Two younger pigs; Snowball and Napoleon, put Old Major's ideas into a philosophy and call it Animalism. ... Soon there is a struggle for power between Snowball and Napoleon. ... Napoleon is opposed to this idea and sends attack dogs to chase Snowball out of town. ... Napoleon tells everyone that Snowball toppled the windmill. So anyone that goes against the words of Napoleon would then be with Snowball and would be put to death by the dogs. ...

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In one part of the book Napoleon charged the dogs on Snowball, another animal. ... Trotsky and Stalin-s relationship was very much like Snowball-s and Napoleons. ... They chased Snowball away. ... Snowball first introduced the windmill concept to the farm but Napoleon disagreed with him and had the dogs chase him away. ... When it blew down, Napoleon blamed it on Snowball. ...

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Jones was like Czar Nicholas, Old Major was compared to Vladimir Lenin, Snowball was similar to Leon Trotsky, and Napoleon was reminiscent of Joseph Stalin. ... When Old Major died, Napoleon and Snowball took over. Napoleon was very rude, aggressive, and was just concerned with having a lot of power, while Snowball generally wanted to do what he thought was best for the animals. ... Snowball, Leon Trotsky, Napoleon, and Joseph Stalin are perfect comparisons. Trotsky, like Snowball, was mainly concerned with spreading his ideas, while Stalin, like Napoleon, was more interested in solidif...

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When Napoleon felt threatened by Snowball Squealer convinced most of the farm that Snowball had been against the far the whole time so they shouldn't trust Snowball. ... Squealer's continuous support to Napoleon alike of the Pravda, made him unpopular, due to the fact that he made up stories to cover for Napoleon's controversial decisions and he convinced the animals that the pigs were the leaders and the rest of the farm worked hard to please the farm overall, when really it was only to provide for the pigs. ... This approach is displayed through characters such as Boxer, a st...

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In one part of the book Napoleon charged the dogs on Snowball, another animal. ... Trotsky and Stalin's relationship was very much like Snowball's and Napoleons. ... They chased Snowball away. ... Snowball first introduced the windmill concept to the farm but Napoleon disagreed with him and had the dogs chase him away. ... When it blew down, Napoleon blamed it on Snowball. ...

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Both Stalin and the character Napoleon used purges to consolidate political power. ... This is paralleled in Animal Farm when Napoleon suddenly forces Snowball out of the farm and for no apparent reason animals were killed for being counterrevolutionary. For example, Napoleon killed, "the same four pigs who had protested when Napoleon abolished the Sunday Meetings," (92). Another example of parallel between Stalin and Napoleon was their five-year plan. ... This is paralleled in the book with Napoleon's wish to build the windmill to make the farm more efficient. ...

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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 saying is used a lot by the Animals but it is mainly used when people are talking to Napoleon this shows his power and authority over the other animals who are all meant to be equal. ... Another Key person within the novel is Snowball, he represents Leon Trotsky, this is shown by him being totally for communism and one of the leaders of the rebellion as was Trotsky. ... Which is what Old Major did in the novel The main character in "Animal Farm" is Napoleon he represents Joseph Stalin. Napoleon is shown to be Stalin through his actions and language and the way he treats the other an...

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The character Snowball refers to Lenin. Like Lenin, Snowball wants the leadership of the farm to be a communist society, but he is in constant battle against a dictatorship. ... Similar to Trotsky, Napoleon, the head of the pigs and Animal Farm, cast out the animals who disagreed with his beliefs and then began living in the house. ... (Orwell 43) Napoleon did not practice the idea of animalism nor did he share the wealth of the farm with the other animals. Napoleon even altered the commandments to his own personal aspects. ...

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Napoleon also told them to remember that "in the fight against man, we (the animals) must not come to resemble man" (21). Napoleon and the pigs started to bear a resemblance to and become friends with the enemy. ... This relates to how Napoleon is attaining the authority, respect, and the privilege. ... Napoleon resembles the mad dictator known as Joseph Stalin, and Snowball, who was betrayed by Napoleon and banished from the farm (Russia), is an allegory of Trotsky. ... The rest of the animals also play certain parts in the parallel; Boxer as the working class, Molly as White Russia (those wh...

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Snowball, Napoleon, and the other pigs), the chaos is subdued. ... Although Napoleon did not cut off the food he did limit the other animal's rations and modify the Seven Commandments to allow him luxuries that he wished for. ...

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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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