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Animal Farm is an allegory that was written by George Orwell that tells the story of the Russian

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Animal Farm is an allegory that was written by George Orwell that tells the story of the Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union by using a great deal of symbolism. Three things that Orwell represented in his allegory were the leaders of the Russian Revolution/Soviet Union, the government, and even objects that were important to the Revolution. In Animal Farm George Orwell used his characters to represent the leaders of the Soviet Union and the people of Russia. Mr. Jones, the farmer whom the animals forced off the farm, symbolized Czar Nicholas II as well as the evils of capitalism. Mr. Jones forced the animals to work in order to produce milk, eggs, etc., yet he only gave the animals what they needed to survive and kept the rest for …show more content…

George Orwell also portrayed the Russian government (post-revolution) in Animal Farm. In Animal Farm, after the animals forced the humans (previous government) off the farm, they tried to form their own society based on Animalism (which represents communism), which is the philosophy the animals came to live by. Soon after the animals took control, the pigs appointed themselves as the leaders, claiming that they were the most intelligent and that they could properly lead the animals. This is similar to the Soviet Union in the way that the highly intelligent people of Russia (i.e. Stalin and Trotsky) quickly rose to power after the rebellion. Like in Russia, the pigs began to abuse their power. They would take the product of the citizens’ labor and use it for personal gratification rather than using it for what is better for the people as a whole. The animals on the farm/the people of Russia were led to believe that the pigs/government was only doing what was best for everyone. Soon, the new government began doing exactly what the former government did and the animals/people did not recognize it as being bad. Eventually, both the pigs in Animal Farm and the government in Russia became a dictatorship led by a power hungry ruler who was only concerned with what benefited himself. The objects represented in Animal Farm that were parts of the Soviet Union were very important in order to properly portray that time in history. For example, the farm

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