Napoleon vs. Stalin In George Orwell's novel Animal Farm, Joseph Stalin, the Russian political leader, was compared to the character of Napoleon, the pig. ... For example: while Napoleon thought he was doing good by tricking everybody into thinking every mistake was Snowball's fault, he was just causing more problems than had already existed. ... It was the same thing with Napoleon; he turned on his comrade Snowball and turned everybody against him only because he wanted all of the power and food and none of the mistakes blamed on himself. ... He pointed out some of Stalin'...

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Napoleon uses his skill, cunning, and power to be more treacherous and dominant than his rival, Snowball. ... Snowball, based on Leon Trotsky, is the pig who challenges Napoleon to run Animal Farm after the Rebellion. Snowball is sharp, articulate, zealous and much less restrained and scheming than Napoleon. ... Although Orwell illustrates Snowball as a somewhat perfect character, he manages to refrain from putting snowball on a pedestal, and we see Snowball's faults quite clearly. ... Squealer stands beind Napoleon by defending the pigs' resources. ...

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The two main leaders of Animal Farm are Snowball and Napoleon, the pigs who symbolize two very significant leaders of the Russian Revolution. Snowball, is a young, smart, and skillful speaking pig that has the characteristics of the leader, Leon Trotsky. As Snowball was a substantial leader of the, "Battle of Cowshed," Trotsky was a significant leader of the, "October Revolution." Snowball was chased off the farm by Napoleon's dogs just as, the KGB chased Trotsky out of Russia. Napoleon was not a good speaker, or as clever as Snowball. ...

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Stalin's part being played by Napoleon and Trotsky's by Snowball. ... Stalin actually does over throw Trotsky, as does Napoleon to Snowball. ... Much like Soviet events, Stalin then makes a country dislike Trotsky through a series of lies and eventually Trotsky is fleeing the country much as Snowball does in Animal Farm. Near the end of Orwell's story the other animals stumble upon Napoleon acting as a human. ... Although Napoleon was actually only trying to better his own position. ...

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(Orwell 35) According to Encarta Encyclopedia Stalin was a Georgian revolutionary which is compared to Napoleon. ... In comparison to the quote of Napoleon, Stalin was large and fierce looking, and would strike fear into his adversaries and patrons. ... "Snowball was a more vivacious pig than Napoleon, quicker in speech and more inventive, but was not considered to have the same depth of character." (Orwell 35) To illustrate this, Snowball is compared to political mastermind Leon Trotsky. As stated above in the quote Snowball didn't have the same depth as Napoleon is true. ...

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This example shows how Snowball was more inclined to work toward improving the Animal Farm, rather than just looking out for himself like Napoleon and the pigs. ... However, Snowball also had weaknesses, he was nave to the possibility that others (Napoleon) may not share his goals and principles. He never considered the idea that his popularity with the animals and his disagreements with Napoleon would cause Napoleon to act against him. ... For example, Snowball never thought about how his talkative nature may be his downfall in the end, however, Napoleon used Snowball's loquaciousness ag...

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This also made him assassinate the people around him just like Napoleon did to the animals which thought they were in league with Snowball. ... This propaganda was want Napoleon used to maintain control through the animals fear of losing their freedom. In addition, Napoleon used the dogs he had brought up to induce fear into the animals so they do not rebel against him. In the Russian Revolution, Napoleon represents Joseph Stalin. ... In the story, Napoleon uses the dog to chased Snowball out of the farm as to ensure Napoleon had full control very everything. ...

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The struggle for domination between Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin emerges in the rivalry between the pigs Snowball and Napoleon. In both the historical and story bound cases, the unrealistic but politically less powerful figure (Trotsky and Snowball) is expelled from the revolutionary state by the cruel and aggressive possessor of power (Stalin and Napoleon). ...

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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. ... In "Animal Farm" Orwell closely followed Napoleon's rise to power and illustrated to the reader how Napoleon used cunning and brute force to gain and maintain power on the animals. ...

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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 Russian Orthodox church and to a lesser extent the Roman Catholic church, which at one time Stalin imagined he could reach an accord; S...

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Another prominent speaker was Squealor, who was chosen by the leader Napoleon to give his speeches. ... The struggle for preeminence between Leon Trotsky and Stalin emerges in the rivalry between the pigs Snowball and Napoleon. In both the historical and fictional cases, the idealistic but politically less powerful figure (Trotsky and Snowball) is expelled from the revolutionary state by the malicious and violent usurper of power (Stalin and Napoleon). The purges and show trials with which Stalin eliminated his enemies and solidified his political base find expression in Animal Farm as the fal...

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