Sunday, 30 August 2009

How does Animal Farm relate to the Russian revolution?

This is an
intelligent question. is an . This means that the characters in the work
can refer to historical people.

Here are a few clear examples.refers to Karl
Marx. They are both great thinkers who invented a new political philosophy, workers unite, and
they both died before the revolution.

Animalism is communism. In short, in
both systems the government owns everything, at least in theory.refers to Trotsky, who had good
intentions,] but was chased away. Lenin chased away Trotsky, andchased away Snowball.


Napoleon, the often brutal leader of animalism, is Joseph Stalin. Napoleon uses the
dogs andto get his work done. This refers to the force and propaganda that Stalin used to
entrench his government. 

All of these characters show that what is happening
on the farm mimics what has happened in Russia. In this sense, the work is an allegory of the
Russian revolution. 

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