On the Eastern Front of World War II, there was a major battle known as “Battle of Stalingrad.” During this battle Germany fought Soviet Union for control of Stalingrad. 150,000 Germans died due to this situation. In the book “Animal Farm” the chapter about the “Battle of the Windmill” represents the “Battle of Stalingrad.’ Animals fought animals leaving a cow, three sheep, and two geese to die all because one person could not stand up and take the blame for what they had done. The “Establishment of Animal Farm” was formed under the leadership of Snowball and Napoleon. Different levels of commandments were set by law. As for in history this represents the “Establishment of Soviet Union” where U.S.S.R (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
The novel Animal Farm, by George Orwell, was an allegory about the Russian Revolution in which the author used a farm and it’s members to symbolize major characters and their actions. In this composition, I will reveal to you many of Joseph Stalin’ s important contributions and how they relate to the actions of Napoleon from Animal Farm. I will break this topic down into the following three parts, their rise to power, Stalin’s Five Year Plan, and their use and abuse of authority.
After Stalin and Napoleon rid of competition (Trotsky and Snowball), they manipulate the media and fundamentally re-write history to portray Trotsky and Snowball as the common enemy to provoke a negative union among the public. This leads to the Great Purge from 1936 to 1938. Innocent people we forced to publically confess of crimes they did not commit. Stalin had the NKVD execute anyone that posed as a threat or spoke out against his leadership, thus eliminating free speech. In 1928, Stalin wanted to adjust the agricultural system by producing crops on a larger farm rather than small individual farms. In theory, this would produce more crops but in fact, did the complete opposite and caused a widespread famine from 1931 to 1932. When this
World War II was a very unfair time for a lot of people, including innocent civilians and soldiers fighting in battles. The Battle of Stalingrad made a large impact on WWII during the mid-1940’s. During this battle, many soldiers were treated unjustly and unfairly. This paper will focus on the hardships and rough living conditions soldiers had to face during the Battle of Stalingrad. One way that oppression was caused during this battle was though the soldier’s environment and situation of living. The next way is how many innocent civilians were treated in the midst of the battle. The last way was the war in general causing oppression. All of these reasons caused oppression in their own ways and made the battle horrifying
Griffin Riley 2/20/14 176. ANIMAL FARM Animal Farm teaches about communism because of its characters. Napoleon was based on a famous Russian dictator named Joseph Stalin. The next character is named Snowball, who is based on Leon Trotsky because he was another Russian leader. Between these three characters, I will show the relationship between the animals and real life communism.
Education is not as prominent in the book as during the Russian Revolution. In the book, education is mentioned when Snowball finds old spelling books, once belonging to Mr. Jones. He begins to teach himself, followed by the other pigs, and finally he helps the other animals to read and write. Some of the not so intelligent animals find this quite taxing, whereas the pigs– being the most intelligent, learn the fastest. Snowball is the most interested in educating the animals, and the well being of the other animals on the farm. Just as Trotsky was intent in educating the Russian people, and their well being during the Revolution. “Napoleon took no interest in Snowball’s committees. He said that education of the young was more important than anything that could be done for those who were already grown up.” This shows Snowball’s commitment to the animals compared to the uninterested Napoleon.
George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm is a great example of allegory and political satire. The novel was written to criticize totalitarian regimes and particularly Stalin's corrupt rule in Russia. In the first chapter, Orwell gives his reasons for writing the story and what he hopes it will accomplish. It also gives reference to the farm and how it relates to the conflicts of the Russian revolution. The characters, settings, and the plot were written to describe the social upheaval during that period of time and also to prove that the good nature of true communism can be turned into something atrocious by an idea as simple as greed.
The purpose of this is to compare Russian revolution and Animal farm. The first comparison im going to make is going to be between Boxer and the communist of Russian. The second and which was a major reason this whole thing was successful is because of the police which carried out orders and obeyed what ever Lenin said, as the dogs did for Napolean. The third is between Snowball and Trotsky, how they both wanted to make life better for their people.
