... to fuse political purpose and artistic purpose into one whole." Through this essay, the social and political situation presented in George Orwell's Animal Farm will thoroughly be discussed and described. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The Russian Revolution began with the abdication of Czar Nicholas II in 1917. The Government ... on the worker animals is likened to Stalin's policy of forced collectivization. (Smyer 13-14) Although the parallels are many, the overall plot and moral can also be seen and understood separately from its historical context. For the reader without a basic knowledge hist...

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... be possible to finance industry, which in turn would result in an increase in living standards. Stalin's policy of collectivism entailed the confiscation of the bulk of the land and farm machinery of the peasants into the control of the state. By March 1930, under the surveillance of an army of supervisors fifteen million households had been collectivised. Fixed quotas were ... set at each collectivised farm and failure to meet these quotas led to imprisonment or eviction. The years 1932-1933 saw a severe famine, which first appeared in the Ukraine and then spread to surrounding areas ....

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... not work. Moreover, Khrushchev's inability to foresee consequences led to confusion and eventually failure. "The average Kolkhoznik benefited little from the post-1958 innovations so he reverted to his private plot. This in turn forced the first secretary to put more restrictions on it. It was a vicious circle" (McCauley 251). The old problems, which haunted the agriculture sector, came back to ... , there was an absence of control from the top. Consequently, Khrushchev's combated the problems with more reforms. Thus the "vicious circle" continued. In short, "The improved incentives and ...

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... Hitler in Germany and Joseph Stalin in the Soviet inspired Orwell's mounting hatred towards totalitarian and political authority. He in turn devoted his energy to writing such novels as Animal Farm as well as 1984. The basis of this novel is a negative utopian world, or a dystopian genre. The author has used research from his experiences and opinions of the dictatorship style ... that this book was very well written, and has become a favorite book of mine after reading it. Although I would not normally read a book of this nature, it has an interesting plot, and a realistic feel. I've le...

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... not work. Moreover, Khrushchev's inability to foresee consequences led to confusion and eventually failure. "The average Kolkhoznik benefited little from the post-1958 innovations so he reverted to his private plot. This in turn forced the first secretary to put more restrictions on it. It was a vicious circle" (McCauley 251). The old problems, which haunted the agriculture sector, came back to ... , there was an absence of control from the top. Consequently, Khrushchev's combated the problems with more reforms. Thus the "vicious circle" continued. In short, "The improved incentives and ...

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