represent different people in Russian society. For example‚ Old Major symbolizes Marx and Lenin‚ Snowball represents Trotsky‚ and Napoleon embodies Stalin. One example of satire in Animal Farm is when Napoleon uses military power to keep the other animals under his control‚ exactly as Stalin had. He first showed this power by having his dogs execute anyone who had had any contact with Snowball‚ or who had helped him with any of his plots. This caused the other animals to fear him‚ giving him
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Why has the revolutionary‚ idealistic novel Animal Farm remained such an interesting piece of literature?[d][e] It encourages readers to think about the Soviet Union in a new way. Orwell took his in-depth[f] understanding[g] to create a setting using symbols‚ metaphors‚ themes‚ and characterization to embody the events of the Russian Revolution. He helped the readers to understand the accounts of the rise and development of soviet communism in the form of an animal tale. Thus[h]‚ throughout the novel
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five-year period. In Orwell’s book Animal Farm‚ Napoleon - Snowball thinks up the idea of constructing a windmill which looks like it is designed to bring the farm up to current technology. In both cases‚ Stalin and Napoleon come off trying to sell their ideas with the impression that it is to better the lives of the people and the animals of the farm‚ but in reality the ideas are just dreams thought up to make the leaders look good. Snowball is a pig who lives on the farm‚ and is Napoleon’s adversary
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the dictator of communist Russia during the time of World War I. Snowball represents Leon Trotsky. Trotsky played a large part in the Russian Revolution but as Stalin gained more power‚ the two became enemies‚ much like the relationship between Napoleon and Snowball. The preface of Animal Farm provides evidence of these comparisons by saying‚ “Stalin and Trotsky‚ after all‚ were unmistakably Orwell’s feuding pigs‚ Napoleon and Snowball” (Orwell viii). Other minor characters also represent real
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other animals”. After Old Major dies “Pre’eminent among the pigs were two 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‚
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story of the power struggle between Trotsky and Stalin‚ which is represented by Snowball and Napoleon. Some points listed are some misuses in their power and how making them in charge of the farm made them turn their good intentions into bad ones. Also‚ how their lives ended up worse than what their lives were initially with Mr. Jones. Napoleon was one of the leaders of the pigs and has “a reputation of for getting his own way” – page 35. Napoleon expels Snowball from the farm and takes over‚ this
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authority. <br> <br>When Lenin died in 1924‚ a struggle for power began between Trotsky (Snowball) and Stalin (Napoleon). Trotsky was a brilliant individual‚ but Stalin was just a simple person whose power was based on allegiances with other members of the communist party rather than on ideas. This is contrary to how Snowball was the more intelligent one of the two and all the sheep and pigs were loyal to Napoleon. Trotsky believed in Russia’s trying to spread communism all over the world as Snowball’s
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Trotsky was the leader the Red Army and was very big in turning Marx’s theory into action during and after the revolution. His counterpart in Animal Farm is Snowball. Snowball does basically the same stuff that Trotsky did. He participated in numerous revellings acts and was the leader of the Animal Farm army. Trotsky was killed by Joseph Stalin’s agents. In the book‚ Snowball is not killed but he is chased off the farm by Napoleon. Joseph
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Literary Analysis of Animal Farm Intro In the novella Animal Farm‚ Orwell wrote‚ “The creatures outside looked from pig to man‚ and from man to pig‚ and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.” (pg. 141) This quote shows how the idea of a utopian society failed when the animals of Animal Farm tried to make one for themselves. In this story the animals want freedom from the drunken farmer‚ Mr. Jones‚ so they rebel and take the farm for themselves. The pigs start
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start increasingly resemble 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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