To answer this
question, take a look at Chapter Eight. After finding a case of whiskey in the farmhouse
cellars,over-indulges and finds himself very sick the next day. Believing that he is dying, he
issues his final command:
As his last act upon earth,
Comrade Napoleon had pronounced a solemn decree: the drinking of alcohol was to be punished by
death.
It is worth paying some attention to this final
command. You'll notice that when Napoleon thinks he is at death's door, he forbids anyone from
drinking alcohol. However, the second that he realizes it is just a hangover, he not only okays
the drinking of alcohol but even makes plans to produce his own supply.
Looking deeper,is using this incident to comment that Soviet leaders, like Stalin, were
only ever self-interested and not concerned with the needs of the wider society. They changed
the rules and regulations to suit themselves, demonstrating a strong and undeniable sense of
selfishness and arrogance.
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