... 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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... as he did not want anyone to die as a martyr. George Orwell understood the true meaning of torture and the way Stalin used it. The way O'Brian tortured Winston and the way Stalin tortured his prisoners were extremely similar. Stalin believed that it "was not enough that a confession be extracted under duress – for any thug with a truncheon could extract this. Much ... individual would welcome the executioner's bullet as a just retribution for the crimes that they had committed against the State, the Motherland and Koba (as Stalin was sometimes affectionately known)" (O'Mara 58). This ...

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... cruelties of the imperial system, and had distrust for a tyrannical government. He blends various components that are representative of the regimes and philosophies of Stalin, Mussolini, and Hitler in his novel, 1984. This novel provides a look inside the life of a man living in a totalitarian future society ... Party (Ingsoc). Since this book was written after WWII, I feel Orwell portrays Big Brother in comparison to such historical figures as Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini, who were dictators, and leaders of totalitarian societies, that had absolute, and unquestionable authority over thei...

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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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... 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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... , 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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... 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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... within Oceania. Big Brother and Nineteen Eighty-Four are a representation of the governments ruling Russia, Italy, and Germany. During the time Nineteen Eighty-Four was being written, Joseph Stalin was ruling Russia. Stalin ruled Russia as a dictator from nineteen twenty-two until nineteen fifty-three. Italy was currently being ruled by Benito Mussolini (nineteen twenty- two until nineteen forty-three). Mussolini was ... the principles of National Socialism, had already used the fact of faking the history. Russia and Italy also had the same kind of social control presented in Nineteen E...

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Tyrants, Communism, Big Brother, Stalin, and 1984 In George Orwell's, "1984", no individual freedoms are present. It mirrors mid twentieth century Europe during World War II and its affects. Winston ... worry about their own problems while they had to watch the Soviet Union take control over half of Germany. The leader of the Soviet Union, Stalin closely resembles Big Brother. They were both larger than life figures in their respective countries. In the Soviet Union you could easily have found large posters with ... Stalin's face on them. The same is true in 1984 where Big Brother's face is ...

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... by corresponding events in the novel to the actual events in Russian history. During the Russian revolution, Russian leader Joseph Stalin used secret police to 'get rid' of anyone who threatened his power. This is in fact also what happened to Stalin's main rival, Leon Trotsky. The actions that took place are portrayed similarly in "Animal Farm," as Napoleon ... used his dogs to chase Snowball from the farm. In this case, Napoleon's guard dogs represent Stalin's secret police. Stalin/Napoleon viewed Trotsky/Snowball as a threat, he was scared that Trotsky/Snowball might try to stea...

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... can be drawn between the IngSoc party and between governments of both the past and present. It is no coincidence that 1984 was written when Joseph Stalin's Socialist government was at its peak. The government in 1984, IngSoc, stands for English Socialism while the giant posters of Big Brother are very similar to ... those of Stalin. Socialism is a society in which equality and systematic order are the ideals. In 1984 everyone is equal, and like socialism their success is measured on ... their work not on their possessions. Both Big Brother and Stalin are similar in how they govern their...

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... their governments has been illustrated, but it is noticeably absent from totalitarian dictatorships. In this type of system, a leader has acquired and exercises complete control of a region. For example, Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union from the 1920's until 1953. During this time the USSR experienced several hardships with the outcome of an estimated 20 million citizens dead, (Farah 566). After ... the fall of the great dictator Stalin, George Orwell took a controversial stance when he wrote a "fairy story" Animal Farm. Animals capture the Manor Farm from their incompetent owner an...

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... 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 ... 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 statement...

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... Lenin had started. Napoleon was a selfish and greedy pig. 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 a while but Napoleon grew weary of long ... 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 assassinated. Both St...

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... 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 ... 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). The statem...

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... and what is in them. In Animal Farm, George Orwell includes two noticeable allusions. When Orwell has the animals create the principles of animalism, he is referencing the way Joseph Stalin created the principles of communism. Another example of an allusion in Animal Farm is when Napoleon makes a deal to sell the Fredrick farm a lot of timber for a large amount of ... Fredrick farm, Napoleon figures out the bank notes were forgeries. "The bank notes were forgeries! Fredrick had got the timber for nothing!" (106) Adolf Hitler lied to Joseph Stalin (like Fredrick lied to Napoleon) when he...

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... and impose their totalitarian views upon the citizens. Throughout history, we have been aware of the presence of totalitarian states such as: Nazi Germany under Hitler, the Soviet Union under Stalin, Fascist Italy under Mussolini, and the People's Republic of China under Zedong. Despite the differences amid totalitarian states, there are several characteristics that they have in common, the two most ... to be entirely dependant upon the party and the leader of the party. In Germany, Hitler led members of the National Socialist group, also known as the Nazis. Zedong and Stalin led the co...

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... struggle, and it is only so long until a new totalitarian government is established. The struggle for power between Napoleon and Snowball represents the same struggle between Leon Trotsky and Josef Stalin. In both the historical and fictional cases, the romantic but less powerful figure (Snowball and Trotsky) is excluded from the revolutionary state by the malicious and violent and violent upheaval ... of power (Napoleon and Stalin). Snowball emerges as a keen idealist who throws himself into the attempt to spread Animalism worldwide and help the infrastructure of the farm. Napoleon bei...

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... and impose their totalitarian views upon the citizens. Throughout history, we have been aware of the presence of totalitarian states such as: Nazi Germany under Hitler, the Soviet Union under Stalin, Fascist Italy under Mussolini, and the People's Republic of China under Zedong. Despite the differences amid totalitarian states, there are several characteristics that they have in common, the two most ... to be entirely dependant upon the party and the leader of the party. In Germany, Hitler led members of the National Socialist group, also known as the Nazis. Zedong and Stalin led the co...

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... 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 harvest e...

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... . I do believe it to be exaggerated and slanted though. Orwell had lived through both world wars and had seen some of Linen and Stalin's rule in Russia. I honestly can not believe all totalitarian societies are as bad as Stalin's rule or Hitler's Nazi Germany. I can believe some such societies can truly be benevolent in nature. Orwell instead focuses on this one side ... ...

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... revolution the proles in Russia suffer from poverty and the pressure of the Czar on the society while the Czar and his family lived in luxury. A group of people, Lenin, Stalin and his friends provocated the proles with the ideology o communism. The believed the lies of equality and a better standards of life so that the Czar was overthrown and ... Stalin and his communist party got the authority. However the became even more tyrannical and despotic on the proles. As a result the totalitarian regime of communism took place of the monarchy. ... ...

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... and impose their totalitarian views upon the citizens. Throughout history, we have been aware of the presence of totalitarian states such as: Nazi Germany under Hitler, the Soviet Union under Stalin, Fascist Italy under Mussolini, and the People's Republic of China under Zedong. Despite the differences amid totalitarian states, there are several characteristics that they have in common, the two most ... to be entirely dependant upon the party and the leader of the party. In Germany, Hitler led members of the National Socialist group, also known as the Nazis. Zedong and Stalin led the co...

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... to fail. Napoleon and Snowball take over after the death of Old Major and twist his socialist plight into their own system of government. Napoleon is an obvious metaphor for Stalin and represents the flaw in the rebellion. He starts out as a good ruler but is soon corrupted by greed and power. His true character can be seen when he murders ... the animals would have seen what was really happening on the farm. He can also represent the newspapers in Russia that were controlled by the government during the time of Stalin's rule. Boxer represents the lower class in Russian society. He is u...

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