Animal Farm Communism

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Animal farm, a wonderful book, tells the story of how animals on a farm rose up against the despicable rule of the humans and take control. The animals, tired of how farmer Jones mistreated them, had a meeting lead by old major, a boar, to discuss the injustices they have dealt with. This is where the basis of animalism which is a philosophy built upon the ideal that “All animals where created equal”. Inspired by animalism the farm animals overtake the farm, kick the humans off the land, and rename the farm “Animal farm”. After triumphing over farmer Jones, animal farm was in need of order, this is where three pigs , Napoleon, Snowball, and Squealer, step up and help form a government. This animal run government starts out as a way to help …show more content…

This is one of the many similarities between animalism and communism. Animalism beliefs are that all animals considered and worked towards, in order to govern themselves. Everyone are treated equally, all shares of work were equal and portions of food. None of the animals showed any unfairness in equality. This is very similar to the basis of communism which is a structure that promotes equality, fairness, classless society, which is followed by a group of people who believe in an egalitarian system. The major differences between the two in my mind are some of the commandments in animalism such as “no animal shall sleep in a bed”(Page 15 Animal …show more content…

Stalin is related to Napoleon in the novel Animal Farm, who is the leader of the farm. The reason why they are related is because the personality of Napoleon is quite similar to Stalin because they are both dictators and they both have opposing rivals that they wanted to kill. After Old Major’s death, which in turn symbolizes Lenin's death, Stalin and Napoleon gathered support and kill all the people who went against them. In the novel, Napoleon killed all the chickens because they didn't want to give them anymore eggs. This is to symbolize what Stalin did in the past when he killed the farmers who would not give up their

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