Animal Farm American Revolution

While the working class starved and toiled in the fields, the fruits of their labor would not be enjoyed by themselves, but by the ruling people, who did no work of their own. This would lead to the seeds of rebellion being firmly planted in the people of Russia and the animals of Manor Farm. The working class in both scenarios became discontent with how they were neglected and used, choosing to no longer follow a king but rather choosing to rally under one individual. Replacing the cruel and uncaring monarchy with a form of government that benefits the people and the working class seemed to be the best decision at the time, but the message and intentions of such a system became distorted and skewed, so much so that the two ideologies became seemingly identical. In both Manor Farm and Russia, this prosperous system that was meant to save the working class from their constant

The leaders of these movements, Vladimir Lenin Old Major, would rally the common, working people to their cause and put the wheels of Revolution into place. “All men are enemies. All animals are comrades.” (Orwell 4) In both reality and in the book, the enemies of the public are identified quickly and whether they be rich, privileged individuals or Man, they both exploit and neglect the working class. With a violent revolt, both leaders would have their dreams realized with an abolishment of an unsympathetic and weak ruler, in the form of Tsar Nicholas II and Mr. Jones. While this revolt was successful, the point of it all would begin to be lost with the hostile seizure of power by an ambitious revolutionary, Joseph Stalin, and Napoleon. These leaders would work dispose of their main political enemy, Leon Trotsky, and Snowball, and they would lead to the elimination and distortion of the ideals that they fought for, reverting themselves to the governments of