Asked by julie

What is the motivation behind Napoleon’s actions in this excerpt?

his wish to destroy the plans of the hens and ducks to ruin the chalk marks
his natural instinct to try to mark the shed and the windmill plans as his own
his feelings of contempt and animosity toward Snowball and his ideas
his desire to keep Snowball’s windmill plans hidden from the other animals

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
His feelings of contempt and animosity toward Snowball and his ideas.

Napoleon wants to destroy or hide Snowball’s influence so he can eliminate a rival and later claim the windmill and other ideas as his own — the action is driven by jealousy/power, not by concern for the hens or a neutral instinct to mark property.