How Does Orwell Present The Russian Revolution In Animal Farm

Animal Farm, a book written by George Orwell, is considered to be one of the best allegories ever written. One of Orwell’s goals in writing the book was to portray the Russian Revolution of 1917, which resulted in having a government that was worse than the one overthrown. Orwell uses a farm overthrown by animals to compare to the Russian Revolution. He makes the characters and events of Animal Farm almost identical to those of the Russian Revolution. In Animal Farm, Mr. Jones represents Tzar Nicholas II, Old Major represents V. I. Lenin, and Snowball represents Leon Trotsky.

Mr. Jones is based on Tsar Nicholas the II, the last Russian emperor. During Tsar’s reign the Russian people experienced terrible poverty and hunger. While Mr. Jones ran the farm the animals also experienced hunger and lack of care (Orwell 1). When Russia entered WW1 they lost more men than any previous war ever had, and this outraged the people of Russia. The people of Russia in desperation began a series of strikes and mutinies that signaled

I. Lenin the leader of the Bolshevik Party that seized control in the 1917 Revolution. As old Major outlines the principles of Animalism, Lenin was inspired by Karl Marx's theory of Communism. Animalism is a theory that all animals are equal and must revolt against their oppressors, and communism is a theory that urges working people to unite against their economic oppressors. Another thing they had in common is that they both died before they could see the final results of what they started. Old Major died before seeing the final results of the revolution as Lenin died before he could see his disciples carry on his reform. They also both changed the names of the places where they lived. Old Major changed Manor Farm into Animal Far as Lenin changed Russia into U.S.S.R. Old Major, like Lenin, also changed the flag of his home. The U.S.S.R.'s flag depicted a hammer and sickle, so the flag of Animal Farm features a horn and