Stalin's part being played by Napoleon and Trotsky's by Snowball. ... Stalin actually does over throw Trotsky, as does Napoleon to Snowball. ... Much like Soviet events, Stalin then makes a country dislike Trotsky through a series of lies and eventually Trotsky is fleeing the country much as Snowball does in Animal Farm. Near the end of Orwell's story the other animals stumble upon Napoleon acting as a human. ... Although Napoleon was actually only trying to better his own position. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This also made him assassinate the people around him just like Napoleon did to the animals which thought they were in league with Snowball. ... This propaganda was want Napoleon used to maintain control through the animals fear of losing their freedom. In addition, Napoleon used the dogs he had brought up to induce fear into the animals so they do not rebel against him. In the Russian Revolution, Napoleon represents Joseph Stalin. ... In the story, Napoleon uses the dog to chased Snowball out of the farm as to ensure Napoleon had full control very everything. ...

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The struggle for domination between Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin emerges in the rivalry between the pigs Snowball and Napoleon. In both the historical and story bound cases, the unrealistic but politically less powerful figure (Trotsky and Snowball) is expelled from the revolutionary state by the cruel and aggressive possessor of power (Stalin and Napoleon). ...

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Manor Farm represents Russia, and Old Major, Snowball, and Napoleon represent the prominent figures of the Russian Revolution namely Marx/ Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin respectively. ... In "Animal Farm" Orwell closely followed Napoleon's rise to power and illustrated to the reader how Napoleon used cunning and brute force to gain and maintain power on the animals. ...

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• Grade Level: High School