... government in Russia according to the philosophy of Karl Marx. After the death of Lenin, the government was taken over by a man named Joseph Stalin, who began the regression back to an oppressive dictatorship. Later on, Leon Trotsky, Stalin's Commissar of War and Chairman of the Supreme Military Council, became his greatest opposition and a dangerous threat to his absolute power due to ... is Marx and perhaps Marxist-Leninism; Boxer and Clover represent the proletariat (the urban industrial worker)-and more remotely the Chinese revolutionaries of the 1900 Boxer Rebellion; Napoleon stan...

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... last part, I will attempt to draw a parallel between the actual sociopolitical situation in the farm and that in the Soviet Union after the Bolshevik Revolution and under the rule of Joseph Stalin. In this extract, the animal farm seems to turn into a Foucauldian panopticon where the animals display unwavering obedience, so much so that they have developed a sense of self-control ... ideology 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. T...

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... the law would stand above the changing views of the individual instruments of the supreme power." (Pares 420). The animal Napoleon can be compared as a character representing Stalin in Russia. Both were very mean looking, didn't talk very much but always got what they wanted through force. In one part of the book Napoleon charged ... the dogs on Snowball, another animal. Stalin became the Soviet Leader after the death of Lenin. He was underestimated by his opponents who always became his victims, and he had one of the most ... like Snowball's and Napoleons. Trotsky organized the Red Ar...

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... would stand above the changing views of the individual instruments of the supreme power. (Pares 420). The animal Napoleon can be compared as a character representing Stalin in Russia. Both were very mean looking, didn-t talk very much but always got what they wanted through force. In one part of the book Napoleon ... charged the dogs on Snowball, another animal. Stalin became the Soviet Leader after the death of Lenin. He was underestimated by his opponents who always became his victims, and he had one of the ... Snowball-s and Napoleons. Trotsky organized the Red Army and gave speeches...

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... the characters of the farm have a special role in Russian Revolution. The farm itself represents Russia, with its poor conditions and unjust leaders. Napoleon resembles the mad dictator known as Joseph Stalin, and Snowball, who was betrayed by Napoleon and banished from the farm (Russia), is an allegory of Trotsky. Old Major could be easily matched with Karl Marx, who is responsible ... also play certain parts in the parallel; Boxer as the working class, Molly as White Russia (those who fled Russia), and Napoleons three vicious dogs as the secret police of Joseph Stalin (Napoleon). The ...

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... the characters of the farm have a special role in Russian Revolution. The farm itself represents Russia, with its poor conditions and unjust leaders. Napoleon resembles the mad dictator known as Joseph Stalin, and Snowball, who was betrayed by Napoleon and banished from the farm (Russia), is an allegory of Trotsky. Old Major could be easily matched with Karl Marx, who is responsible ... certain parts in the parallel; Boxer as the working class, Molly as White Russia (those who fled Russia), and Napoleon's three vicious dogs are characters of the secret police of Joseph Stalin (Napoleon)...

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... Russian Revolution. Retelling the story of the emergence and development of Soviet communism in the form of an animal fable, Animal Farm allegorizes the rise to power of the dictator Joseph Stalin. In the novel, the overthrow of the human oppressor Mr Jones by a democratic coalition of animals quickly gives way to the consolidation of power among the pigs. Much like the ... Soviet intelligentsia, the pigs establish themselves as the ruling class in the new society. The struggle for preeminence between Leon Trotsky and Stalin emerges in the rivalry between the pigs Snowball and Napoleon....

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... put aside their own personal goals for the benefit of society. Throughout history their have been numerous examples of the violence, exploitation and propaganda associated with totalitarian systems. For instance, Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union, Mao Zedong in China, Adolph Hitler in Germany and the list goes on. These dictators prospered in increasing their countries overall wealth with regards to international ... standards, but the individual citizens suffered immensely in the process. People went hungry the Soviet Union although Stalin's five year plan resulted in the largest harve...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate