... Revolution. Orwell laments that the 1917 Russian Revolution resulted in a government more totalitarian and oppressive than the one it overthrew. Manor Farm represents Russia, and Old Major, Snowball, and Napoleon represent the prominent figures of the Russian Revolution namely Marx/ Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin respectively. & ... quot;Animal Farm" is primarily a condemnation of Stalinism and his misuse of power to suit his own needs. Joseph Stalin (1878-1953) was ... promised to put all people on equal footing, could have become twisted into the dismal state it was in by the late 1930s. Th...

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... around so that they look good. Lastly, both lived in luxury while their people suffered in famine. In the book Animal Farm, a pig named Napoleon used a government called totalitarianism to rule Jones's manor. This form of government leaves all the power to one person. Napoleon abused his power by controlling the animals through fear ... they got rid of religion. Napoleon did this by trying to keep the raven named Moses, who preached about the Great Beyond, away from the manor. Stalin fought religion by banning the Orthodox Church so that people would believe in Stalin as their god. Also,...

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