Animal Farm: Allegory For The Russian Revolution

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The Animal Farm is an allegory for the Russian Revolution and the changes that Russia’s government was going through at the time. Mr. Jones who was the farmer of the farm in the beginning of the book, was an allegory for Tsar Nicholas II who was later driven out by the Russian Revolution, just like the animals did when they took control of the farm. The character Old Major is an allegory for the Russian Revolutionary leader, Vladimir Ilych Lenin, who led the revolution and wanted a land of socialism. Snowball is an allegory for Leon Trotsky, the first leader of the Socialist movement in Russia, because Snowball also becomes the first leader of the newly formed Animal Farm. Napoleon is an allegory for Joseph Stalin because

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