Both rulings are very closely alike, they barely give food to the animals, and Jones as well as Napoleon, overwork the animals. The animals are better off ender the leadership of Mr.. Jones, than they are under that of Napoleon. When Jones rules the farm, the rules on the farm are clear, but with Napoleon the rules are constantly changing in order to benefit him. With Jones, animals can think whatever they wanted and have any sort of meeting without being spied on or threatened like Napoleons dogs, which represent the secret police.
The rules and routine on the farm are јark, get back minimum food that will prevent them from This poorly chosen routine makes the farm a hard place to live in, and it makes Napoleons’ dictatorship harder ND more confusing than Old Majors rules, which were; he ruled the farm, but all animals had freedom of speech and nothing would ever change. Napoleon on the other hand, has rules created by Old Major, and throughout the novel he changes them so they can benefit him. An example of Napoleon changing rules to benefit himself is “no animal shall kill any other animal without a cause”(98).
The commandment used to be “no animal shall kill any other animal. “(98) While changing this rule and convincing other animals that the rule was always how Napoleon said, helped Napoleon gain the trust and fear f other animals. They know that Napoleon will execute the competition, or anyone that tries to rebel. With Napoleon animals work, get minimum food, and that’s the only tradition he kept the same. Although Jones broke rules of little importance that caused the rebellion, it wasn’t as frequent.
The rules he brakes are usually not as important like the ones Old Major established in the meeting he did before passing away. Jones overworked the animals, but he gives them time to rest, and enough food for them not to be starving. The animals thought they worked hard enough when they were under Jones’ rule, UT they had never experienced Napoleons’ ruling. The ones working extremely hard, worked even farther “until the last atom of their strengths”(85). An example of an animal that can be connected to this quote would be Boxer. With his motto “I will work harder'(85), he busted his lungs.
Even when winter came and they were cold, “Boxer and Clover never lost heart”(84). The quotes show Napoleon forcing them to work hard in winter, which winter season England is rainy, and sometimes it even snows. Squealers speeches convince Boxer to work harder every time, and that caused “A thin stream Of blood trickled out Of his ) Boxers lungs busted because of working like a slave. The rest of the animals also work, but not as much as Boxer, he was a role model for the other animals. Napoleon not only overworks the animals, but they starve most of the days.
When Jones is in control, the animals have little food, but just as much that they wouldn’t starve. At the time that “all animals were equal, but some more equal than others,” all except for the pigs and dogs are starving, “They were generally hungry, they slept on straws, they drank from the pool, they labored in the Leeds, in winter they were troubles by At the time of Jones, the animals were all treated equally, and none of them would generally be hungry like they were with Napoleon. They had good water sources, and they didn’t complain about the resources.
Not until Old Major gave that speech to the animals. If for example Jones gets drunk and doesn’t feed the animals, none of them have anything to eat. With Napoleon, most of the food the animals produced is given to the pigs, and little to the working animals. Lastly, it is better for Jones to rule, because of the fact that it is worse for money that is your species rule over you and benefit himself without giving you even the right of freedom of speech, than for another species to rule over you, but still give you the right for speech.
When Jones ruled, and Old Major was alive, the animals had set up a meeting where Old Major expressed himself freely with no one spying on them. Old Major talked to the animals against the government they were in, and no consequences arose. On the speech, Old major is very persuasive, and leaves one point clear, “Man is the only real enemy we If anyone talks about Napoleon that way and he “secret police” hears them, they would be killed just for the fact that they are going against him. The animals had their freedom of speech cut off from their rights.
An example of Napoleon having taken their freedom of speech is when the pigs confessed to be going against the cancellation of Sunday meetings. When they confessed, “the dogs promptly tore their throats It is clearly seen that for going against one idea that Napoleon supported, they would be killed in front Of everyone. The animals have freedom of speech given by Jones, unlike Napoleon who eliminates anyone ho thinks against him, even if they are the same kind. It is worst for someone to be eliminated by their same kind than by a different species, like man for example.
Mr.. Jones doesn’t care about animals talking against him, because he thinks that they are just talking, and he never expected to have been kicked off his own land by animals, unlike Napoleon, who knew that to stay in rule, all opposing animals have to be killed. At the time of Jones, the animals still worked a large amount, but not as much as they did when Napoleon was in rule. Most of the working animals who worked with Jones ark a higher amount with Napoleon, and the animals who worked little with Jones like the pigs for example, didn’t work at all in Napoleon’s rule.
The working animals not only worked more frequently, but they had food shortage and starved most Of the time. Due to these reasons and that Napoleon kept changing the rules on the farm, it shows that Jones was a better ruler than Napoleon, and although the animals didn’t like him, he was better for them. Lastly, it is harder to be ruled by someone who promises great things and positive reforms, than someone who is a dictator, and isn’t promise anything.
This means that dictators who change over time will be worst than the ones who are clear with the rules, and never promise anything. People will get used to this dictator, and will be TABLE to rebel easier, because of the pattern or routine the dictator creates. None of the two leaders we have seen necessarily make a “good” leader. A good leader is one that can keep his rule like Napoleon, but at the same time does well for the country being. “Does good for the country,” means that it does not starve the people, and also increase its wealth.
