Animal Farm Compared To The Russian Revolution

The events that occurred in the Russian Revolution were very similar to those in Animal Farm. To begin with, in both the revolution and novel, an internal issue that occurred was food shortages. During the Russian Revolution women workers went on a strike protesting against food shortages on February 23rd, 1917, and was backed up by the men the following day, which participated in this uprising in behalf of being inspired by the political and social advocates. The city of St. Petersburg was in ruins due to the great amount of residents that were a part of this demonstration, even the Czars’ soldiers engaged in the protest after establishing that the military was no longer loyal to Czar Nicholas II (1917 Russian Revolution). Meanwhile, in Animal

At the same time, the majority of the people in both affairs fell victim to weak leaders during the beginning of the uprising. For instance, as small as Japan was, the Russians lost in the Russo-Japanese war and it made the people believe that Czar Nicholas II was an inadequate leader (Brown 14). Though the war ended in a demeaning loss for Russia, they had other problems to worry about such as the food shortages and riots. The situation in Russia became unmanageable for Nicholas II and he was forced to resign, which left Russia without a head of state (1917 Russian Revolution). Soon after his abdication, the establishment of the Provisional Government was set to control Russia, as the Bolsheviks gradually rose to power. Similarly, the bad choices Farmer Jones made caused the animals to fight back and led to him being chased off the farm. Lastly, the concept of equality was executed and shown through a new ideology in both the Russian Revolution and Animal Farm. The birth of Communism, for example, emerged after Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels laid the basis of it in the Communist Manifesto, which was a pamphlet published in 1848. Marx’s goals were to bring about economic