Animal Farm Paragraph

In the story Animal Farm, the animals are solely responsible for Napolean's rise to power. First of all, the animals allow Napolean to take advantage of them because they chose not to become fully educated. If they wanted, they could have stuck together and pushed to learn the whole alphabet. Therefore, by not being able to read properly, the animals aren't able to completely verify that Napolean has changed the commandments. Secondly, Napolean was also described as "not much of a talker, but always got his way", and the animals could have seen that coming when Napolean chased Snowball off. The windmill that they completed the first time was knocked down and then Napolean simply said that the animals would build another one - so they agreed. In spite of all of that, the animals should have acted out when Napolean had some of them killed. It was said in the seven commandments that "no animal shall kill another animal" and that "all animals are equal". The animals knew this was true, however, they did nothing to rebel against Napolean. Lastly, the animals knew something was up when the pigs started wearing hats and entering the houses. Squealer had said that you could "sleep in a bed without sheets" because "a bed was a bed" so that was their excuse for sleeping in the farmhouse bedrooms. In conclusion, because of this and many other reasons, the animals were responsible for Napolean and the pig's rise to power because they could have prevented it by acting out when they clearly knew something was wrong.