Similarities Between Animal Farm And The Russian Revolution

In Shakespeare’s Othello and George Orwell’s Animal Farm, characters ability to manipulate others with ease is the flaw in societies structure, consequently, leading both works into tragic outcomes. This is done by blurring the perception of appearance versus reality, limitlessly committing to one’s desires, and taking advantage of others flaws. Throughout both novels, the villains mislead the other characters by forcing them to misinterpret what they see. This in result, allows the villain to gain obstructive power.

-> Early Years Lenin born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov in Simbirsk, Russia April, 22 1870, was driven to the path of a professional revolutionary by the execution of his brother Alexsandr. Lenin was raised in a well educated family and exceeded in school he was showed

The pigs took away rights and lives of their own citizens as did the Soviet’s, which helps teach what the book was trying to show that when these political figures gain such power, that they should not use it to only their advantage but to everyone’s. This can be represented at the end of the book when Napoleon has a meeting with humans and starts to resemble the humans exactly. This is because Napoleon used his power for his own well-being like the humans and eventually resembled one. “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.” pg.124 The image of the pigs appearance is tarnished by the way the pig treated his citizen as did Stalin.

The book Animal Farm is an allegory which corresponds to the Russian Revolution. In the book, the animals take over the farm and run the humans off of the property. They are tired of being treated cruelly and decide to take things into their own matters. This is where “war” between animal and man start. The Russian Revolution had much in common with this but also has its differences.

Napoleon who was in control in Animal farm is similar to Joseph Stalin. One similarity between Napoleon and Stalin is they would eliminate anyone who would disagree with them or rebel against their rules. In the book Animal Farm Napoleon gets rid of Snowball because they didn't agree on what to do for the farm and he was worried all the animals would side with Snowballs ideas not Napoleons. In the book it states, “They dashed straight for Snowball, who only sprang from his place just in time to escape their snapping jaws,” (Orwell 53). This shows that napoleon felt threatened by Snowball and was worried he would take over the farm so he used his dogs to try to kill Snowball so Napoleon could have no choice but to rule the farm.

Joseph Stalin was born Josef Vissarionovich Djugashvili, he only later changed his manor to stalin meaning “man of steel.” He grew up poor and his father was an abusive alcoholic who beat him. Stalin earned a scholarship to study priesthood in Orthodox Church and began reading in secret of works of German philosophers. He became interested in revolutionary movements against Russian monarchy. He then became a political activist but got expelled for missing exams.

Animal Farm is a novel written by George Orwell that serves as an allegory for the Russian Revolution. The characters, events, and rulings in the novel coincide with the real like Russian characters, events, and rulings. The animals represent the political figures in the Russian Revolution and they also mimic the policies and philosophies of these figures. Animal Farm is an allegory for the Russian revolution for its extensive similarities to the political figures and rulings.

Joseph Stalin is well known for ruling the Soviet Union for many years. He created a reign of terror as he was trying to modernize Russia and defeating Hitler. He was born on December 18, 1879 in Gori, Georgia and his real name was Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili. At the beginnings of the 1900s, he called himself Joseph Stalin after the word “stalin” which means steel in Russian. Since a young age, he was treated cruelly by other children from the village, which made him feel inferior.

In Animals Farm, there is a pig who’s name Napoleon. This character did not contributed to the society with his actions. In effect, he did not respect the concept of “Animalism” which is the equality of all the animals. He did many actions that broke this conception during the entire story. At the beginning, Napoleon, take the farm with Snowball when the farmer, Mr. Jones, left.

He attended school to become a priest at his mothers’ will. While he was in school he began reading illegal literature, like Das Kapital by Karl Marx (“Stalin, Joseph”). He then converted to Russian Marxism and his interest in politics continued to grow. Before he gained his

Becoming a rebellious child came in contact with a secret organization called Messame Dassy which stood up for independence for georgia from russia. Because of this organization he soon became acquainted with Karl Marx’s and Vladimir Lenin writing. As he became more indulged in the organization he was expelled from his school due to failing to turn up for his final exams. With school out of the way he participated in many political strikes and revolutionary movements. While still in Tiflis and having no intention of returning home any time soon he got a small job as a clerk at the Meteorological Observatory.

In the book Animal Farm there are many similarities to the Russian Revolution of 1917 making it almost a history book in some sense. One of Orwell 's goals in writing Animal Farm was to portray the Russian Revolution of 1917 as one that resulted in a government more oppressive, totalitarian, and deadly than the one it overthrew. There are three parallels I will be sharing between the Russian revolution and animal farm I noticed when reading the book many relating to the personitly and behavoirs of the charaters. Many of the characters and events of Orwell 's novel parallel those of the Russian Revolution: In short, Manor Farm is a model of Russia, and old Major, Snowball, and Napoleon represent the dominant figures of the Russian

“Animal Farm” by George Orwell, is a story to show how absolute power corrupts, just as Stalin’s power did during the Russian Revolution in 1917. In the allegory “Animal Farm” each character represents a political figure from the days around the Russian Revolution. For example, Joseph Stalin is represented by a pig named Napoleon, Squealer, another pig, represents Stalin’s propaganda department, and the dogs represent the Secret Police (KBG). Using the nine dogs that Napoleon raises (intimidation), Squealer (propaganda), and manipulation, Orwell illustrates how Napoleon was able to gain and maintain control of the farm. The nine dogs that stay by Napoleon at all times are useful for Napoleon to gain and maintain control of the farm because they scare the other animals, intimidating them so that they do not disobey Napoleon.

George Orwell portrays Napoleon as Stalin in many similar ways. Just as some leaders use dictatorship to control political aspects, pigs also use dictatorship to control animals. Animal Farm uses characterization to suggest that although cruel leadership can be effective, it will lead to

As Napoleon represents Joseph Stalin and Snowball, Leon Trotsky, it is natural that these two pigs have different personalities. Napoleon is a more fierce-looking character than Snowball, who is known to get his own way. Snowball, in the other hand, is more vivacious and talkative than Napoleon. These two pigs have different views over the Seven Commandments and how other animals should be governed and treated. Besides their differences, we can say that both Napoleon and Snowball wanted the rebellion to happen and supported the idea of Animalism and, consequently, the expurgation of humans from the power.