... Russia; he purposely killed his own people to make himself more powerful making other people that lived in Russia fear him. Next, Stalin used slogans as a type of propaganda. Stalin used slogans to brainwash the Russian people. One of his slogans was "Move Forward"". The slogan "Move forward " made the Russian ... people think that Russia was becoming move advanced ("Propaganda Posters""). Another slogan that Stalin used was "We'll execute the plan of the great works. The slogan "We'll execute the plan of the great works " made the Russian ... of the farm to know that he was in contro...

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... people or animals had hoped for. Instead, it corrupted the rulers and destroyed many innocent lives. In Animal Farm Napoleon ruled through fear, as did Stalin in his time. They both also ruled through deception by twisting things around so that they look good. Lastly, both lived in luxury while their people ... cannot be what Marx or Old Major had in mind for their utopia society. As well as ruling through fear, the two rulers used deception. Stalin and Napoleon both manipulated their people so that they could stay in power. They used propaganda to gain popularity among their people. Su...

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... leader, was compared to the character of Napoleon, the pig. I agree with this comparison because after researching I found out that many of the steps Stalin took to take over were the same as Napoleon's. When Jones (Czar Nicholas II) was overthrown everybody thought that it would be for the best, but ... Major and the defeat of Jones, Napoleon led everybody to think that what he was doing to benefit himself was benefiting the whole farm. Stalin led everybody to think that communism was for the best, when it really only benefited him and his leaders. According to my research, it was believ...

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... 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 ... ruthless, regimes in history. In was not till very many years later ...

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... benefit themselves (an interesting twist of capitalism) instead of following through on the old Major's honest proposal. This could be Orwell's attempt to dig Stalin, who many consider to be someone who totally ignored Marx's political and social theory. Using Old Major's seeming naivety, Orwell concludes that no ... his shell is the pig Napoleon, who tires of his continuing verbal conflicts with Snowball and plots of his removal. Obviously a metaphor for Stalin, Comrade Napoleon represents the human frailties of any revolution. Orwell believed that although socialism is good as an ideal...

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... 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 ... ruthless, regimes in history. In was not till very many years later t...

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... rebels. He and his wife traveled to Spain to help the government forces. Orwell sided himself with the Spanish Trotskyists, followers of Leon Trotsky, Stalin's rival for power after Lenin's death. In Spain he experienced the same events as were going on in Russia. When the government gained control ... Jones (Czar Nicholas.) They call their dream 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...

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... tsar and eventually remove him from power. Then they change the laws, one of which abolishes the death penalty (Russian Revolution in Dates). Napoleon then removes Snowball from power, like Stalin did to Trotsky (Joseph Stalin). Then there is the beginning of work on the windmill on animal farm. One can compare this to the development of a five-year plan by ... for their government and help them keep believing it was the correct direction for society to follow (The Basis of the Story). Napoleon's use of Squealer is very representative of Stalin's use of the newspaper Pravda. Pravda was ...

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... new government, he suffered three paralyzing strokes. In 1922, the last stroke took his life. A new leader was needed, however both Trotsky and Stalin accepted the responsibility. "Trotsky was a brilliant speaker and writer. His passionate support of communism had provided much of the fire in the early years ... of making life better for all animals. Furthermore, Trotsky truly believed in the communist movement, even after Lenin's death, he continued Lenin's legacy with Stalin to make life better for the people. The story, Animal Farm, and the events that occurred in the Russian Revolut...

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... played a part in the make up of the Russian Revolution. Firstly, there is Napoleon. Orwell has used the character of Napoleon as a metaphor for Stalin and so Napoleon the pig is a central figure throughout the story. It is evident that Napoleons" characteristics represent the human errors of any revolution. ... although Napoleon sets out as a confident and able leader, he is soon overcome with greed and becomes power-hungry. This idea again shares parallels with Stalin who in Russia, left the original ideal of equality behind in search for total power in order to live a life of luxury at...

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... , the events in Animal Farm are allegorical to Soviet Russian politics from 1919-1953. Specifically, many aspects of the plot of the novel relate to the policies set forth by Stalin during his dictatorship. For example, common aspects in both the novel and history were the purges, the five-year plans, and warfare. Both ... being counterrevolutionary. For example, Napoleon killed, "the same four pigs who had protested when Napoleon abolished the Sunday Meetings," (92). Another example of parallel between Stalin and Napoleon was their five-year plan. After Lenin's NEP, "Stalin's objective ...

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... can achieve. Although this achievement often comes at a terrible loss, as seen when boxer the hardest working horse is killed while building this windmill. This too can be seen in Stalin's revolution, where their industry was built up by the working class but had not thought of the human life in took. Therefore, through the windmill, inequalities because of class stratification ... where the pigs and Stalin are on top are clearly highlighted. The windmills construction highlights the development of the Communist power over the working class, and shows what this power can achieve. In Ani...

