During the 1920s, the Russian population faces a near recession after the catastrophic casualties of both famine and World War I. The relationship between Czar Nicholas II and the Russian people has been falling apart long since before 1917. The incompetent rule of the Czar enrages the population causing uprisings and political turmoil. In response to the uprisings, the Bolshevik party, also known as the Communist party, appeals to many Russians in the guise of promising to benefit the people. This revolutionary socialist party rises to power through its promise of hope and maintains it through propaganda. Similarly, the writer George Orwell harshly satirizes the leadership of the Communists as repressive and self-serving. Orwell’s allegorical
