Animal Farm: The Powers of Napoleon and Snowball

     Power goes out of control when people learn to obtain it. It is true that political power can corrupt the people who attain it. They will mostly take consideration about themselves and control others in their own goods. In Animal Farm, by George Orwell, he implies that there are good and bad leaders. The ones that earns the trust from the people and the ones that use fear as an tool to gain support. In the story, Napoleon uses fear to earn the animals attention and get them to agree with him, while Snowball understands the animals needs and try to help them. 


     From the the beginning, Napoleon never really contributes the the revolution of that farm. He was never a good speaker and uses the animals power to help himself instead. Napoleon would not think of the strengths of Animal Farm, but rather their weak points and take over them. He uses fear as a tool to get the animals to agree and move to his side, but Snowball's speeches were always very strong; in which mostly likely the animals will move to his side. Napoleon uses the fact that the mens will come back to Animal Farm if they don't do what he says. He takes advantage of the animals and use them to help him rebel. The fact that he trained the puppies might seem like he is helping the farm, but he is merely using them has defense when he is in trouble.  In one point, when Snowball came up with the idea of the windmill to help out the labor of the animals. Napoleon had not choice but to disagree with his ideas because he doesn't want the animal to go to Snowballs side, and so he brings out the dogs and chase Snowball out. The dogs didn't really help the farm itself, but helped Napoleon rebel against his opponents. The fear that the dogs chase Snowball out of the farm  grabbed the attention of the animals to follow his orders. He was never a good speaker and used different schemes to make him successful. 


     Napoleon's use of fear over the 'lower' animals was very efficient because the animals could do nothing else. If they don't go as Napoleon orders they are scared about their future and the consequences that they might need to overcome. From the scene when Napoleons sent out the dogs to chase after Snowball, the lower animals was scared that their outcome would be like if they don't follow his commands. Napoleon was quite jealous about how Snowball took over the animals with their attention, and he used tactics to get rid of him, 

"At this...nine enormous dogs wearing brass-studded collars came bounding into the barn. They dashed straight for Snowball..." (Orwell 67).

Even though Napoleon wasn't a good speaker, he used different ways to scare the animals and get them to agree with him. Following up with Squealer with just helped Napoleon earn the trust from the animals and getting them to recognize that Napoleon is a good speaker. If Squealer wasn't there to support Napoleon, he would not be in the position as he is now. Napoleon used people around him to earn the animals trust.
     
     Snowball in the other hand was an stronger speaker, he actually contributes effort to spread equality of the animals. He helps find solutions for the animals and won over Napoleon with his brilliant speeches, "At the Meetings Snowball often won over the majority bu his brilliant speeches, but Napoleon was better at canvassing support for himself in between times," (Orwell 63). Snowballs speeches were often very strong, and he used his heart to help the animals. The creation of the windmill was to lessen the labor for the animals an shorten it so that they don't have to work as much. He was a strong leader and he was for the animals and not for himself. Everything he does inspired the animals to do better. Napoleon got in the way and when he knew that the windmill project was going better than he though, he used the dogs to chase him away.


     Snowball's use of his speeches was very effective and he won most of the votes from the animals. In would include the animals in and let them join in with him. He would never exclude anyone out of and even though the birds didn't have four legs, he said something and found agreement, 

"A bird's wing, comrades," he said, "is an organ of propulsion and not of manipulation. It should therefore be as a leg. The distinguishing mark of a man is the hand, the instrument with which he does all his mischief."

Even though the had the agreement that says that, "Four legs are good, two legs are bad" . Snowball will always find a solution to help out the animals. The act of researching and designing the windmill was also for the animals. He was an effective speaker because he found an common ground with the animals and reached out his hands to help them. He did not use the tool of fear to get their votes, but his effort.


     In conclusion, Snowball and Napoleon was two different leaders. There actions was both efficient to the animals because they used power in a different way. One side was good and one was bad.