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Written by George Orwell, Animal Farm is the remarkable and classic political satire in which farm animals are used to symbolize the corruption of Socialist ideals during the Russian Revolution. Orwell's purpose for composing the book was to demonstrate how Communism fails to establish a perfect society. Because the animals have human-like qualities, it can also be considered a fable because it teaches a lesson. The laconic and daunting fable was written in 1945 when the Russian Revolution…

continually gained power, as their people were on an economic decline. Using the story of Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin, and other leaders, George Orwell (pseudonym Eric Blair) satirizes it into the tale of animals taking control of a farm, in the novel, Animal Farm. The leaders of the revolution, Snowball and Napoleon, mirror events that occurred to their real life counterparts, who represent Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin respectively. Including their transition from workers of the general well being…

One of the most important symbols in Animal Farm is personification. Personification is used all around on Animal Farm, making all the animals talk and giving them human characteristics. By personifying the animals, Orwell was able to satirize some of the most serious political figures of the era. A well-respected pig, Old Major, like Vladimir Lenin and Karl Marx, is idealistic about the workers coming together and living a communist lifestyle instead of being satisfied with hard labor that…

The famous Animal Farm by George Orwell wasn’t always seen as a great political satire, it was in fact mistaken as a children’s book. Orwell wrote the book as an allegorical fable, he wrote Animal Farm this way to communicate meanings to audiences in different social contexts, some in which Orwell intended. George Orwell used Animal Farm to criticize the communist betrayal of the ideals the Soviet Union was based on. Orwell used events and characters to symbolize the different people and events…

from the animals. Orwell writes of this to represent the Russian Civil War between the Russian loyalists in the Bolsheviks in 1918. Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin were the two contenders to replace linen after his death in 1924. While the two opposed each other and were basically the complete opposite of one another, Stalin declares himself as dictator and has Trotsky exiled from Russia and later assassinated. Stalin gains control of the Communist Party and gradually reverses the principles of…

The opposition of these two pigs over the plans for the windmill allows Orwell to satirise the struggles of Stalin and Trotsky over such things as the five-year plans and the Comintern (the international wing of the Bolshevik movement). It also allows him to demonstrate the way in which history is rewritten within totalitarian states. Snowball's personal bravery in the…

It’s impossible to read the book “Animal Farm” without comparing it to the Russian Revolution occur in Russia in 1917. After reading the book I decided to learn more about the consequences of the Russian Revolution and mainly research about Stalin, represented in the book as Napoleon, the leader of Animal Farm and my favourite character. Because I was so intrigued by Napoleon’s character I decided in this book task to contrast him with the Soviet dictator Stalin. Napoleon, a boar, is the…

through the use of symbolism. For example, the pigs name Old Majors teachings Animalism which has the same ideals of Communism. The animals throughout the novels closely relates to communist leaders such as Joseph Stalin, Czar Nicholas the 2nd, and Leon Trotsky. George Orwell also used the literary element of characterization to express his central idea for Animal Farm. For instance, Squealer can be indirectly characterized as manipulative because he lies to the other animals about having to…

They have used various methods to rise to power in their countries and they have worked hard to maintain that power. They both had huge impacts on the world and on Cuba and Russia. Joseph Stalin rose to power after the death of Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky was the natural successor of Lenin but after a complex power struggle Stalin rose out triumphant. Unlike Stalin who inherited his rule from Lenin, Castro rose to power after the Cuban civil war where he defeated the Cuban president Fulgencio…

Animal farm is a novella written by George Orwell, following the figurative battle between mankind and animal, and the yearning for a utopian society. A farm of animals decides that they have put up with humans taking advantage of their capabilities to produce food, for too long. The animals rebel and take control banishing the farmers, Mr. Jones and his wife. At first their lives improve tremendously, and all the animals are treated equal. But soon enough, a pig named Napoleon takes over. He…