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George Orwell's Animal Farm And The Russian Revolution

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A goal that Orwell had when he began to write Animal Farm was to depict the Russian Revolution as this horrible event that resulted in a government deadlier, more totalitarian, and more oppressive than the one that it took place of. A lot of the events and characters of Animal Farm represent those of the Russian Revolution. Essentially, Manor Farm acts as a model of Russia. Old Major, Napoleon, and Snowball depict some of the main figures involved with the Russian Revolution.
After a little bit of digging through notes because I couldn’t remember his name, Mr. Jones is based on Czar Nicholas the last Russian emperor. His reign was remembered for his persistence in believing that he had been the only all-powerful ruler of Russia. During his rule, the people of Russia went through mass poverty and turmoil. As the animals, under the control of Jones, persisted through lives of hunger and need, many of the Russians faced similar troubles under the Czar. After Russia lost a new record of lives in a single war for one country, the outraged and devastated Russian people began a series of rebellions that called for the end of …show more content…

(Before the Russian Revolution, the Russian Orthodox Church had close ties to the Czars, like the raven and Mr. Jones.) It was no coincidence that he has the name “Moses.” Like their representations in the Russian Revolution, the pigs first considered religion as an enemy of the Russian people. The worry was that, if all of the animals believed in a “heaven” so to speak, why would they care what the conditions were on earth because it would be seen as only temporary. Because of this, the pigs tried to get rid of the threat of Moses right after they took power. A quote from animal farm is: “[Moses] claimed to know of the existence of a mysterious country called Sugarcandy Mountain, to which all animals went when they

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