Similarities Between Animal Farm And The Russian Revolution

“I hate purity, I hate goodness! I don’t want virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone to be corrupt to the bones.” --George Orwell; this quote is a great representation of Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution because the leaders in both scenarios did not care for their people. Animal Farm itself is a representation of the Russian Revolution. The book tells about the weak leadership and poor living conditions that occurred in real life. It also has characters that portray historical figures; such as Vladimir Lenin compared to the book character Squealer. Animal farm is an allegory that effectively represents the people, events, and an overview of the Russian Revolution.
Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution have very similar events. In both cases the citizens were starving. For example, in Animal Farm Farmer Jones sometimes forgot to feed his animals, there was also a very large food shortage throughout the farm. This is the same as the Russian Revolution in which the entire country was in a famine so the majority of the people starved. Another way that they are similar is how the citizens were
For example the character Squealer is a lot like Vladimir Lenin in that they were both trying to eliminate all rebel parties. Lenin led the Bolsheviks into dictatorship and eliminated the rebel parties. In the same way that Squealer had helped Napoleon to lead the farm into dictatorship and eliminated the rebel party that the animals had originally created. In like manner they both motivated people to do things. Lenin pushed people into starting a revolution with his great speeches, in the same way that Squealer persuaded the other animals to believe anything he told them which eventually tricked the animals into leading themselves into dictatorship. Finally they both used false propaganda to make people be in their