Many authors receive their inspiration for writing their literature from outside sources. ... It is an example of social criticism in literature in which Orwell satirized the events in Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution. ... A Tale of Two Cities also typifies this kind of literature. ... (Gardner, 106) Orwell noted that " there exists in England almost no literature of disillusionment with the Soviet Union.' ... Snowball represents Trotsky, a Russian leader after the revolution. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"Social Criticism in Literature, As Found in George Orwell's Animal Farm and Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities." Many authors receive their inspiration for writing their literature from outside sources. ... It is an example of social criticism in literature in which Orwell satirized the events in Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution. ... A Tale of Two Cities also typifies this kind of literature. ... Snowball represents Trotsky, a Russian leader after the revolution. ...

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His symbolism illustrates what life was like during the Russian Revolution. ... The portrayal of the Russian Revolution through his symbolic characters gives this novel a significant role in 20th century literature. ... A raven and a pig symbolize religion and leaders of the Russian Revolution. ... Moses, a talkative raven, represents the Russian Orthodox Church. ... George Orwell uses Moses to show the disappearance and reappearance of the Russian Orthodox Church during the Russian Revolution. ...

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Throughout literature authors use several elements and strategies to hold interest in a reader. ... In the novel Animal Farm, George Orwell uses characterization to symbolize certain figures and events of historical communist Russia, and conveys these aspects into a beast fable... Trotsky wanted change but not radical change, he was among the R.S.D. the Russian Social Democrats, which didn't agree with most aspects of Marxism. ... In the novel Animal Farm, George Orwell uses characterization to symbolize certain figures and events of historical communist Russia, and conveys these aspect...

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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. ... It is evident the fable is an allegory, containing one level of children's literature, and beneath that a more vivid account of pre and post Russian revolution. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Group Project: Cold War Literature - Fiction Many novels throughout the 1950's sought to show the ills of communism. ... These novels also tried to let the public escape to a sci-fi world where the fear of the Russians did not exist. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The poem "Comrade Napoleon" along with the "Seven Commandments" indicate the vital role religion and literature can play as ideological state apparatuses in disciplining the masses. ... 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. ... Accordingly, Stalin claimed the right to establish a powerful and oppressive state to protect the revolution from any attempt to restore the old regime of the bourgeoisie in Russia. Similarly to the anim...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

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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• Grade Level: High School

In the 1st 50 years of the 20th Century, it came to pass that revolutionary turmoil in the name of social progress brought humanity to the gates of destruction. Out of these flames of war arose several huge Political systems that bestrode the globe. One of these, the Union of Soviet Socialist Rep...

• Word Count: 8146
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School