The animals Vs revolution leaders By: Julian Sym

Most of the characters in animal farm have counterparts from the Russian revolution, or are related to different parts of the revolution in some way. Since the book was based on the Russian Revolution, main animal characters and people in the story represent individuals, or different classes of Russian citizens. The book starts out very much like the actual Russian revolution; with hopes for a new empire where all are equal, and the unfair, unjust leader is thrown out. This is related to when Mr. Jones is overpowered by the starving animals (as written on page 12). Then it goes onto where different individuals begin to take more power than they should. Gradually the “rulers” have taken over the “kingdom” and the farm is functioning as it was under Mr. Jones’s authority. The essay compares the characters from Animal Farm to main players of the Revolution and classes of Russian citizens at the time of the revolt. The essay will compare animal to man from top of the leadership hierarchy to the bottom. The hypothesis being it that the animal hierarchy and the revolution hierarchy shall be consistent.

At the top rung of the hierarchy ladder were the pig

The second is Snowball. Snowball believed one hundred percent in Old Majors hopes and dreams. He wanted all the things Old Major wanted, such as the freedom of the animals. This is shown when he leads the animals in the battle of Cowshed with his daring heroics, here is a passage from page 27.”The pellets scored bloody streaks along snowballs back, and a sheep dropped dead. Without halting for an instant Snowball flung his fifteenth stone against Jones’s leg” He wanted so much to continue what Old Major had started that he was willing to sacrifice his life. In the Russian Revolution his counterpart would be Trotsky. Trotsky believed and wanted the same things as Karl Marx and tried to share the ideas of Marx but unfortunately Karl Marx grew less powerful and Trotsky was forced to leave the country, so too was Snowball forced to leave the farm.

Although it doesn’t show from the start, through the book you realize that Benjamin always knows everything about what’s going on around him but he never seems to be surprised. Benjamin can be compared to those who critised the idea of a utopian world and knew that nothing was going to improve.

Another example is Napoleon. Napoleon was selfish and greedy. He did not want to share the power or the decision making with any other animal. This was the same for Stalin. At first Napoleon and Snowball shared the decision making and had debates about what course of action they would take. This worked for a while. Then Napoleon grew tired of long debates, and he thought he could make the decision by himself. He then forced Snowball out of the farm and started to spread lies about Snowball to get the entire farm against him. Stalin did the same thing against Trotsky and forced Trotsky into hiding in Mexico, where he was eventually assassinated. Both Stalin and Napoleon ruined any hopes of a Utopian

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