... the book with similarities found in the Russian Revolution very easily shows the comparison between the animals and the Russian Leaders. The most important animals are three pigs- Old Major, Napoleon, and Snowball. "He was twelve years old and had lately grown rather stout, but he was still a majestic- looking pig, with wise and benevolent appearance in spite of the fact ... a brilliant speaker, sometimes unintelligible to the masses but always eloquent and impressive, more vivacious and inventive than Napoleon, and a much greater writer (109). Before Old Major died, he gave all the far...

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... and tried to share the ideas of Marx but unfortunately Karl Marx grew less powerful and Trotsky was forced to leave the country, so too was Snowball forced to leave the farm. Another example is Napoleon. Napoleon was selfish and greedy. He did not want to share the power or the decision making with any other animal. This was the same for Stalin ... . At first Napoleon and Snowball shared the decision making and had debates about what course of action they would take. This worked for a while. Then Napoleon grew tired of long debates, and he thought he could make the decision by himself. H...

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... charge of the "Animal Farm", which they titled it, were Napoleon and Snowball. Napoleon was really greedy and wanted all the power to be his, so he got the animals to turn on Snowball and make him leave the farm. After Napoleon took over the pigs started disobeying the commandments that the pigs, as ... only good human being is dead.""(p. 59) In that quote the author, George Orwell, is telling what the animals are saying. By sating "cried Snowball" you can tell that the author is telling you about what happened rather than having the animals tell their novel themselves. Another character...

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... were irresponsible, sometimes cruel and kind. The pig who emerged as the leader of Animal Farm once the humans had fled the farm was Napoleon. Based on Joseph Stalin, both were not good speakers, cruel, selfish, and cared for nothing 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...

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... and social system called communism." Also, Karl Marx dies before the revolution takes place. Another symbol is the character Napoleon. This pig was raised during the time of Old Major and takes over as a leader after the Revolution. Along with another pig named Snowball, he rules over the animals doing no physical work but instead gathering support from a third pig, Squealer, and ... training puppies to be his guard dogs. Eventually, he tries to kill Snowball, who escapes and is not seen again, and rules over the Animal Farm with an iron fist. This is very similar to Joseph Stalin. Like...

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... and Trotsky (1879-1940) eventually took power. Upon Lenin's death, a power struggle took place between Trotksy and Stalin. Much like Snowball, Trotsky was a brilliant intellectual but had very little knowledge in politics. Stalin won and his opponent was driven into exile, later to ... of equality and freedom, their new future Animalism (Communism.) All is well for a time until two pigs, Napoleon (Stalin) and Snowball (Trotsky), struggle for control over the farm. Napoleon raises a whole litter of puppies, unknown to the others, and teaches them to do his bidding ( The ... read "No anima...

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... windmill. Just a couple of days after he past away the pigs came into play, Napoleon and Snowball. Napoleon was basically the exact opposite of Snowball. Snowball was a straight out kind of person who told you what was on his mind and Napoleon was the kind of guy that kept his ideas basically to himself, like a real stern ... and greedy ruler. Another example would be how Napoleon came up with the 10 ... know the leader needs the alcohol then they basically own them, or the farm. The animal can't even rebel against the pigs because Napoleon took the puppies and trained them to be like ...

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... novel Animal Farm, George Orwell uses characterization to symbolize certain figures and events of historical communist Russia, and conveys these aspects into a beast fable. " Napoleon was a large, rather fierce looking Berkshire boar, the only Berkshire boar on the farm, not much of a talker, but with a reputation of ... getting his own way." (Orwell 35) According to Encarta Encyclopedia Stalin was a Georgian revolutionary which is compared to Napoleon. In fact Napoleon was the only Berkshire boar on the farm and Stalin was the only Georgian revolutionary following Marxism under Vladimir...

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... to support their lavish and luxurious lifestyle. After the pigs start dealing with humans, they start walking on only their hind legs. This makes the Napoleon feel like he is above all the other animals and he became power corrupt just like Stalin did when he took over the Soviet Union. This ... become very suspicious that everyone was out to overthrow him. This also made him assassinate the people around him just like Napoleon did to the animals which thought they were in league with Snowball. The pigs ensured everyone in the farm followed the rules and all stayed in line by controlling...

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... , when really they were just being suppressed from the truth to keep them content with what they have. When Napoleon felt threatened by Snowball Squealer convinced most of the farm that Snowball had been against the far the whole time so they shouldn't trust Snowball. In Soviet Russia Squealer represented the Pravda, the Soviet newspaper. This newspaper spread support for Stalin and his communist ... people of the USSR was repressed from the outside world and contained to their regions limits. Squealer's continuous support to Napoleon alike of the Pravda, made him unpopular, due to the f...

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... revolutionaries. In the 1890's, they found a new leader of their revolt. Vladimir Lenin was determined to overthrow the czarist regime and the capitalist system (Perry 657). The character Snowball refers to Lenin. 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 bel...

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... bring the book's symbolic tale together. Old Major represents Karl Marx, the father of "animalism". Napoleon represents Stalin, a ruthless leader who used propaganda (Squealer) and violence (the Dogs) to get his way. Snowball represents Trotsky, the archrival of Stalin in Russia. He is exiled for being in opposition to his ... rival, Napoleon (Stalin). Benjamin symbolizes the older generation, the critics of any new rebellion. He is the only ... from the revolution. He almost seems on a whole different maturity level compared to the other animals. He is not sucked in by Napoleon's propa...

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... 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 the communist party, Stalin's friends as well perhaps, as the ... Clover are used to represent the proletariat in the Russian society. We find out that it is indeed the proletariat, the class which mainly ...

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