a symbolism of Russia’s situation during Orwell’s time‚ particularly the events leading up to World War II during the Stalinist era. He used characters like Napoleon to represent Stalin during his reign‚ Snowball to represent Stalin’s predecessor Trotsky among many others with their own importance and representations that summed up for the book’s success. It is clear that Orwell’s purpose in writing the book was to represent the communism in Soviet Russia and his opposition of the communism in Russia
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that reflects events such as the Bolshevik revolution‚ the economic reform by Trotsky，the Russian famine in 1921 and during the Stalin era before the Second World War. The pigs represent the communist leadership‚ and the rest of the animals on the farm symbolize the different parts of Russian society and how the communist takeover of Russia affected them. Two main characters‚ Snowball and Napoleon (who symbolize Trotsky and Stalin)‚ engages in a political struggle‚ as both of them wanted to have the
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seemed close to death and there was a political struggle Trotsky seemed to hold the most power due to his close friendship with Lenin before his strokes but an opposition had begun to emerge The opposition for Trotsky not only held Stalin but also 2 other politicians: Lev Kamenev and G.E. Zinoviev (a leading Bolshevik who had been Lenin’s closest aide during the revolution) Together‚ the 3 formed ‘’troika’’ a group & attacked Trotsky during party meetings‚ drawing on his writings/speeches from
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George Orwell is a author well known all over the world. He is known for his pessimistic writing and strong beliefs against communism. He has had two major selling novels. These are Nineteen Eighty-four and Animal Farm. In George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm‚ he uses the characters and storyline to represent the Soviet Union during Communist rule. The symbolism and allegory in the novel show what life was like for common people in the Russian Revolution. George Orwell was born on June 25‚ 1903‚ in
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George Orwell (Eric Blair)‚ whether or not one agrees with the writings or views of‚ was an author distinguished in his time and for all times. His work Animal Farm reserves its own spot in history as one of the greatest books and political arguments to ever appear on a shelf. Orwell‚ through Animal Farm‚ presents a simple fact in his text: One man or group of men should never be able to gain too much political leverage. If totalitarianism is used as a governing system‚ the future of the citizens
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as an allegorical fiction to the real life event of the Russian Revolution. Throughout the story‚ the reader can see how much Napoleon and Joseph Stalin have in common. This can be seen in the book and in real life during the expulsion of Snowball/Trotsky‚ the executions of Napoleon/Stalin’s enemies‚ and in the plan to improve the farm/country. From history and the books‚ both can inform us of how power can change a person. In Animal Farm‚ Orwell tells us how Napoleon evicted Snowball from the farm
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Essay Topic: “People can be swept along by events‚ whilst others use events to their advantage” How accurate is this statement in relation to the rise of power of either Joseph Stalin or Benito Mussolini? Joseph Stalin’s rise to power in relation to the statement “People can be swept along by events‚ whilst others use events to their advantage” is that of the latter when taking a look at how he was able to rise to the position of dictator of the Soviet Union. Stalin meticulously plotted
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Leaders use many tactics to withhold power and maintain control over the ignorant people. Joseph Stalin‚ the leader of the USSR from 1922-1952‚ used many clever and sometimes gory techniques to keep his power over the Soviet people. These strategies are shown in George Orwell’s allegory of the Russian revolution‚ Animal Farm. Napoleon‚ the self-proclaimed leader of Animal Farm and allegorical representation of Joseph Stalin‚ has quite a few crafty and cunning ways to retain his authority over the
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specific form of corruption on Animal Farm. All in all‚ considering Animal farm as an allegory‚ the novel demonstrated that this form of inequality was also evident during the Russian Revolution as a consequence of having Joseph Stalin (Napoleon) and Leon Trotsky (Snowball) as the
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Graded Assignment Unit Test‚ Part 2: Animal Farm Answer each question‚ using complete sentences. (10 points) In Chapter 1‚ Old Major says‚ “Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove Man from the scene‚ and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished for ever.” Is that true? What does the novel reveal about “real enemies”? Answer: This is not true because yes the man is an enemy but it isn’t they aren’t the only thing that is an enemy to them. The animals themselves are actually
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