Old Major's speech alludes to Karl Marx's surplus theory of communism. ... Karl Marx introduced the theory of communism which inspired the Russians to overthrow Czar Nicholas, a leader who watched his country indulge in poverty. ... Both speeches revolved around the same idea of "rebellion," however, hypothetically speaking, it would be much more interesting to listen to Old Major's speech as it was more clear, engaging and fitted in with the storyline nicely; as opposed to what would've been a long but sparking speech from Karl Marx. ...

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Marxism is a theory that was developed in the 19th century from the writings of Karl Marx (1818-1883). ... Marx's main analysis of the world viewed economic growth as a "motor of history" (Hobden and Wyn Jones, 2008, p.146). Marx proposed that the hostility that was created because of economic growth between the Bourgeois, who were the owners of the means of production, and the Proletariat, who were the working class could viewed as class conflict. ... Even though Karl Marx did not contribute a deep analysis of international relations, the theory that he proposed of class confli...

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The release of the Communist Manifesto (published in 1848 by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels) on the Russian populace in the late 18th century was a catalyst for the violent, bloody Bolshevik revolution in 1917 – however the influence of the Manifesto, and by extension Marxism, is still hotly debated by historians and differing historiographical schools of thought. The Marxist school of thought, rooted by the namesake inspiration of communist ideals and Marx's original ideas and theories, followed the ideology that revolution is 'inevitable' and that in order for society...

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Old Major represents Karl Marx who instigates the Communist manifesto. In the story, Old Major which instigates rebellion of Animalism with the manifesto "the life of an animal is misery and slavery" (Chapter 1, page 3) this is the same to the manifesto in with Karl Marx uses to instigate Communism. ...

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Karl Marx was born in Germany in 1818. ... This was Lenin's first exposure to the ideas of Marx. ... In The Communist Manifesto, Marx clarifies the role of the Communists: 1. ... But Marx was a true social democrat. ... Marx was an economist. ...

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Woolf applies his dead mind' theory to socialism, as socialism came predominantly from the writings of Karl Marx, who died before the twentieth century and before socialism expanded throughout Europe . Even though Marx died in 1883, the speeches of Jean Jaures show that more people were following his ideas before the outbreak of war than during Marx's lifetime "There is a beginning of working class and social organisation - Jaures was targeting the proletariat with his socialist speeches, and a class of people responding with like thoughts, whatever their nationality, is an exam...

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Another fully communist person in the Novel is Old Major, old Major represents Karl Marx who gave the Russian people the idea of communism, he did this through his remarkable speeches to the Russian people. ...

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The ideas of Communism first started with German Philosopher Karl Marx. ... One man that followed the same ideas of Marx is Vladimir Lenin, key leader of the Bolshevik party in Russia around the early 1900s. ... Lenin had finally come into power and immediately creating his new form of government using the ideas of Karl Marx as a basis. ...

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THEME AND RELEVANCE THEME: The Animal Farm concerns with the Revolution for an ideal, and about how the ideal is violated until it disappears altogether from the new society after the revolution. It tells how the animal captured the Manor Farm from its unconcerned master, change its name to Ani...

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Lenin and the Russian revolution Introduction The Bolsheviks started off, in 1903, as the minority of the Social Democratic Party. As all anti-tsarist groups the party was illegal. The party was based upon the beliefs of Karl Marx, ...

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Old Major could be easily matched with Karl Marx, who is responsible for the "spark" of revolution. ... As mentioned with the allegory, Old Major is the character of Karl Marx. ... Marx wrote books that stated that the only way to establish justice was for the workers to overthrow the capitalists by means of violent revolution. ...

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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. ... This was an underground group of people that followed the communist writings of Karl Marx and was led by Lenin. ...

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Old Major was the inventor of Animalism and could be compared to the inventors of Communism named Marx and Lenin. Old Major and Karl Marx died before the Revolutions began, but they were still responsible for getting the rebellions started. ...

