Chapter 5

Chapter five starts out with Mollie leaving Animal Farm in order to be taken care of and return to her normal way of life on another human farm. She is basically viewed as a disgrace and the book says distinctly that she was never mentioned by the other animals again. I think that was a pretty obvious, that Mollie would eventually get tired of having to do work, and that she would miss getting sugar cubes and ribbons in her hair. It makes sense, as she was really the only animal who did no work when Jones was still in control.
And like I believed it would, the rivalry between Napoleon and Snowball has grown more and more intense, as they fail to agree on anything, especially the new windmill idea that Snowball has introduced to the farm. When everyone seemed to be in favor of the windmill, Napoleon just makes a sound and these vicious dogs, which are revealed to be the same puppies that he took into isolation and taught by himself, end up running Snowball off the farm.
I KNEW this was going to happen! It just makes me really angry that Napoleon can come in and do something like that, but no one can really stop him without becoming afraid of those insane dogs. Napoleon is becoming like a dictator, as he is now the one in control of the pigs, who preside over the rest of the farm. He is protected by the dogs, who follow his every command. AND he actually decides to go along with the windmill idea, the rest of the pigs trying to pass it off to the other animals as originally Napoleon's idea.
Squealer keeps telling the animals lies and convincing them that without Napoleon, Jones would return and their lives would become terrible. This book really is infuriating, because it is so obvious that Napoleon is becoming more and more like a human dictator with every passing day, and there is virtually nothing the animals can do without fear of being slaughtered by those dogs! I think that now Snowball is gone, Napoleon has no opposition, and is going to really take over the farm and make it suitable to his tastes. I have a feeling that Napoleon is going to turn into a more Jones-like character, putting the animals to work on the windmill and maintaining his position as complete ruler. I really hope that Boxer or someone else will do something to stop Napoleon, or that Snowball could possibly make a return and take the farm back over.