How did the animals react when they listened to Napoleon and Snowball in Animal Farm?

begins with 's vision
of a farm without human intervention, where all the animals will be treated fairly and equally.
It is his inspiration which leads to the animals taking over the farm. However, right from the
start, there is the question of whether birds and other small creatures are to be included in
the vision for the farm and already the reader sees that "some animals are more equal than
others." There is also the mystery of the milk which the animals come to accept is needed
by the pigs as "brain " food. Whilst the pigs are securely placed as the
leaders, there is something of a power struggle for leadership asand , both of whom see a future
for the farm, have very different ideas of that future. 

Snowball has
convinced the animals that building a windmill is the best way forward and the animals call a
meeting as Napoleon thinks it is a bad idea and is opposed to it. He intends to persuade the
animals to vote against it. The animals get excited when Snowball starts speaking but then the
sheep start bleating and eventually, upon Napoleon's instruction, there is a complete breakdown
of the meeting as Napoleon unleashes the pack of dogs which chases Snowball off the property.
The animals are confused and are already afraid of Napoleon. He is therefore established as the
leader and the animals, through 's persuasion, come to think of Snowball as a troublemaker, set
on ruining their chances of success.