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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. However, Orwell also associates certain real characters with the characters of the book. This is proved by Snowball and Napoleon, characters which represent Leon Trotsky and Stalin, respectively.
             However, this are not the only symbolisms. Throughout the novel, we find out that Napoleon is always surrounded and supported by the pigs. Pigs which might represent the communist party, Stalin's friends as well perhaps, as the Duma ( or Russian parliament).
             Moreover, as we have seen, the pigs have a different lifestyle from the other animals.They live in luxury and enjoy the benefits of the society they help to control. It is here, where Orwell expresses the inequality and true hypocrisy of communism and even criticizes "Marx's over-simplified view of a socialist, "utopian" society."" Further more, towards the end, he even emphazises this by describing that "Somehow it seemed as though the farm had grown richer without making the animals themselves any richer except, of course, the pigs and the dogs." .
             As we read the novel , we can find out that orwell, uses " very cleverly- the name Boxer as a metaphor for the " Boxer Rebllion in China- . This might be because it was this event which "signaled the beginning of communism in red China-. What is more, Boxer, together with Clover are used to represent the proletariat in the Russian society. .
             We find out that it is indeed the proletariat, the class which mainly supports Stalin (Napoleon). This might be because they are unable to distinguish the difference between their lives under the Tsar (Mr.Jones) and their lives under Stalin. .
             Old Benjamin, is also considered one of "Orwell's most elusive and intriguing characters on Animal Farm."" The rebellion seems not to have affected him. He still does his own work, nerver becoming too excited or dissapointed about anything.


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