There are
many quotes to showis a bad leader. He is an egotistical animal. His sole talent is his ability
to ruthlessly amass and hold onto power. He is quite willing to sacrifice the well-being of the
other animals to his own desires. He is so grossly incompetent that only by intimidating and
terrorizing the other animals can he stay in control.
Poor decision-making is
a key component of bad leadership, and Napoleon makes poor decisions. For example, while he
crows about the smart deal he made for the timber with Frederick, the "Hitler" figure
in the book, Napoleon is played for a fool and cheated. He insists on being paid in cash but
foolishly accepts counterfeit money:
The banknotes were
forgeries! Frederick had got the timber for nothing!
He
further underestimates the capacity of the human's ability to destroy the windmill, making
inadequate provisions for its defense. When it looks as if the humans will dynamite it, which
they easily and successfully do, Napoleon says:
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