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Similarities Between Animal Farm And Joseph Stalin

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Remember World War I? If you do, then you should know about the Russian Revolution. This 1917 revolution was led by Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks who planned on revolting against the government of Tsar Nicholas II. Their new communist government created the Soviet Union. Joseph Stalin was a leader of the Soviet Union and is best known for fighting the Germans in World War II and starting the Cold War. The novel, Animal Farm, written by George Orwell is an allegory of the Russian Revolution. The character that really stood out in this novel, is Napoleon which plays Joseph Stalin in the Russian Revolution. Napoleon is a power-hungry, sneaky pig who wants to control the farm in his ways of ruling and changes the commandments to his ideas. The real life figure of Joseph Stalin is similar to the Animal Farm character Napoleon because they both were cruel, brutal, and selfish in so many ways.
In order to understand Animal Farm, it is important to understand the Russian Revolution, and Joseph Stalin’s role in the revolution. …show more content…

Napoleon is a power-hungry, sneaky pig who led the rebellion against Farmer Jones. Squealer says, “No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal.”(Orwell, 1945, p 55) Napoleon uses Squealer to turn lies into truths to convince the other animals how great Napoleon is just like Stalin used propaganda to show the Russian citizens how great he was. Orwell tells us,”They dashed straight for Snowball, who only sprang from his place just in time to escape their snapping jaws.” (Orwell, 1945, p 53) Orwell is saying how to vicious dogs that Napoleon raised chased Snowball off the farm just like Stalin exiled Leon Trotsky from Russia. Orwell may have used Napoleon as a character from the Russian Revolution because Stalin was a horrible dictator and Napoleon does seem like a horrible ruler of Animal

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