... of subjugation. Equally important, one needs to highlight the parallelism between events in this fable and the political and social situation in the Soviet Union under the reign of Joseph Stalin. The latter, in effect, sought to maintain the masses' fervent adherence to his regime. Through his narrative, Orwell emphasizes the similarities between the animal farm and Russia in ... the 20 century to unveil the duplicity of both the fictional leader Napoleon and the historical leader Stalin. They both opted for propagating a certain ideology to protect their authority from any public devia...

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