pig called Snowball. The reader could infer at this point that the animal’s revolution was a parallel to the Russian revolution that started 30 years prior to the book Animal Farm being written. Snowball represents Leon Trotsky and Napoleon represents Joseph Stalin. Like Trotsky‚ Snowball was exiled from the farm and was forced to go to another one. Napoleon led the farm under dictatorship for the rest of the novel. Some leaders will use any means‚ even distortion of truth‚ to retain power.
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as leader of the Bolshevik party still remains. Following the death of Lenin in 1924‚ a power vacuum developed within the Bolshevik party and it was clear that a leadership race between candidates had begun. Stalin was able to rise above men like Trotsky‚ Kamenev and Zinoviev to launch into new economic policies‚ collectivisation and industrialisation. The main key to Stalin’s success in gaining power after Lenin’s death was held in his alignment with the former ‘hero’ of Russia‚ as well as his ability
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The difference between man and animal is a line that is made up exclusively by humans: they are the ones who decide what is animalistic and what is humankind. Humans also create novels and how they depict themselves and animals in them tells plenty about how humans in general feel about the subjects they’re writing about. For example‚ novels can use an animal as an image of corruption‚ another as an an image of innocence‚ and still one more as an image of wisdom all in the same chapter. Animals in
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though it was not considered the Bolshevik ’s perfect idea of communism. Lenin died in 1924 and because he did not leave any clear successor to lead the party‚ a power vacuum was left for a new leader to emerge. The possible contenders were Trotsky‚ Stalin‚ Zinoviev‚ Kamenev‚ Bukharin‚ Rykov and Tomsky‚ who all held high positions within the party. It is certain that Stalin was not who Lenin wanted for leader‚ as before Lenin died they had a strained relationship. He had realised how much
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Communist Party‚ as its leading figures competed to replace him. By 1929‚ Joseph Stalin had defeated his rivals - and therefore become leader of the party - through three stages: the defeat of the left opposition (and therefore Trotsky)‚ the united opposition (Zinoviev‚ Kamenev and Trotsky)‚ and finally the right deviation (Bukharin). Stalin gained power due to a number of factors‚ particularly his position as General Secretary of the party‚ along with his other roles‚ but also through errors made by the
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reason that helped them to succeed was Trotsky. Furthermore‚ there communication between each other‚ their control of the railway and their strong‚ direct intentions all produced a successful win. Lenin also kept structure to the Russian public which portrayed Lenin as an iconic figure. All of these reasons really proved necessary for the Bolsheviks to succeed‚ allowing their revolution and new style of thinking to carry on improving and ruling Russia. Trotsky was the fundamental reason as to how
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The factors that contributed to Stalin becoming the next leader are plentiful and can mostly be divided into Stalin’s own strengths and the weaknesses of his most important rival‚ Trotsky. All the factors can also be linked in one way or another‚ as shall be seen in this answer. One of the most important reasons why Stalin won the power struggle is that he used his high positions in the Communist party and the power that came with it to his advantage. Several factors fall under this category.
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politician Trotsky. Trotsky was the main contender for the power of the Bolsheviks after Lenin died. Stalin refused to listen to Trotsky or even have him as the leader‚ this was a feeling that Stalin had always had‚ even earlier in his career. The Triumvirate had supported the NEP which was slowly turning Russia away from Communism and closer to Capitalism as it took from the poor to give the government. The whole objective for the Triumvirate was to destroy the reputation of Trotsky‚ which they
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How Does Orwell Explore The Theme Of Education In Animal Farm? ‘All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others’. George Orwell writes this toward the end of his highly acclaimed allegory‚ Animal Farm. From this single statement we can tell quite a bit about Orwell’s views on education which he puts across strongly throughout the novel. A message I see that this statement portrays is that everyone has the right to an education but some people were getting a better education than
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Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky. When Lenin fell ill in the early 1920’s Stalin used his position in the Bolshevik Party to isolate Lenin in his sickbed. He soon controlled all access to the failing Lenin‚ and if Lenin wanted him to be successor to the helm of the Bolshevik movement‚ we have mainly only Stalin’s word of that decision by Lenin. Of course there are documents for and against Stalin being Lenin’s successor‚ but their validity has always been questionable. And Trotsky‚ the other leader
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