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young boars named Snowball and Napoleon‚ whom mister jones was breeding up for sale.” Old Major represents Karl Marx‚ Snowball and Napoleon are similar to Trotsky and Stalin. Snowball and Napoleon are always at odds with their plans about the farm just like Stalin and Trotsky were always at odds also. Napoleon drives Snowball away and Trotsky is exiled and Stalin takes over. Animal farm is a bunch of animals taking over a farm‚ it portrays the farm as a government and how leaders abuse their power
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“Here I‚ Frida Kahlo‚ paint myself‚ the image in the mirror.” Frida Kahlo (July 6‚ 1907 - July 13‚ 1954) was a Mexican painter who depicted the indigenous culture of her country in a style combining Realism‚ Symbolism and Surrealism. Drawing on personal experiences including her troubled marriage‚ her painful miscarriages‚ and her numerous operations‚ Kahlo’s works are often characterized by their stark portrayals of pain. Fifty-five of her 143 paintings are self-portraits‚ which frequently incorporate
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Russia died‚ his testament was not read out in public. This testament would have kicked Stalin out of the Communist Party and therefore would have stopped the mass murder that happened due to Stalin’s orders under his reign. Due to the ill-thought Trotsky and other high members of the Bolsheviks‚ the decision was to not read out the testament in public. This enabled Stalin to take power and soon Stalin became a despotic leader of the communist parties and created a terror in Soviet Russia as well as
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Some Great Writing! Introduction – Animal Farm‚ a fable written by George Orwell‚ compares the Russian Revolution to a farm overrun by animals and eventually controlled by pigs. The book compares Stalin with Napoleon‚ and attempts to explain Stalin’s rise to power using symbolism. Animal Farm‚ a classic allegory by George Orwell‚ parallels Stalin’s life with Napoleon’s‚ using Snowball’s indictment and exile‚ the killing of “unloyal” animals‚ and the changing of laws to suit the privileged
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led the Bolsheviks and Trotsky led the red army. When the Bolsheviks took power‚ they were a small unpopular government but Lenin in a very short time passed decrees‚ which satisfied the people and set up a strict secret police‚ which squashed opposition completely. Lenin used many methods to make his government strong but winning the people over certainly was a major factor as well as the fact that he was strong. Firstly‚ the power of the red army who were led by Trotsky meant that the Bolsheviks
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humans‚ signifying Stalin’s similarity to fascists. He later changes the 7 commandments of Animalism‚ like Stalin did with Marxism-Leninism. His treatment of Snowball is similar to the treatment the revolutionary Trotsky received from Stalin. Snowball: A clever visionary who resembles Trotsky‚ another leader of the Russian Revolution and Lenin’s
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replace the New Economic Policy‚ and what to replace it with. The left of the party‚ Trotsky‚ and his supporters‚ wanted the New Economic Policy to be replaced‚ as soon as possible with a centrally planned economy‚ and for all farms to be collectivized. The right of the party‚ Zinoviev‚ Kamenev and Stalin‚ wanted to maintain the New Economic Policy‚ and a gradualist approach to collectivization. After the defeat of Trotsky and the Left Opposition‚ Stalin shifted his position to the left - taking most
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Why was there tension between Stalin and his people between 1928-1941? After Lenin’s death in 1924‚ the two leading candidates for his successor were Stalin and Trotsky-both with opposing ideologies in the manner in which the country should be run. Despite being a brilliant speaker and writer‚ Trotsky’s policy on a ‘permanent revolution’ worried people in the fear that the USSR would get involved with more conflicts while Stalin’s proposition of ‘Socialism in One Country’ was far more comforting
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• Snowball= The brains and scapegoat hog of the Animal Farm‚ and Snowball representation of Leo Trotsky. Snowball is the main protagonist. At the begin of the Rebellion‚ Snowball starts out leading alongside Napoleon‚ but he loses a debate and loses all power. Snowball’s depicted as a traitor and spy by Napoleon and negatively by the other animals. Snowball is a round and dynamic. • Squealer= The propagandist pig of the Animal Farm and representation of the Russian media. Squealer is a main antagonist
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