... left-wing Republican government and the rightist Fascist rebels. He and his wife traveled to Spain to help the government forces. Orwell sided himself with the Spanish Trotskyists, followers of Leon Trotsky, Stalin's rival for power after Lenin's death. In Spain he experienced the same events as were going on in Russia. When the government gained control, they began to hunt down ... Stalin had complete control of the government and was backed by the Russian secret police, the KGB. Stalin turned against his colleagues who had helped him defeat the followers of Trotsky, and they were expe...

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• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... but power and would kill anyone who would get in their way. The pig who challenges Napoleon for control of Animal Farm after the rebellion was Snowball. Snowball would parallel Leon Trotsky. Trotsky and Snowball both wanted to make life better for others. Snowball gained to much power because of his loyalty to the other animals and because Napoleon didn't want to share ... the farm. Soon after Snowball was off the farm Napoleon began to spread lies about him hoping to get the entire farm against him. Stalin did the same thing against Trotsky and forced him into hiding in Mexico where he...

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• Grade Level: High School

... that would a treat to him. The best example of this, is that he used the Committee for State Security or better known as the KGB to killed Leon Trotsky as Stalin was afraid that Trotsky would take his position. In the story, Napoleon uses the dog to chased Snowball out of the farm as to ensure Napoleon had full control very everything. In ... ...

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... . Like Lenin, Snowball wants the leadership of the farm to be a communist society, but he is in constant battle against a dictatorship. Leon Trotsky seized government buildings in Petrograd, and he arrested the members of the Provisional Government (Perry 661). Similar to Trotsky, Napoleon, the head of the pigs and Animal Farm, cast out the animals who disagreed with his beliefs and then began ... ...

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... symbolisms can be found in this book. However, Orwell also associates certain real characters with the characters of the book. This is proved by Snowball and Napoleon, characters which represent Leon Trotsky and Stalin, respectively. However, this are not the only symbolisms. Throughout the novel, we find out that Napoleon is always surrounded and supported by the pigs. Pigs which might represent ... ...

• Word Count: 569
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School