Napoleon

• 'A reputation for getting his own way'- Symbolism

  An allegory of Joseph Stalin.

  Using his physical size.

  Opposite to Squealer.
• 'A reputation for getting his own way'
• 'He was especially successful with the sheep'- Irony

  Napoleon uses others to speak for him and uses noise to silence others.

  He creates a dependency of the animals on him.
• 'He was especially successful with the sheep'
• 'Napoleon produced no schemes of his own'- Foreshadowing

  Napoleon uses deceit to his advantage.

  Does not have the interpersonal ability to manipulate.

  Using other resources.
• 'Napoleon produced no schemes of his own'
• 'Very Quietly', 'Shouting down a passionate appeal'- Juxtaposition

  Shows the constant between the two.

  The power of emotion.

  Real power is in violence.
• 'Very Quietly', 'Shouting down a passionate appeal'#
• 'They wagged their tails to him in the same way as the other dogs had used to do to Mr. Jones'- Symbolism

  Revolution has cycled back to what it attempted to escape.

  Totalitarian leaders will lead a society how it was lead before and before that.
• 'They wagged their tails to him in the same way as the other dogs had used to do to Mr. Jones'
• 'Napoleon inhabited separate compartments from the others'- Imagery

  Napoleon is the most important of the most important.

  He is made to sound like a dictator.

  Above the other animals.

  Has no meaningful existence.
• 'Napoleon inhabited separate compartments from the others'
• 'The tip of his tail chipped by a pellet'- Symbolism, Exaggeration

  The dictators are always involved as little as possible but sufficient to make it seem like they are fighting for their country.

  Napoleon is fighting for his own interests.
• 'The tip of his tail chipped by a pellet'
• 'Republic', 'There was only one candidate, Napoleon'- Irony

  In a republic there is more than one candidate.

  Obsession with power.
• 'Republic', 'There was only one candidate, Napoleon'
• 'He paced up and down without a word, his tail rigidly and twitching'- Allusion

  Alludes to Stalin finding out of Germany's invasion.

  Leaders do not have all the answers and have a dependency on others.
• 'He paced up and down without a word, his tail rigidly and twitching'
• 'Had been inflicted by Napoleon's teeth'
• 'Had been inflicted by Napoleon's teeth'- Irony

  Sometimes governments lie for the people's benefit.

  Napoleon is lying purely because of his god complex.

  Animals accept these lies as they are inclined to.
• 'The truest happiness lay in working hard and living fugally'- Irony

  Napoleon believes and lives the complete opposite to this.

  Hypocrisy.
• 'The truest happiness lay in working hard and living fugally'
• 'A whip in his trotter'- Symbolism

  The farm has fully returned to the oppression it tired to escape.

  Revolution will always fail when one group makes themselves superior.
• 'A whip in his trotter'
• 'It was short and to the point'- Irony

  Napoleon led the farm by language yet none of it was from himself.

  The reliance on others.
• 'It was short and to the point'