Animal Farm Group

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gemascrene
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Who gained leadership of the animals? Why?

Also, please describe the animals' flag.

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Posted by gemascrene on Sunday January 28, 2007 at 7:02 PM and tagged with animal farm, snowball.

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  1. a-b

    Snowball is the first leader but eventually Napolean becomes th leader. He basically gained leadership by twisting the ideals of the group to get rid of his rivals such as Snowball, who gets chased away.

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    Posted by a-b on Sunday January 28, 2007 at 9:02 PM


  2. janeyb

    eNotes Editor

    Snowball is the Leader until Napoleon usurps his power. Overall the pigs are the leaders of the animals, in the beginning because they could read and write, and also because it was old major, the prize winning pig, that had the idea. In the end, Napoleon had power because he claimed it, and the animals were still convinced that life under a pig was better than life under a human, even if it was equally as terrible.
    THe flag is made from an old green tablecloth (green to represent the fields of England with a hoof and a horn on it. The hoof and horn celebrate animal independence from humans.

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    Posted by janeyb on Monday January 29, 2007 at 6:35 AM


  3. clemenza Student

    initially the leader ship is shared between snowball and napoleon however snowball made 80% of the descicions. Napoleon was just waitng for the right time to strike and take leader ship of the animals. When he caught snowball off guard he took leader ship by force and animals looked up to him as a leader through fear more than anything. So by the end of the book napoleon is the clear leader and all animals agree with what he says and does without argument.

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    Posted by clemenza on Sunday February 4, 2007 at 12:22 AM

  4. revolution
    revolution Teacher
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    The pigs. Including Squealer and Napoleon, they had an overwhelming control over the whole farm and in this totalitarian regime, the animals have no say or right over the farm issues. Everything is controlled by the pigs, include food rations.

    They have used propaganda to brainwash all the animals to submission and obedience. They have suppress any free speech and any opposition to their rule. This type of outright lies can be compared Goebbels, Paul Joseph, Hilter's Minister of Propaganda whose principle was " The bigger the lies, the more it is believed"

    At first, it was the good-hearted and courageous Snowball who was the real leader of Animal Farm, who gave everything to the farm and provide them with futuristic ideas and natural advantages that may benefit the farm, but through character assassination deployed by Napoleon, he was chased by the dogs. Then he blantantly took control over the whole farm and use his might and power to force the animals to submit to his "black magic".

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    Posted by revolution on Wednesday August 12, 2009 at 7:29 AM