Personification is used in Animal Farm to express the characteristics of the people and organizations that played an important in the Russian Revolution. ... Orwell's use of personification in this case provides a critique of the proletariat, at the same time as avoiding open criticism of the Russian revolution depicted in the novel. ... The commonality and everyday attitude/ approach towards the violence is designed to lead the readers to express serious concerns about the outcome of the animals' revolution in Animal Farm, and more largely the overwhelming outcome of the Russian re...

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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. ... Similarly, this foundation also occurred in Russian Revolution. ... In Animal Farm, the Battle of Cowshed represents the civil war that followed the Russian Revolution. ... By using this statement, realized is the relationship between Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution. ...

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The plot of Animal Farm follows the Russian Revolution. ... During the Russian revolution, Russian leader Joseph Stalin used secret police to 'get rid' of anyone who threatened his power. ... Another example of the parallel between "Animal Farm" and the Russian Revolution is when the animals start to rebuild the windmill. ... " During the Russian Revolution, Russia suffered a similar event which resulted in a famine. ... " Through this representation of the Russian Revolution, human nature and society, Orwell has distinctly shown us that when looking to the past ...

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Being an allegory, most of the characters and events have a parallel in Stalinist Russia: Mr Jones, the evil farmer, represents the Russian Czar; Napolean, the power hungry boar, portrays the corrupt Joesph Stalin and Snowball, the idealistic pig, personifies Leon Trotsky, the clever partner of Stalin. However, Animal Farm is not simply a satire on the Russian Revolution. ... The sheep in Animal Farm are the brainwashed and blind supporters of the totalitarian regime that exists on the farm and portray the innocent public during the Bolshevik revolution. ... This is a reference to Stalin, who ...

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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. ... RELEVANCE: The story of the Animal Farm is about the Russian Revolution. ... My grandfather recommended this book to me because he said that I could easily find connections in this story even if I know nothing about the Russian Revolution. ...

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The novel Animal Farm by George Orwell is an allegory or a symbolism of the Russian Revolution. The revolution was the apex of a long era of despotism and unrest. ... The revolution would communize property and production. ... As was the beginning of the Communist rule in Russia. ... Another way that this novel mirrors the Russian Revolution is that most of the workers in St. ...

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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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However, he did not intend this almost 'chil-like' style of writing to undermine the very serious message as to the consequences of revolution. ... To answer this question with total confidence as to Orwell's opinion, we must be aware of his personal feelings towards the revolution that took place in Russia, and translate it to the rebellion of a group of farm animals. ... He seems to hold the same opinions about revolution as Orwell - even though Benjamin fails to speak out until after the death of his friend Boxer. ... Benjamin, with his understanding of the events takin...

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Zedong and Stalin led the communists in China and Russia. ... The chaos which followed WWI allowed totalitarian governments to be founded in Russia, Italy, and Germany. In the case of 1984, totalitarianism is established after a revolution occurs. ... The dictators normally do not allow citizens to possess weapons so that, in case of a revolution, the government can quietly and easily put it down. ... There have been many totalitarian states throughout the course of history including Germany, Italy, Russia, and China. ...

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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 Republics, was founded on the ideals of social equality and sharing. Instead the people of the USSR had a nightmare unleashed on them unrivaled in the archives of human history. Only once in the passing of human fictional literature has the sensitive horror of this regime been displayed once, much l...

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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...

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The Bolshevik revolution in Russia is a good example that proved these ideas are true. Before revolution the proles in Russia suffer from poverty and the pressure of the Czar on the society while the Czar and his family lived in luxury. ...

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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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Political science influenced George Orwell to construct many of his well-known novels. His life was greatly impacted by the government from the day of his birth. Born at Motihari, near Nepal, in 1903; Eric Blair's father was an agent of the Opium Department of the British Raj. Not only was Blair...

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He made the point that if anyone were to over throw big brother it would be the proles because being unmonitored they are allowed to have sex and reproduce as they wish and they make eighty five percent of the population (sounds much like the French Revolution). ... Orwell had lived through both world wars and had seen some of Linen and Stalin's rule in Russia. ... The only thing I found noteworthy was that the in beginning it seemed like it was going to be another French revolution. ...

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1 George Orwell's views on the future were astonishing but yet very creepy. His book 1984 is a chilling insight into the future. It could only be written with the conviction of George Orwell who believed it could actually happen. In 1903 George Orwell is born in Bengal, India on June 25. His...

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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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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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George Orwell created 1984 with the purpose of trying to show the terrible side of totalitarian governments and as such drastically emphasized the negative characteristics of the governments that existed during his time (Spain/Russia/Germany). ...

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