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Hi howz it going "Napoleon"... This my first time that I'am doing this, so Iam kind of confused... anyway, as youwould probably know my name is Mr X (tkay)...there were various reasons for why Ichoose to do this topic- Napoleon...1. Considering Napoleon is Orwell's chief villain in Animal Farm (the name Napoleon comes from a dictator of France) I want to learn more about him and hisactions...2.Explore notions of power.3.learn about: why did, Orwell think- “ socialism is good as an ideal, it can never besuccessfully adopted due to uncontrollable sins of human nature."4.Learn about control and the corruptive influence of absolute power.5. Develop/gain more knowledge about socialism and dictatorship. Nothing fascinates me more than these quotes and sayings... As Lord Acton, an English historian and moralist said. "Power tends to corrupt;absolute power corrupts absolutely."As Abraham Lincoln once said “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you wantto test a man's character, give him power.”- area where Napoleon failed...although Napoleon seems as first to be a good leader, he is eventually overcome by greed andsoon becomes power-hungry... So im really pleased, excited, and looking forward to this project...if there is anythingI can do, be sure to let me know.. Cheers Mr XHi Mr X. Thanks for sending through the introduction task. I really like your explanation for choosing to be part of the NAPOLEON group! As you are interestedin exploring notions of power the character's withing Animal Farm fail to disappoint.We not only see varying power structures emerge but we will begin to see thecorruption and the abuse of power that exists too! It's clear to me that you have
 
already covered research of your own particularly regarding Orwell. We mightdiscover that he is certainly pushing his own agenda as he tells his story. Next stepnow is that you add your responses to the questions 1 and 2 below!Thanks! NapoleonQUESTIONS TO ANSWER AFTER READING CHAPTER 1 AND CHAPTER 2What are the basic principles of Animalism? Why are they important in a time of massive social change? In what ways is Old Major an ideal leader? Do you think his ideas are practical? Whyor why not?1.The system of Animalism is based around thoughts and ideas of old major, lookingat the perspective of how animals should live life. This system, consists of many rulesand regulations (basic principles), such as--Whatever goes upon two les is an enemy.-Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings is a friend.-No animal shall wear clothes.-No animal shall sleep in a bed.-No animal shall drink alcohol.-No animal shall kill any other animal.-All animals are equal.In my opinion these principles were quite important at the time of such a"MASSIVE" social change, as these set things right (straight forward) for other animals on the farm. As well in this period of what I’ll call- revolution of (totalitarianism), principles made boundaries for animals, resulting them to think inthe perspective of things that an "Animal Rebellion" should consist of in order to keepaway from mankind and his cruel ways (habits).2. Even though it might look like that Old Major doesn't play an important role in this book, yet in my opinion I feel - he is nothing less than a main character. The reason behind my thinking is because if it hadn't been for his explanation on- "nature of life",none of this rebellion or revolution would have taken place. From my point of view I do sincerely believe that yes, old major was an ideal leader as....
 
- he was quite old, meaning he had seen more things and had heaps and heaps of experience within him... as someone once said “Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.”-he cared about equality(fairness) among the animals.-he used his power in the right way, and made the most use out of it in the correctmanner...as one of the most influential man that I have read about -Eric hoffer oncequoted “The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.”In my opinion Old Major's ideas were practical in most ways, only if you managed tolook from the perspective of an animal- the way they got treated, and all the cruelthings that humans did to them. I think that they had -all the rights to make humanstheir enemy, and have hatred for them. This resulted Old Major to come up with ideaswhere animals and humans should life separate life’s.Old Major warns - , "Your resolution must never falter. No argument must lead youastray. Never listen when they tell you that Man and the animals have a commoninterest....we must not come to resemble him...No animal must ever live in a house or sleep in a bed, or wear clothes, or drink alcohol, or smoke tobacco, or touch money, or engage in trade." Hey napoleon, this is great I didn't know that 2 people could edit at the sametime...this is pretty good mean of communication...lol...Also editing now: teacher napoleon....By the way in my starting paragraph I was writing in informal language, but it seems whoever you are you seem to love english, so I'll start writing in formallanguage...lol...An incredibly insightful response Mr X, Well done! I also appreciate that you arenow writing in formal language! You have demonstrated your strong understandingof the novel! I will continue to add to the "Welcome" document that I have sharedamongst all of our members. Remember the key component of Animalism is thatanimals should NEVER grow to resemble humans.. we can see that the pigs certainlygo back on the oath they have sworn as animals.Something extra for you comarade, what do you think of the way in which therelationship between Snowball and Napoleon is constantly contested. What wouldOld Major be thinking of this? Thank you Nap, for your feedback - really appreciate it.....what’s with me becomingcomarade???...Well I’ am only going to do extra work, once my ration has getsdoubled, and I’ am serious about it…Extra Work = Double The Ration…Deal...Someone certainly understands the system of Animal Farm! who is someone???
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