The novel Animal Farm‚ by George Orwell‚ is an allegory portraying the dangers of a totalitarian government. It seeks to show how a society where all live completely equal has not been‚ and cannot be achieved. Orwell‚ through the use of the character Squealer‚ shows how propaganda can affect members of a communist society in a negative way. By drawing parallels to events in communist Russia‚ Orwell’s Animal Farm illustrates how propaganda was used to control the Soviet people by deceiving them‚ threatening
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like regular animals to a child‚ but upon closer examination and historical reference these are actually representatives for Communist leaders‚ such as Joseph Stalin‚ Leon Trotsky‚ and others. Critic Bernard Grofman puts it best‚ “No reader can fully enjoy the book without knowing‚ for example‚ that the pig Snowball represents Trotsky and the pig Napoleon represents Stalin” (Grofman 5). This book was not just a fictional story but a complete and utter attack on totalitarianism. The story Animal Farm
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farm themselves. After driving Jones out‚ the pigs declare themselves in charge. Orwell’s fictional farm is a representation of the Russian revolution of 1917. The animals represent the main figures in the Russian revolution‚ namely Joseph Stalin‚ Leon Trotsky‚ and Stalin’s Propaganda Department‚ which publicly broadcasts flaws in the ideology of communism. First‚ Orwell uses Napoleon to talk about Stalin‚ the Russian dictator. One of the similarities he highlights is manipulation. Napoleon states‚
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* Russia wasn’t a democracy * Struggle wasn’t about winning popularity with the people * Influence was very important * Lenin was leader as party respected him could count on the loyalty of most party members The contenders: Leon Trotsky * Most obvious contender * Heroism during revolution and Civil War * Organised October Revolution and commanded Red Army * 1917-22 Lenin’s right-hand man * Radicalism‚ strong personality‚ history made him attractive to students
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divorced in November 1939‚ but remarried in December‚ 1940. the marriage was just as troubled as the first. Both being commmunists‚ Frida and Diego befriended Leon Trotsky‚ after he had recieved political asylum in Mexico from regime in the Soviet Union. Leon lived with Rivera‚ and then with Kahlo (where he and Frida had an affair) and then Trotsky moved into his own home with his wife‚ where he was later assassinated in 1940. Frida Kahlo died on July 13‚ 1954‚ soon after turning 47. a few days before
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New Economic PolicyFrom Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation‚ search For the Malaysian New Economic Policy‚ see Malaysian New Economic Policy. Soviet Union This article is part of the series: Politics and government of the Soviet Union -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Government[show]ConstitutionGovernment MinistriesState CommitteesExecutive OfficerCouncil of People ’s CommissarsCouncil of MinistersCabinet of MinistersState
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among the pigs. Much like the Soviet intelligentsia‚ the pigs establish themselves as the ruling class in the new society. The struggle for domination between Leon Trotsky and Stalin emerges in the enmity between the pigs Snowball and Napoleon. In both the historical and fictional cases‚ the idealistic but politically less powerful figure (Trotsky and Snowball) is expelled from the revolutionary state by the wicked and violent usurper of power (Stalin and Napoleon). The purges and show trials with which
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have worked for‚ and taking Bluebell and Jessie’s puppies for himself. Napoleon chooses the date of the meeting about the farm’s new windmill to turn on Snowball and get control of the farm. This is similar to the relationship between Stalin and Trotsky. When it looks like Snowball will win the election for his plans‚ Napoleon calls in the dogs‚ who chase Snowball from the farm. After getting rid of Snowball‚ Napoleon orders the construction of the windmill which had been designed by Snowball and
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Cited: Orwell George. Animal Farm. New York: Signet(1946‚1996). Print. Miner Merrit Steven. Stalins’s Holy War: Religion‚ Nationalism‚ and Alliance Politics‚ 1941-1945. Chapel Hill and London: The University of North Carolina Press‚ 2003. Print. “Trotsky Leon” International Encyclopedia of the Socio Sciences. 1968. Web. 15 May. 2013.
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aniRonald Benitez Ms. Lara English 2 01/16/2013 Have you ever heard about the Russian Revolution and other important events of Russia? George Orwell‚ amazing author‚ published a novel in 1947‚ called Animal Farm‚ that intelligently satirized animals in a farm to the events that occurred during the Russian Revolution and the events surrounding the Russian Revolution. Through the character Napoleon and his use of terror and propaganda on the citizens of the Animal Farm‚ George Orwell castigates
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