Answer: On Animal Farm there is a pig named Napoleon who took power of the farm after the revolution and became a ruthless dictator, gaining power in three different ways. The first method of power being violence and force. This was first displayed when the pig, Snowball, was chased off the farm by Napoleon’s guards just because he had opposed Napoleon. “At first, no one had been able to imagine where these creatures came from, but the problem was soon solved: they were the puppies whom Napoleon had taken away from their mothers and reared privately.”(Orwell 53) This quote shows how similar the dogs/guards and Napoleon are to Stalin and the Secret police during the Soviet Union. After Napoleon had chased the cunning Snowball off of the farm, he uncontestedly took power of the farm and became a dictator. All the animals were shocked at Napoleon’s actions but were too afraid to speak up because of the intimidating dogs. Later on in the book, whenever there was an outcry or questioning of power, Napoleon immediately sent his guard dogs over and all they had to do was growl and the animals would quiet down and probably never speak up again. The dogs were savage and very violent, sometimes killing animals on the farm.
