Napoleon: Napoleon is Orwell's chief villain in Animal Farm. The name Napoleon is very coincidental since Napoleon, the dictator of France, was thought by many to be the Anti-Christ. Napoleon, the pig, is really the central character on the farm. Obviously a metaphor for Stalin, Comrade Napoleon represents the human frailties of any revolution. Orwell believed that although socialism is good as an ideal, it can never be successfully adopted due to uncontrollable sins of …showed first 75 words of 1010 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1010 total…and Germany invaded the Soviet Union. Unfortunately, in Animal Farm Napoleon also trusted someone he should not have. Napoleon sold timber to Mr. Frederick, who deceived him by paying for the wood with false bank notes. Mr. Frederick and other farmers then tried to overrun Animal Farm, but they did not succeed. Certainly, George Orwell’s similarities between Stalin and Napoleon made an extreme impact in developing the allegory in Animal Farm. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**