In the novel, "Animal Farm," power is a very important aspect to maintain on the farm. Napoleon is a fierce-looking Berkshire Boar who represents Stalin in the Russia Revolution. To begin with, he was a quiet animal however, after the threat of Snowball was resolved, he turned into a power-hungry "person." He maintained his power by many ways.
One way that Napoleon keeps power is by sheer terror from the dogs that he raised. These dogs represents Stalin's secret police. When the dogs were born, Napoleon took them away from their mother. He claimed that he was "responsible for their education." In fact, Napoleon was raising them to become guard dogs. These dogs were trained to become ˜fierce-looking' and ˜like wolves'. These dogs were used to eliminate Napoleon's opponents; they chased Snowball off the farm and to execute the animals who had protested to Napoleon's decisions or confessed to their "crimes" in front of all of the animals. Theses beasts are significance to maintain Napoleon's power by simply scaring and terrorizing the animals. After the ˜bloodbath' that was watched by all of the animals, the animals witnessed the events, the animals were too scared and terrified to voice their opinions or do anything out of line. Napoleon takes this event as an opportunity to take control and become the leader of Animal Farm. He took control without any difficultly. Since all of the animal was there to witness the deaths of their comrades, they had already seen what would happen to them and their death if they opposed to Napoleon.
Another way that Napoleon maintains power in "Animal Farm" is by Squealer. Squealer is portrayed as an ˜intelligent pig', a ˜brilliant talker' and Napoleon's personal spokesperson. Squealer ensures the other animals that Napoleon and the pigs are leading them to a better life. Squealer can also make the other animals feel guilty by telling to ˜appreciate the sacrifice Comrade Napoleon has made'. Thes...