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... interpretation of the Communist leaders as pigs, since pigs are regarded as filthy and unclean animals. The two pigs represent Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky. Stalin's part being played by Napoleon and Trotsky's by Snowball. Many of the events that occur in the story are based on actual Soviet events ... as Snowball does in Animal Farm. Near the end of Orwell's story the other animals stumble upon Napoleon acting as a human. Or in Orwell's eyes, Stalin acting as a Communist. Something the Soviets had not initially anticipated. Further along, Napoleon begins to interact with rival farms fo...

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... events in Russia during the revolution. By looking at the actions of the pigs, Orwell shows that a communist system does not work. Trotsky and Stalin can be compared to Snowball and Napoleon. "Snowball and Napoleon were by far the most active in the debates. But these two were never in ... item of debate is the windmill. Napoleon "lifted his leg, urinated over the plans"(65) and left. Napoleon is not a speaker, like Stalin. And just like Stalin, he has garnered support behind the lines. When Snowball talks he is "occasionally interrupted by bleating from the sheep"(66). Just when the ani...

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... began, but they were still responsible for getting the rebellions started. All three gave speeches about hopes and ideas of the future. Moses, a talkative raven, represents the Russian Orthodox Church. Stalin and Napoleon let religion into the lives of the animals and people for motivation and support. George Orwell uses Moses to show the disappearance and reappearance of the Russian Orthodox ... food they received. Boxer is represented in Animal Farm to symbolize the proletariats. Just like Boxer believes in the leadership of Napoleon because of Animal Farm the proletariats believed in...

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... the farm, not much of a talker, but with a reputation of getting his own way (Orwell 25). Napoleon is the prime example of the greed and hunger power brings. He summarizes Stalin, the leader and dictator of Russia. Napoleon, a nasty pig who is farmyard stand-in for a monstrous dictator (Reilly 63). Both left original ideas of equality and socialism behind, giving themselves ... pigs and the dogs" (Orwell 118). The height of Napoleon's evilness comes after he slaughters so many animals for "apparently" plotting against him and being supporters of Snowball, much like Stalin did when he su...

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... leader of the farm, but due to Napoleon's treachery, Snowball was run off the farm before his plans could take effect to build a windmill to generate the farm's power. Joseph Stalin, a Russian dictator, is the counterpart of Napoleon in the story. George Orwell obviously despised Communism and showed it in his descriptions of the society that was set up in the ... , an old boar that foretold the coming revolution, represents Lenin. He was merely a philosopher of the horrors to come. Though he believed the ideals of Communism, he did not share Stalin's viciousness and malicious spirit. Wh...

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... the farm are based on communist party leaders and the broad spectrum of the Soviet People, who were affected by Joseph Stalin. George Orwell created many characters in his book who are represented in Stalins time. The dogs in George Orwell's book represent Stalin's secret police caught and murdered people, just like the dogs in the book. The secret police had a ruler ... , Stalin, as for the dogs did, who was Napoleon, a pig. Both of the leaders lied a lot, to cover up for what they have ... done. They were gruesome. Murdering, lying, and doing it for all one person, their leaders. Stal...

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... , 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 Lenin. In comparison to the quote of Napoleon, Stalin was large and fierce looking, and would strike fear into his adversaries and patrons. Though Stalin didn't speak much, when he did his words...

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... is evident that Orwell had three main targets for his novel: the brainwashed, unknowing public during the revolution, the ruthless power hungry leader Joseph Stalin, and the bamboozling media. The sheep in Animal Farm are the brainwashed and blind supporters of the totalitarian regime that exists on the farm ... and portray the innocent public during the Bolshevik revolution. It was during this time that the media deceived the public into thinking that Joseph Stalin was like a Messiah; a supreme being, who unbeknownst to them had in fact a desire for power and control so great he"d sacri...

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... 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 Duma ( or Russian parliament). Moreover, as we have seen, the pigs have a different lifestyle from the other ... in the Russian society. We find out that it is indeed the pr...

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... 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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... are the best administrators of government. Eventually the power corrupts them, and they turn on their fellow animals, eliminating competitors through propaganda and bloodshed. This is of course a reference to Stalin, who murdered many of his own people in order to maintain his dictatorship of Russia. There are countless numbers of symbols relating to politics in the novel. Some of them ... 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, Napoleo...

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... 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 made Stalin 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 ... . In addition, Napoleon used the dogs he had brought up to induce fear into the animals so they do not rebel against him. In the Russian Revolution, Napoleon represents Joseph Stalin. He was a man who was afraid he would lose his power and removed a...

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... started. Then comes Napoleon. Napoleon was selfish and greedy. He did not want to share the power or the decision making with any other individual. 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 awhile. Then Napoleon grew weary of long ... then forced Snowball out of the farm and started to spread lies about Snowball to get the entire farm against him. Stalin did the same thing against Trotsky and forced Trotsky into hiding into Mexico, where he was eventually assassinat...

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