Napoleon is a fictional character and the main antagonist in George Orwell's Animal Farm. While he is at first a common farm pig, he gets rid of Snowball, another pig which shares the power. He then takes advantage of the animals' uprising against their masters to eventually become the tyrannical "President of Animal Farm," which he turns into a dictatorship.
Napoleon was based on Joseph Stalin, who ruled the Soviet Union for over 30 years. Howev...
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Napoleon
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