Napoleon's Behavior In Animal Farm

The behaviors that Napoleon practiced when he became the leader, contributed to the breakdown of animal farm and the group dynamics. He was more fixated on power; he lost sight of Animal Farms purpose for coming into being. He began to make changes, beginning with for example, telling the animals what is going to be done and why. Their opinions was not valued or wanted. In addition to justifying why he was working with humans when the farm began to experience hard times. He elicited the help of Mr. Frederick, for money to buy supplies, the second violation of the commandment because Mr. Frederick was considered an enemy. Then he began to practice manipulation when the other animals’ instincts began to question what was going on. The one animal Muriel the old goat was able to read and is aware of the violations occurring. Because the animals lacked confidence
His ego became bigger and anyone he deemed a threat was put to death by the dogs. Once again the farm animals witnessed killing of their friends horribly. This act immediately returned them to the emotional state prior to the uprising, fearful, hopeless, with no incentive. The animals were traumatized again, this resulted in them resorting to their survival behaviors, settling for the less food, and working as hard as they did when humans were in charge of the farm and not complaining about what is going on.
The other animals; Benjamin the donkey was not swayed either way with the changes under Snowball or Napoleon. He had remained neutral. His belief system was, “Life will go on as it has always gone on—that is, badly.” This statement reflected he did not have any hope in the process of change, he resolved himself to just do what is necessary As for Boxer, who was motivated under Snowball’s leadership remained the same under Napoleon, the only thing that changed was his motto “Napoleon is always