These two poems, in fact, constitute the driving forces behind the two major patterns of attitudes of the animals in the novel, namely revolution and submissiveness. ... Through his narrative, Orwell emphasizes the similarities between the animal farm and Russia in the 20 century to unveil the duplicity of both the fictional leader Napoleon and the historical leader Stalin. ... Historically, the leaders of the Bolshevik Revolution capitalized upon the Marxist principle of the "dictatorship of the proletariat " to legitimize their repression and suppression of democratic freedoms. Accordingly, ...

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They are seemingly forever stuck within their confines of social status, and knowing this The Party mostly leave them to their own devices in their slums, knowing that without a collective consciousness wanting change or revolution they pose little threat to The Party's power, even though ironically it is the Proles that could relatively easily overthrow their heavily outnumbered rulers due to their sheer numbers (this is noted by Winston who claims on the first line of chapter seven 'if there is hope, it lies in the Proles'2). ... Big Brother acts as the enigmatic leader of T...

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