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billkaulitzf...
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High School - 10th Grade

How does Snowball show his ruthlessness?

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Posted by billkaulitzfan13 on Monday November 19, 2007 at 8:34 PM and tagged with animal farm, animal farm by george orwell.

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  1. mrerick Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

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    Are you sure you mean Snowball and not Napoleon?  I'm sure that I would agree with Snowball being ruthless except when dealing with Mr. Jones during the first attempted re-capture of the farm.  Napoleon, on the other hand, could be described as ruthless in several instances throughout the novel, starting with his vicious removal of Snowball in chapter five.

    Snowball's plans to destroy Mr. Jones and the other men by cutting off their escape route is the example you're looking for in chapter four.  Having studied the attack methods of Caesar, Snowball wasn't interested in simply turning back the attackers; they needed to be finished, which was what the animals attempted to do.

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    Posted by mrerick on Monday November 19, 2007 at 8:48 PM

  2. sam9
    sam9 Student
    High School - 9th Grade

    Snowball shows his ruthlessness  in chapter four when boxer thinks he killled a young stablehand, snowball tells him to stop worrying because the only good human is a dead human.

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    Posted by sam9 on Tuesday November 20, 2007 at 3:25 PM