Animal Farm By George Orwell
...in real life. This
book was based on the Russian Revolution, and all the important populace
of the revolution are symbolized. Some of the animals represent
individuals in the Russian Revolution, and some types of animals
represent different types of Russian citizens. The book carries out much
like the actual revolution. It starts out with hopes of an empire where
all are equal and the unfair unjust leader is thrown out. Then it moves
on to where some individuals begin to take more power than is rightfully
theirs. At the end the rulers have completely taken over and the kingdom
is as it was under the original rulers. I will compare the animals from
top of the social class to the bottom. At the top were the pigs. Each pig
represented someone different in the revolution. Old Major is compared to
Lenin. He was an ideologist who dreamed up a wonderful government where
all the animals were equal and the humans, or the czars, were pushed out.
Unfortunately his dream would never materialize. Then we are left with
his predecessors. The first is Snowball. Snowball believed one hundred
percent in Old Majors ideals. He wanted all the things Old Major wanted,
such as the welfare of the animals. In the Russian Revolution his
counterpart would be Trotsky. Trotsky believed and wanted the same things
as Lenin, and wanted to continue what Lenin had started. Then comes
Napoleon. Napoleon was selfish and greedy. He did not want to share the
power or the decision making with any other individual. This was the same
for Stalin. At first Napoleon and Snowball shared the decision making and
had debates about what course of action they would take. This worked for
awhile. Then Napoleon grew weary of long debates, and he thought he could
make the decision by himself. He then forced Snowball out of the farm and
started to spread lies...
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