"'Snowball was a more vivacious pig than Napoleon, quicker in speech and more inventive, but was not considered to have the same depth of character.'"
"Snowball may also be seen as the most 'intellectual'of the animals - he is the best at writing, he explains the more abstract ideas of Animalism to the others, and he is the designer of the Farm Flag."
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"Although Snowball's interest in bettering the education of the other animals seems to be genuine, his ideas are often impractical and fail for that reason."
"For instance, he organises several useless Committees such as the Egg Production Committe and the Clean Tail League."
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"Snowball's other great dream, of course, is the windmill."
"*In glowing sentences, he painted a picture of Animal Farm as it might be when sordid labour was lifted from the animals' backs."
"Although the windmill is finally costructed, it will never fulfil Snowball's idealistic dreams."
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"However, Snowball's ability to design the windmill, does prove his intelligence, as do the brilliant tactics he devises for the Battle of the Cowshed."
"There is also no doubt that Snowball is brave, as he leads the charge against Jones at the Battle of the Cowshed, although this achievement is later discredited and denied by Squealer and Napoleon."
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"Snowball can easily be identified with the historical figure of Leon Trotsky."
"Trotsky was one of the early leaders of the Russian Revolution. Like Snowball, Trotsky was an intellectual and a clever military tactician."
"Also like Snowball, he was exiled from his country by a ruthless leader (Stalin), and later used as a scapegoat."
"Trotsky was eventually killed in 1946."
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"In more general terms, Snowball represents the idealistic 'thinkers' of a revolution, whose praiseworthy ideas usually fail for practical reasons, and who cannot defend themselves against their more unscrupulous colleagues."
