Animal Farm Leadership Analysis

In this world, there are variety of ways for everyone to experience “leadership.” For instance, an explorer that uses his/her tools to create paths for others to follow can surely be considered as being a “leader,” or shows “leadership.” Furthermore, students who creates clubs and teaches other students with the same interest may also be considered as showing “leadership.” However, there are not only people that show strong leadership, but there are also people that show weak leadership. George Orwell, the author of Animal Farm, uses characters of the book to show poor and excellent leadership, and sends readers a significant message: when proper leadership is not portrayed from the leader, that leader cannot stay in that position any longer.
Old Major tends to influence the animals of the farm positively throughout his life. For example, Old Major sings Beasts of England, which “threw the animals into the wildest excitement” (13). Old Major singing Beasts of England unifies all the animals of the farm into one, as Beasts of England turns into a song that motivates all animal to work harder in the future. Unifying a group into one, and giving motivations using songs show that Old Major have powerful leadership. Furthermore, Old Major is the first one to establish an idea of “rebellion” to the farm, explaining and persuading other comrades to follow his vision. For example, old Major says, “whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy” (11). This quote is indicating to humans, who stands on two feet. Old Major wants to emphasize that humans are evil, and that animals need their own freedom and right. Establishing a clear vision of rebellion, and sharing those visions with other comrades show that Old Major can “lead” an idea. Lastly, Old Major’s teachings has led Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer to elaborate “old Major’s teachings into a complete system of thought, to which they gave the name of Animalism” (16). Animalism is what all the animals of the farms are fighting for against humans. If Old Major did not teach anything, and the term “animalism” was not created, the animals would have never had freedom. Old Major teaching
Although those two never agree with each other, the two’s actions right after they become leaders is absolutely fantastic. Napoleon and Snowball tries their best to improve the life of animals in the farm. To do so, they create the seven commandments. One example of the commandment is, “all animals are equal”(25). The seven commandments is mostly about animalism, and Snowball and Napoleon makes rules to improve the farm and to reduce problems. Those two are stepping up in the time of difficulty, where animals need to survive without any help from humans. Attempting to improve when it is difficult shows that those two are true leaders of the