Q: who are the main characters in the novel? do you like them? why or why not? what is special about them? what do they reveal about the universal human experience?
Napoleon
He is the pig who resembles Joseph Stalin in this allegory. Napoleon is the most important character and seems to be an antagonist. I do not like this guy because he is ruthless and dictatorial. Napoleon takes the milk and the puppies in his own care. Then the puppies he bred Napoleon makes them his own bodyguards. He was is mostly planned before the situation happens. There is a debate with Snowball and Napoloeon over the future plan, which split between the construction of windmill and increasing the rations. When Napoleon starts to lose in debate he command his dogs and drive away Snowball. I can see Napoleon want power and rule over them. Even the storm destroy the wall of the windmill's construction, he denies the fact the it was the storm that destroy it but says Snowball destroy it. He didn't want animals to be disappointed. He becomes corrupted when Napoleon breaks the Seven Commandments. He acts as a human. Napoloeon reveals that when he has the absolute power to control, the dictator becomes corrupted. No one can be higher and stronger than a dictator since absolute power controls everything.
Snowball
Snowball resembles Leon Trotsky which was Stalin's rivalry. Snowball seems to be a protagonist and does not come in the novel after he escape. I relatively prefer this guy than Napoleon. His strong, rhetoric speech inspired me. Snowball wasn't the pig who try to kick Napoleon out. Snowball is an idealistic pig. He was the one who wanted to improve the Animal Farm’s infrastructures. Snowball planned for the future to build a windmill. I liked how he invented a windmill plan that will provide convenience and better life to us, though I felt sad Napoleon banished him out. Snowball slightly reveals same human universal experience as Napoleon’s. Because Napoleon desired dictatorial power, the dog chases him and Snowball loses everything. There are people who are intelligent and sincere but they do not get the results they wanted. It is the jealousy and fear that cause us to do worse things.
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