While it would be easy to point fingers at the power-hungry Napoleon or even Snowball, the true responsibility for Animal Farm's failure lies with all of the characters.
If some of the animals, like the sheep, had been less apt to follow the dictatorial direction that the farm was taking, that would have been one area that could have improved. Likewise, if other animals had acted less like themselves (donkeys=stubborn; horses=slow-minded, loyal laborers) then the plans of the ruling minority would not have succeeded, either.
In the end, the fault for Animal Farm's failure lies with each character -- even the farmer. While students may be tempted to place blame with the animals who were most instrumental in establishing "the rules" and so forth, nothing would have happened if cooperation were not present.
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