Snowball (Animal Farm) him. Those accused of supporting him are executed after being forced to confess, and a reward is offered for his capture. Snowball is an inventive pig who influences others to his side with intelligence and compassion. It is never revealed what happens to him after his escape. In the 1954 animated adaptation it is implied that the dogs kill him. However, in the 1999 live action film adaption, he is shown escaping the dogs and surviving, though Napoleon declares him banished under pain of death. When the novel "Animal Farm" was adapted for screen in the 1950s, the CIA investors
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