died before the revolution. The main leaders of the Animal Farm‚ Snowball and Napoleon‚ are each related to two of the main leaders of the Russian Revolution. Snowball very much values the ideals of the revolution. Snowball is related to Leon Trotsky; both leaders looked out for their citizens and wanted the best for them. Sadly‚ Snowball was chased away by Napoleon’s terrifying dogs (Orwell 58). Just like Snowball‚ Lean Trotsky was chased away also by secret police (Lamont). On the other hand‚
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place early in the novel when the tone is still optimistic and bright. This is the honeymoon period of the revolution‚ when everything is going well and the reader really wants a victory for the animals. It is a parody of the Russian Civil War and Trotsky/Snowball’s role in it. Orwell chooses to mock
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Mr. Jones in the “Animal farm”. Napoleon‚ who soon forcibly came to power‚ is a prototype of Stalin. He is contrasted to Snowball‚ who sincerely wanted to help animals. Snowball tried to enlighten animals‚ causing them to think and giving them an education. He inspired them‚ as he could‚ and sincerely believed in the idea of building a society of equal and happy animals. Snowball did not forget about the true purpose of the revolution and words spoken by Major‚ who dreamed about elimination of exploitation
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Leon Trotsky is Snowball. Other factors such as the KGB (secret police) and the Russian Orthodox Church are also represented in Animal Farm with Napoleon’s trained litter of pups and Moses the raven. Using pigs to personify the political leaders and the sheep to represent the masses of “mindless citizens” that ate whatever information was fed to them by superior leaders are important symbols and analogies all in their own. Meaning that‚ by using a pig to represent Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky we
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Katelyn Rachels AEGL102-008 Carlson April 30‚ 2010 Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution Animal Farm is an allegory for what happened in Russia between the years of about 1917 and 1943. Orwell uses characters and certain details to symbolize different situations in the Russian Revolution. Understanding the specific historical context underlying Animal Farm enriches one’s reading of the book. The novel is about failed revolutions everywhere‚ but above all‚ it is about the Russian Revolution
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2. Snowball and Napoleon are always at odds with each other. 3. Three examples that show that they were always odds with each other was that napoleon was more demanding and snowball only wanted happiness. If one of them suggested sowing a bigger acreage with barely‚ the other was certain to demand a bigger acreage of oats‚ and if one of them said that such and such a field was just right for cabbages‚ the other would declare that it was useless for anything except roots. 4. Snowball was
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After the revolution in which they kicked the humans off the farm‚ he co-led the farm with another 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
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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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effectively to someone who knows nothing about soviet history or the conflict between Stalin and Trotsky? What might such a reader make of this story? George Orwell’s novella ‘The Animal Farm’ is directed at Russia during the Stalin era. The novella’s characters reflect on actual people during the Stalin era. The novella tells of what happened during Stalin’s reign including the controversy with Trotsky. Many of Stalin’s traits were shown through Napoleon as he made his decisions on the farm but
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This angered the mistreated animals‚ which caused a rebellion. When Leon Trotsky proposed an idea for a Five-year Plan to industrialize Russia‚ Joseph Stalin opposed him. After exiling Trotsky to Siberia‚ he took credit for the idea. This is similar to the novel when Snowball came up with the idea for a windmill to industrialize the farm. Napoleon opposed this idea‚ who ruined his sketches‚ and drove Snowball off of the farm. Later‚ he took credit for the plan‚ saying it was his all along
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