Napoleon (a pig) Timeline and Summary
- Napoleon works with Snowball and Squealer to develop Animalism.
- He distracts the animals so that the pigs can have the five buckets of milk.
- Napoleon takes away the nine pups.
- Napoleon fights with Snowball, and uses the sheep to his advantage.
- Napoleon pees on the windmill plans.
- Napoleon uses the dogs to expel Snowball.
- He ends Sunday-morning Meetings.
- He decides to build the windmill.
- He sells the hens’ eggs to humans.
- Napoleon entertains trade possibilities with either Mr. Pilkington or Mr. Frederick.
- He takes the title "Leader."
- Napoleon blames Snowball for the destruction of the first windmill.
- Napoleon squashes a potential rebellion by starving the hens, killing nine of them.
- He alternates between declaring Snowball to be at Foxwood or at Pinchfield farm.
- He publicly kills several animals that confess to crimes.
- He takes on the title "Our Leader, Comrade Napoleon," as well as several other equally majestic titles.
- A song is composed for him.
- Napoleon switches around his business deal, deciding to sell to Pilkington instead of Frederick.
- Napoleon switches again, deciding to sell to Frederick.
- Along with the other pigs, Napoleon dresses in clothes and drinks whisky.
- Napoleon declares the drinking of alcohol to be punishable by death.
- He makes plans for growing barley on the farm.
- Napoleon has lots of offspring.
- He continues to drink alcohol excessively.
- Napoleon buys a case of whisky with the money from Boxer’s death.
- Along with the other pigs, Napoleon walks on two legs.
- Napoleon wears Mr. Jones’s clothes and meets with the humans.
- Napoleon changes the name back to Manor Farm.
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