Similarities Between Russian Revolution And Animal Farm

Orwell's Animal Farm is an allegory because it is about the Russian Revolution and early years of the Soviet Union. Animal farm reflects the change for both Russia and the real world through the animal farm in the book. There are many parallels within the book to the time of the Russian Revolution. Manor Farm is Russia. Mr. Jones, the farmer, is the Russian Czar, Old Major is Karl Marx, Snowball the pig is Leon Trotsky, Napoleon is Joseph Stalin, Dogs are Napoleons secret police and Boxer the horse is like the working class. Some examples of the characters and how they are similar to their real life counterparts are shown in the next examples. Old Major was like Karl Marx, author of the Communist Manifesto, who wrote of the evil of Feudalism and Capitalism. Both are well respected and listened to by the people. Old major speaks of his dream where all the animals get to keep what they produce and all are equal, like what was said in the Communist Manifesto. Both the Russian revolution and the revolution on Animal Farm started out with great intentions. Snowball, who is similar to Leon Trotsky, wants to spread the word of Animal Farm to all the neighboring farms. Trotsky also wanted to spread the word to other nations. Napoleon the pig decided to secretly raise a group of puppies to defend and force his views on the other animals which is similar to Joseph Stalin who formed the KGB army. Napoleon killed those who disagreed with his views as did

He is successful in helping keep Napoleon’s power. “Our leader Comrade Napoleon” announced Squealer, speaking very slowly and firmly “Has announced categorically-categorically, comrade! - that snowball was Jones agent from the very beginning. Having Squealer say things and change what is said throughout the book helps to convince the animals that they do not remember things correctly. This helps to keep the animals