Animal Farm Russian Revolution Analysis

The novel Animal Farm is an allegory of the Russian Revolution due to the parallelism between characters and historical events. Orwell’s goal in writing Animal farm was to illustrate an ruthless, totalitarian government during the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the novel “Animal Farm”, Manor farm represents the setting of the revolution in Russia. The main characters from the novel were leaders such as Napoleon, Snowball, Mr. Jones and Old Major, which represents the authoritative figures during the Revolution. The Russian Revolution took place in the 1917 where working class citizens and peasants revolted against the government of Tsar Nicholas II. The group of revolutionaries called Bolsheviks were led by Vladimir Lenin. The revolt against …show more content…
Stalin used the police force as protection, as Napoleon used dogs for dominance. Both characters are not as educated as their allies, and takes credit from their comrades’ concepts. The puppies in the story, was a forceful army who rebelled against Napoleon’s enemies, this represents the secret police’s loyalty towards Lenin and killed many citizens for disobedience. Boxer, the hard working horse, models communist supporters because he was gullible in believing in the animal farm, but unfortunately was betrayed and killed by Napoleon. The communist supporters were naive, believing Stalin for the better, and stayed loyal to a cruel leader. The supporters were eventually shunned and killed, leaving them tricked and confused. The Skeptical citizens in Russia signified Benjamin, the donkey due to their suspicions about communism. Benjamin was wise and understood what was happening since he could read and write. The skeptical people realized that communism will make things complicated and is chaotic idea that would never work. Both characters were bystanders and noticed that their suspicion was true about …show more content…
Animalism shows equality between the animals in the farm, which gave them strong hope to govern themselves. In the novel, on page 134, Orwell wrote, “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” The animals had a fair share amount of work and food portions. In this quote “some animals are more equal than others,” it refers to Napoleon taking control and overpowering the animals, which gives him special privileges. Communism is also a system where citizens are treated with equality. Animalism was used in the novel where the animals revolted against the humans because they do not want to work for them or be under their authorities. Communism was used during the Russian Revolution where the working class