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The party's ideology was based on the ideas of Karl Marx. ... Marx also believed that such political change was inevitable and that there are various stages driven by socio-economic forces. ... This last stage was called communism by Marx and the Bolsheviks began to call themselves communists after the civil war. However, the actions of the Bolshevik party during the war, and certainly after, did not seem to be the actions of a party that followed Karl Marx's work so closely. ...

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George Orwell's Animal Farm is a story about rebellion. The farm animals rebel against Mr. Jones, the farm owner, because of neglect. When the animals chase out Mr. and Mrs. Jones, the animals immediately rejoice. The pigs gain control of the farm. They soon forget the real meaning of "Animalis...

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The theme of Animal Farm is not difficult to understand. On a simple level of reading the book seems to be telling an animal story whereby a group of farmyard animals decide to overthrow their owner and consequently take charge of the farm. However, George Orwell used Animal Farm as a way of portray...

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The Pattern of Revolution Stage 1 There were few people who spoke out and shared their thoughts on revolution. However among the few were three marvelous and some strange men. One of the three was Lenin; who was a Marxist; in other words believed in Communism. Lenin later goes on to ...

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Although "Animal Farm- is only ten chapters in length, it is extremely thought-provoking and it represents a milestone in satirical literature. Because it is a story about a revolution betrayed, George Orwell's main concerns here are both political and satirical. However, I didn't find the book as ...

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In the late nineteenth century there were several main threats to Tsarist authority. There were threats from revolutionary groups, the social democratic party, the peasants and urban workers, middle classes the ethnic groups. There were also threats of Foreign Aggression. Tsarist authority betw...

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Old Major-s role compares to Lenin and Marx whose ideas were to lead to the communist revolution. Animal Farm is a criticism of Karl Marx, as well as a novel perpetuating his convictions of democratic Socialism. ... Like Old Major, Lenin and Marx wrote essays and gave speeches to the working class poor. ...

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Old Major's role compares to Lenin and Marx whose ideas were to lead to the communist revolution. Animal Farm is a criticism of Karl Marx, as well as a novel perpetuating his convictions of democratic Socialism. ... Like Old Major, Lenin and Marx wrote essays and gave speeches to the working class poor. ...

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The most appealing of these ideas was Marxism, named for Karl Marx who was a 19th- century German thinker. ... Marx claimed that the triumph of the middle class, or bourgeoisie, inevitably led to the rise of a proletariat, or laboring class. ... In this utopian setting, all class distinctions would be abolished as would national governments and religion which Marx regarded as tools of bourgeois oppression on the working class. Carl Marx created The Communist Manifesto which which called for a huge revolt. It ends with Carl marx's stating "let the ruling classes tremble at a communist r...

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Lenin immediately began his attempt to construct a socialist government in Russia according to the philosophy of Karl Marx. ... Farmer Jones is Czar Nicholas II, Overthrown by the revolution and later executed by the Bolsheviks; Old Major is Marx and perhaps Marxist-Leninism; Boxer and Clover represent the proletariat (the urban industrial worker)-and more remotely the Chinese revolutionaries of the 1900 Boxer Rebellion; Napoleon stands for Joseph Stalin; Snowball is Leon Trotsky; Mollie is at heart a White Russian with little sympathy for Bolshevik aims; the raven Moses stands for the Russia...

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Joseph Stalin and his influence on USSR Joseph Vissarionovich Dzshugashvilli, also known as Joseph Stalin was a dictator of the Union of Soviet Republics from 1929 to 1953. Joseph Stalin was next in line to further improve USSR. Stalin was a very direct but paranoid person and dictator. He kille...

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Vladimir Ulyanov Lenin Born on May 4, 1870 this son of a Russian nobleman was to have a great effect on the future of Russia and, the world. His father had been the son of a serf who had risen to the position of inspector of schools in Simbirsk. While his mother was the daughter o...

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