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Similarities Between Animal Farm And Joseph Stalin

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The story of Animal Farm is not just one of a group of talking animals. Rather, the tale seeks to use specific animals to symbolize Joseph Stalin’s totalitarian government. George Orwell, in Animal Farm, expresses the bad actions of Stalin through the operations carried out by a fierce-looking Berkshire boar that goes by the name of Napoleon. Orwell depicts Napoleon as a villain in order to reveal the corrupt doings of Stalin such as his intense greed, manipulation, and use of terror tactics in order to keep control over the Russian people with help from the Soviet Press and Soviet Secret Police. Orwell’s novel is an allegorical writing that uses a fairy tale format in order to expose the wrongdoings of Stalin. Napoleon, a greedy pig, is used to show Stalin’s selfish and corrupt nature through activities such as stealing all the milk and apples for the well being of the pigs instead of for the entire farm. The implementation of selfishness can also be seen at times when the pigs decide to alter the seven commandments in order to benefit the pigs while also continuing to attempt to make them seem as fair to the rest of …show more content…

Not only were they both able to demonstrate their large amount of power but they were able to gain more and more control over their people. Napoleon presented terror tactics in the scenes in which he uses the dogs to enforce his decrees and rid the farm of any traitors, similar to Stalin’s use of the Soviet Secret Police. Not only was the use of dogs extremely effective but also, Napoleon’s action of sending Boxer to the slaughterhouse was the perfect illustration of how easily he is able to get rid of others without leaving behind evidence of their death for the other animals to see. Stalin worked towards ridding Russia from any traitors or spies and was easily able to implement terror throughout his country because many people didn’t want to risk facing their

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