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Tsar was the dictator of totalitarianism (where the government seeks to control all aspects of life) Russia which was in decadence and corruption, thereby most people were unease about the situation. It then lead to Marx and Lenin’s ‘prophet’ of a totally equal socialist country controlled not by free-market based capitalism where wealthy people ruled. Although most people did not understand the words, they were well persuaded by the essential ground-breaking word ‘freedom’.
Is not it similar to chapter 1 in the novel? As most animals in the novel are dissatisfied with Mr. Jones’ dictatorship. Old Major stood out before his death persuading all other animals the possibility of ruling all by themselves. The comparison will be similar throughout the novel.
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The image of Snowball rushing fiercely towards Mr. Jones appears immediately in our minds.
Then, what do you remember from the novel? Snowball being exiled by Napoleon， is not it? This is also based on real history. Trotsky, being the person with the greatest possibility of competing dictator leadership with Stalin, was being executed from USSR just like how the dogs presented by Orwell chased Snowball out of the Animal Farm.
The theme ‘language as power’ became a more and more important tool to the USSR press after the exile of Trotsky. Thanks to the press’ ‘believable’ words, fidelity of the people towards the communism government did not exterminated (or go away in easier terms) at all. This is also what Squealer had done in Animal Farm. However, Stalin(Napoleon)’s totalitarianism, which ignored not only the feedbacks from people but also democracy and legal system itself, had lead to huge problems in the country. Similar to the incidents after chapter 5. Let me introduce a few examples from the novel.
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