one else on the farm. Snowball cared for every animal on Animal Farm because he truly wanted to help them. Napoleon used the dogs to put fear in the animals so they would become loyal. He trained the dogs so they would help his cause of being supreme ruler of Animal Farm. Snowball did the exact opposite of this while he was still a resident of the farm. He wanted to make sure every animal was secure and happy. While Snowball was gaining supporters with his benevolence, Napoleon was losing supporters with his evil ways.