He also uses this writing technique to criticize the Russian Revolution and it's leaders. His symbolism illustrates what life was like during the Russian Revolution. ... A raven and a pig symbolize religion and leaders of the Russian Revolution. ... George Orwell uses Moses to show the disappearance and reappearance of the Russian Orthodox Church during the Russian Revolution. ... George Orwell expresses life of the Russian Revolution through his characters. ...

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"Manor Farm" (which is later re-named "Animal Farm") represented Russia during the Russian Revolution. ... This was much like the Russian leaders during The Russian Revolution. Many characters in this book symbolized Russian leaders from the Russian Revolution. ... Old Major's role compares to Vladimir Lenin from the Russian Revolution. ... He was trying to show events in the Russian Revolution but from the point of view of animals. ...

• Word Count: 818
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• Grade Level: High School

The novel outlines what happened during the Russian Revolution. In my study I shall be focusing on how the novel relates to the Revolution without actually commenting on it. The novel achieves this firstly by word choice the main word describing this being "comrade" which is a word which the Russians used to address each other by during the times of the revolution. ... The second way in which the novel achieves this is by relating all the characters to people who were a main part of the Revolution the first of whom is Mr Jones. ... Another fully communist person in the Novel is ...

• Word Count: 352
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• Grade Level: High School

Animalism / Communism In the book Animal Farm, there are two disputing pigs that both opt to be leader of the farm after the revolution takes place. ... Joseph Stalin, a Russian dictator, is the counterpart of Napoleon in the story. ... He was a cruel man and showed it by making the peasants of Russia suffer throughout his reign as Czar of Russia. ... Old Major, an old boar that foretold the coming revolution, represents Lenin. ... Farmer Jones, the original owner of the farm before the animal's revolution forced him out, came back with a few men and demolished the windmill. ...

• Word Count: 650
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• Grade Level: High School

Using a variety of allegorical devices in his satire, Animal Farm, Orwell creates an insightful allegory that explores the consequences of communism through the Russian Revolution. ... In this case, by using such a text type to embody his views on the Russian Revolution, George Orwell satirizes and represents individuals and events in history in his dystopian novel Animal Farm. ... In Soviet Russia Squealer represented the Pravda, the Soviet newspaper. ... Readers can infer that Frederick and his men represent German troops who turned against Russia and fought the Soviet Union for land. ......

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Its characters and scenes depicts the people and events of the Russian Revolution of 1917. ... In the start of the story, the oppressor is Farmer Jones, which is the equivalent of Tsar Nicholas Alexandrovich Romanov of Russia (Nicolas II) in the real world. ... This is similar to the cause of the Russian Revolution as Russia had lost the most amount of men during World War 1. ... In the Russian Revolution, Napoleon represents Joseph Stalin. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Orwell symbolizes Animal Farm as Russia during and after the Russian Revolution. Almost everything in Animal Farm represents something from the Russian Revolution. ... On the farm Napoleon represents Joseph Stalin, Squealer is propaganda, the dogs are the secret police, Boxer is the dedicated but tricked communist supporters and Benjamin is the skeptical people in and outside of Russia. ...

• Word Count: 589
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• Grade Level: High School

During the turmoil of the early years of the French Revolution, Napoleon rapidly rose through the military ranks. ... First, Napoleon helped end the French Revolution. ... Napoleon was a very aggressive emperor that achieved the throne following his achievements in the violent and bloody French Revolution. ... In order to settle this disgrace, Napoleon retaliated and led a massive army into Russia. ... Behind the scenes, the Russians set fires across the city to disintegrate the supplies of Napoleon's troops. ...

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Orwell intended to criticize the communist regime he saw sweeping through Russia and spreading to Europe and even the United States. ... This, obviously, is a reference to Stalin, who murdered many of his own people in order to maintain his dictatorship of Russia. ... From a symbolic point of view, the windmill represents the enormous transformation projects undertook in Soviet Russia after the Russian Revolution. ... Orwell uses his characters not only to portray leaders form the Russian revolution, but to also emphasize his main point of the novel. ... Even though Napoleon is always...

• Word Count: 1014
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Animalism symbolizes communism and the characters symbolize Russian leaders and people of importance. ... Boxer symbolizes the hard working Russian class that Stalin abused for his own benefit. ... She represents the nobles of Russia that abandoned the people after the Russian Revolution. ... He is later thrown out of the farm at the Animal Revolution. ... The animals begin a revolution in which Mr. ...

• Word Count: 1186
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• Grade Level: High School

However, the events in Animal Farm are allegorical to Soviet Russian politics from 1919-1953. ... The so-called "second Bolshevik Revolution" was used by Stalin to eliminate political enemies (108). ... However, a weakness of the plan was that the plans favored heavy industry, there fore starving the Russian people. ... However, Stalin was later betrayed by his supposed ally and lost virtually all of European Russia to the German blitzkrieg. ...

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Wednesday, 11th June 2003 The symbolism in Animal Farm Animal Farm has been described as a satire on the Russian revolution , as a result, many symbolisms can be found in this book. ... Pigs which might represent the communist party, Stalin's friends as well perhaps, as the Duma ( or Russian parliament). ... What is more, Boxer, together with Clover are used to represent the proletariat in the Russian society. ...

• Word Count: 569
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• Grade Level: High School

Orwell modeled many of his characters after Russian leaders. He depicts the troubles of Russia in a book about farm animals. Animal Farm draws parallels from the situation leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917. ... This made them very angry, fed by the words of Old Major the animals decided to rebel like the Russians. ... The animal Napoleon can be compared as a character representing Stalin in Russia. ...

• Word Count: 667
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• Grade Level: High School

This George Orwell story takes place during the Russian Revolution in 1917. It is about the animals of the Manor Farm who overthrow their master after being mistreated for a long time. The farm animals continue to do their usual work only with more pride because they"re doing it for themselves rat...

• Word Count: 392
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• Grade Level: High School

This story is about the Manor Farm in England, around the time of the Russian revolution. The animals on this farm started their own revolution because they were so irritated with the way they were being treated. ...

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Power corrupts, and the human nature to want power is why communism does not work. Although not likely intentional, George Orwell, in his novel Animal Farm, portrays events in Russia during the revolution. By looking at the actions of the pigs, Orwell shows that a communist system does not work. T...

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The theme of Fahrenheit 451 is discovered in the landscape of a story that takes place in a time period where books are illegal because the government is scared that knowledge learned from books will cause disharmony and potentially lead to revolution. ... " (106) Adolf Hitler lied to Joseph Stalin (like Fredrick lied to Napoleon) when he created an alliance between Nazi Germany and communist Russia and then Hitler violated their alliance and attacked the USSR. ...

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• Grade Level: High School