...evolt and, in real life, it is estimated that somewhere between 4 and 10 million Ukrainian peasants were starved to death by Stalin. In the book, the hens smashed their own eggs to protest Napoleon’s action; in real life, the Ukrainian farmers slaughtered their own livestock before joining a collective as a form of protest. The problem got so out of hand that Stalin eventually executed any farmer found guilty of engaging in the practice.
Animal Farm is a satirical novel about the Soviet Union, with the characters and animals representing someone or something from the Soviet Union during World War two. For example Major represents Lenin, Squealer is Molotov, and Napoleon represents Stalin. Three of the main roles of the revolution Animal farm were Squealer, Boxer, and the sheep. Squealer represents the political propagandist. He went around the farm telling lies to all of the other animals. Boxer portrays the laborers and the low social class. These are the people who have to sell their labor to live. And finally, the sheep. The sheep illustrate the people who are swayed by the propaganda. The people who don’t think for themselves and just repeat what others in power say.
Animal Farm by George Orwell is a satire of the Russian Revolution that took place during the late 1930s. Orwell uses vibrant characters such as Snowball, Old Major, and Napoleon to represent some of Russia’s horrific past. While Old Major represents the idea of revolution and Snowball represents the idea of industrialism, Napoleon represents the totalitarian dictatorship in Russia. Animal Farm is a good example of what happened to Russia during this time period. While Animal Farm could represent any dictatorship, it more specifically represents the totalitarianism brought on by Joseph Stalin through communism.
This story Animal Farm by George Orwell is a novel about an animal revolution over an oppressive farmer. The irony in the story comes when the pigs turn into the very thing revolted against. They exhibit the same cruelty by treating the other animals the same or even worse than previous owners. This cycle of cruelty is shown in the Russian revolution by Joseph Stalin who is represented by Napoleon in the story. Cruelty in animal farm is shown by the human’s treatment of the animals, and the animal’s eventual treatment of each other and the ironic characteristics of the two.
George Orwell directly relates the windmill, the executions, and the dogs to events that happened during Stalin’s era. Stalin was a deceiving ruler, just like Napoleon. George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a political satire that critiques the way Stalin ruled the Soviet Union in an inhumane way.
Historical/Cultural Context of Animal Farm The Russian Revolution: In 1917, two revolutions were involved in Russia, which terminated centuries of imperial ruling. The Russian revolution was made up of two revolutions, which the first one was in February, and the second one was in October. These revolutions started political, and social changes that lead to the creation of the Soviet Union. By March of 1917, Russia who became civil turned into turmoil, which caused constant food shortages.
In George Orwell’s novel, Animal Farm, the windmill is symbolic of and represents many things. The windmill is symbolic of the different mentalities of the two leaders of animals farm, it is can be portrayed as a role of politics, and it is represents the animal's independence.
Totalitarianism is a political regime based on subordination of the individual to the state and strict control of all aspects of life. It was used by Stalin and the Bolsheviks in Russia during the 1920's and 30's and is parodied in Animal Farm by Napoleon, the "almighty" leader, and his fellow pigs and their ridiculous propaganda and rigorous rule. In the book, Napoleon is deified and made superior to all other animals on the farm, for example he is called emperor or leader while everyone else was referred to as a "comrade", and all the pigs were given higher authority then the rest of the animals. An inequality between the pigs and rest of the farm was that the pigs lived in the farm house while the other majority had to sleep in pastures. A certain pig Squealer who could "turn black into white" was in charge of propaganda, and he would often change the commandments of the farm so that they would fit the actions of Napoleon or the "upper class" of the farm which was supposedly classless. For example, at one time a commandment read "No animal shall drink alcohol"(P. 75), but soon after Napoleon drank an abundance and almost died the commandment was changed to "No animal shall drink to excess." which made it seem as though Napoleon was within the rules. Another instance where Napoleon showed severe rule was when everyone on the farm who had either pledged for or showed support at one time for Snowball, the exiled former leader, was executed on the spot. This act was a humorous resemblance of The Great Purge in Russia where all opposition was killed off. The governing system of the Animal Farm was truly corrupt, but it did not stop with the propaganda and executions.