"Orwell's Animal Farm is more than a fairy story. ... Although Orwell's originally titled novel, "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story", combined with the use of animals as characters in the novel, may appeal to children, the content of Animal Farm goes beyond any magical or make-believe story. ... However, Animal Farm is not simply a satire on the Russian Revolution. ... The sheep in Animal Farm are the brainwashed and blind supporters of the totalitarian regime that exists on the farm and portray the innocent public during the Bolshevik revolution. ... Such is not the case in Orwell's A...

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In Animal farm Orwell uses his symbolic farm to represent the communist system. ... The barn at Manor Farm is where all on the democracy issue among the animals come up. ... Napoleon, based on Joseph Stalin, is the pig who becomes the leader of Animal Farm after the Rebellion. ... He never shows interest in the strength of Animal Farm itself, only in the strength of his power over it. ... Snowball, based on Leon Trotsky, is the pig who challenges Napoleon to run Animal Farm after the Rebellion. ...

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When George Orwell wrote the book 'Animal Farm', he did so in a style noted for its direct manner and its easiness to understand. ... To answer this question with total confidence as to Orwell's opinion, we must be aware of his personal feelings towards the revolution that took place in Russia, and translate it to the rebellion of a group of farm animals. ... Out of all the characters in 'Animal farm', Benjamin the donkey comes closest to the author's voice. ... Therefore we can ask ourselves, would Benjamin accept the uprising of the animals against the pigs, as ...

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The theory behind collectivisation was that it would replace the small scale un-mechanised and inefficient farms, with large scale mechanised farms that would produce food far more efficiently. ... For those with property, however, collectivisation meant giving up to the collective farms and selling most of the food that they produced to the state at low prices set by the state itself, leaving the farmers with a bare minimum. ... In an attempt to prevent resistance to collectivisation, the USSR used shock brigades to force reluctant peasants into joining the collective farms (1929-33). In resp...

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