In Russia, there were many food shortages which caused the people to demonstrate and then the Russian soldiers refused to suppress them and the leaders demanded that Nicholas transfer his power to parliamentary government because everything was getting out of control. Soviet workers and soldiers formed a special committee and established a government. ... Many lessons can be learned by reading Animal Farm that can help countries and governments around the world from making mistakes in wielding their power against their people. If a population is suppressed and not allowed ...

• Word Count: 1698
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

In Russia, there were many food shortages which caused the people to demonstrate and then the Russian soldiers refused to suppress them and the leaders demanded that Nicholas transfer his power to parliamentary government because everything was getting out of control. Soviet workers and soldiers formed a special committee and established a government. ... Many lessons can be learned by reading Animal Farm that can help countries and governments around the world from making mistakes in wielding their power against their people. If a population is suppressed and not allowed to accumulate things ...

• Word Count: 1545
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

This was primarily due to the fact that he saw to many similarities between the communist governments and the former Tsarist regimes in Old Russia. ... It is clear to see that the pigs and dogs take most of the power for themselves, seeing themselves as the best administrators of the "government". ... This of course resembles the actions of Stalin who murdered in order to maintain power of Russia. ... The cruelty of Stalin towards the Russian people is also shown through the character of Napoleon. ... Many commentator's correlate squealer with the Pravda, the Russian newspaper of the 19...

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• Approx Pages: 5

He anthropomorphises the animals, and alludes each one to a counterpart in Russian history. ... Almost immediately, Napoleon established a totalitarian government. ... Immediately the reader can begin to draw parallels between the book's characters and the government in 1917-44 Russia. ... Snowball represents Trotsky, a Russian leader after the revolution. ... Rather, "state communism" was established, where a central government owned them. ...

• Word Count: 1462
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

He anthropomorphises the animals, and alludes each one to a counterpart in Russian history. ... Almost immediately, Napoleon established a totalitarian government. ... Immediately the reader can begin to draw parallels between the book's characters and the government in 1917-44 Russia. ... Snowball represents Trotsky, a Russian leader after the revolution. ... Rather, "state communism" was established, where a central government owned them. ...

• Word Count: 1501
• Approx Pages: 6

Even the minor characters of the story symbolize relevance with Russian history. ... All this is an allegory to Russian Revolution. All of the characters of the farm have a special role in Russian Revolution. The farm itself represents Russia, with its poor conditions and unjust leaders. ... Similarly, this foundation also occurred in Russian Revolution. ...

• Word Count: 1539
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

There will always be scandal and corruption in government. ... The fundamentals in which their society is based on reminds me of those of any democratic form of government. ... This gives the chance for debate in their government. ... The novel bares a striking resemblance to the story of revolution and communism in Russia, staring with the overthrow of the Tsar and in 1945 ending in the very oppressive and aggressive regime under Stalin. Many of the attributes of Stalin's leadership of Russia are the same as Napoleon's leadership of Animal Farm. ...

• Word Count: 2085
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

His comment implies that the information the public receives can, and frequently is, skewed by the government. ... Animal Farm is most famous as a stinging critique of the history and rhetoric of the Russian Revolution. ... Stalin's tyrannical rule and eventual abandonment of the founding principles of the Russian Revolution are represented by the pigs' turn to violent government and the adoption of human traits and behaviors, the trappings of their original oppressors. ...

• Word Count: 2177
• Approx Pages: 9