Leon Trotsky

words, but they accepted his explanation”. The blind ignorance and loyalty to those considered to be in charge furthers the opportunity of those who are intellectually superior to exploit those who are not as intelligent as them. As a parallel for Leon Trotsky, Snowball is presented as a passionate advocate for the ideology for “Animalism” and attempts to spread its ideology worldwide to not only improve the quality of life of those on “animal farm” but inspire revolutions internationally.…

Communist Party and for failing to develop adequate economic planning. In response, Stalin and his supporters launched a propaganda counterattack against Trotsky” (history.com).It is without a doubt that Napoleon’s role in the novel is to be an allegorical representation of a former Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin. Meanwhile, Snowball represents Leon Trotsky. There are many political and historical allusions to the events of communism and of the Soviet Union in the book. For example, when…

that is directly linked to the events that took place during the Russian Revolution and the prominent figures involved in it. The main characters such as Old Major, Snowball and Napoleon bear a resemblance to Russian figures such as Karl Marx, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. Other minor characters also s symbolize whole groups of people, organizations and/or ideas during the time of the revolution. Good examples are characters such as Squealer, who appears to represent a certain Russian…

The second main character in Animal Farm, who is also the antagonist, is Snowball. He is a round and static character, who is described indirectly through his speech and actions. To begin with, Snowball is a metaphor for Leon Trotsky. He is exiled by Napoleon and never seen again. To begin with, although Snowball isn’t a bad character in the novel, he is still considered as an antagonist since he challenges the main character, Napoleon. Snowball runs against Napoleon for power on Animal Farm.…

Vladimir Illyich Ulyanov, born in Simbirsk in April 10, 1987, he was the third oldest, with five brothers and sisters. In 1901 while doing underground work of his party he started going by the name Lenin. After a couple revolutions, he rose to become a powerful dictator in Russia. After World War I, he seized power with the October Revolution. Even though he had strong ideas he was still willing to change his ideas if his country needed it. When Lenin was a child his parents encouraged in him…

In Animal Farm, one of George Orwell’s main goals was to portray the Russian Revolution of 1917 in his writing through character’s, events, and concepts. His goal was clearly shown in his text because many important people of the Russian Revolution were seen through animals, events that took place in the Russian Revolution were reflected in his writing, and many concepts of the time were shown in a different form. He accomplished his goal by using simpler characters and an easier concept to…

An example of personification in this story is how each of the main characters represents a famous person in history. A few examples are Napoleon the pig represents Joseph Stalin, a former Russian General Secretary, and Snowball is like Leon Trotsky who was a Marxist revolutionary and theorist. Last we have the dogs who Napoleon took from their mother at a young age and then turns them into a little army which makes them like the Secret Police. (chapter 3) Orwell uses personification to tie…

Freedom? “All animals are equal… but some animals are more equal than others” This is the pulse and heartbeat of Napoleon, pig, tyrant, and ruler of Animal Farm. Written by Eric Arthur Blair, under the pen name George Orwell, Animal farm paints a powerful picture of social injustice. What starts out as a rebellion for freedom becomes an oppression worse than any before. Boxer, Snowball, and Napoleon are just a few tools in the hands of the revolution. Boxer was about as sharp as a bag of rocks…

Union. Animalism is really communism. Animal Farm is allegorical of Russia, and the Farmer Jones is the Russian Czar. Old Major stands for either Karl Marx or Vladimir Lenin, and the pig named Snowball represents the intellectual revolutionary Leon Trotsky. Napoleon stands for…

Having power over a younger sibling like babysitting them, and ordering them to do something in order to keep them safe. But then, power is used to satisfy yourself like telling them to bring a drink or snack informing them it's for their own good. “Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely,” in the novel Animal Farm this means that once you have power it corrupts you. You become corrupt because of more power, and then use it wrongly. Powers lead to corruption many times in history from…