Greed For Power In George Orwell's Animal Farm

Animal farm essay
In the book animal farm, one of the main themes is the greed for power. Therefore it comes as no surprise that napoleon took no interest in snowballs committees for his own selfish gain.
Throughout the story it is evident that snowball is an idealist. He is a “vivacious pig”, “more inventive” and “quicker in speech”. He has the interest of the animals at heart. He formed “animal committees” and tried to educate the animals in order to improve the farm. Some animals found it difficult to learn. Snowball devised a way in order for them to learn what was needed. He planned and fought bravely in the battle of cowshed and was even given a military decoration for his bravery. He tried to make the animals lives easier by building
He is forceful and a realist. He is an egomaniac. He never makes a single contribution to the revolution. He works solely for his own ends. He tells lies, his ruthless, he has the hunger for power and he is corrupt. “Napoleon was a large, rather...with a reputation of getting his way”. He might not be as good a speaker as snowball, but he was an excellent administrator. He plans to get rid of snowball. He gets the sheep to bleat during snowballs speeches, he urinates on his plans and trains the puppies to be his loyal force. This loyal force later on chases snowball off the farm. He uses manipulation to build his power base. After snowball is kicked out the division between the pigs and the other animals become wider. He uses squealer to spread false propaganda and the dogs to spread false intimidation. He puts down any opposition, and he ensures loyalty by instilling fear in the animals. He becomes more concerned with himself by hardly appearing in public, he names the windmill after himself, he lives apart from the animals, he orders the gun to be fired on his birthday and he has poems of flattery written on the barn wall. He uses snowball as a scapegoat for anything that goes