Communism's Ace in the Hole

The ideals of Communism make sense and seem to benefit all but only in theory does Communism succeed but when put into practice, it always fails. The leaders of any Communist state know of the fatal flaws of Communism but to keep their power they come up with methods to make up for Communism's shortcomings. One way is scapegoating, in every Communist state there is some level of placing the blame on an innocent person or persons to alleviate the pressure from the government. This method is all too apparent in Animal Farm, in pages 81 to 82, the animals had been working on a windmill to increase the production of food and goods. The animals worked and toiled for nearly a year on the project but the windmill was destroyed by a storm. Napoleon, who had taken control of the farm, knew all too well that the windmill's destruction was going to be placed on him but like many of his Communist counterparts he had made a scapegoat out of Snowball. One of the founders of Animal Farm, Snowball was exiled a while for challenging Napoleon's rule but Napoleon told all the animals that he had come back to sabotage all their work and labors. The dumbfounded animals were skeptical at first but then they were swept by the anti-Snowball sentiments and came to believe that Snowball had actually come back to ruin all their work. By doing so, Napoleon had secured his dominance and found a scapegoat thus increasing his power.