Leon Trotsky Lev Davidovich, or should I say Mr. Leon Trotsky. Born in a Jewish farm to David and Anna Bronstein. At 8 years old he was sent to school in Odessa where he became enthralled with Marxism. He later moved to Nikolayev in the Ukraine to study more into Marxism. Leon Trotsky was one of the most important revolutionaries in the history of Russia, who fought alongside others. Selected the Commissar of War he helped to win battles against the forces that were opposed to Bolshevik principles. During his reign, Trotsky was responsible for building the Red Army and led it to an overwhelming victory in the battle against the White Army. All of Trotsky's life he struggled to promote theories regarding the Marxist society. Leon Trotsky has many relations and similarities, one of the biggest is Animal farm. Animal farm, is a book written by George Orwell. In the book Leon compares to Snowball, where both are leaders that headed up a revolution against the older leader. Both were viciously ran off of their home land as leader. "One of them all but closed jaws on Snowball's tail, but Snowball whisked it free just in time. Then he put on an extra spurt and, with a few inches to spare, slipped through a hole in the hedge and was seen no more." (Orwell 58) …show more content…
In his life, Trotsky, helped to start or support the new rising government theory, Marxism. In the novel, Snowball shows different traits of Marxism. He shows the traits of each animal doing their own work and doing work that matched the abilities of each of them. As Marxism began to become popular, it had to begin competing with other theories. "Now comrades, to the hayfield! Let us make it a point of honor to get in the harvest more quickly than Jones and his men could do." (Orwell