How Does Napoleon Have Too Much Power In Animal Farm

In the novel, Animal Farm, Napoleon took disadvantage of his position of being the leader on the farm. Napoleon was giving too much power, and because of this, he acted like he had control over every animal’s actions. At first, the harvest after Old Major’s death went well. Then, slowly differences began to erupt between Napoleon and Snowball. After, the idea of building the windmill was discussed and was decided who would oversee this work. Napoleon sent his dogs to go after Snowball. Moreover, now that Snowball was out of the farm, Napoleon took control. This led to making the animals work for hours and food shortage. “ (Lehrer) Throughout the spring and summer they worked a sixty-hour week, and in August Napoleon announced that there would