Social Criticsm In Lit

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             overnight we would become rich and free.'" (Orwell, 10) The other .
             animals take this utopian idea to heart, and one day actually do .
             revolt and drive the humans out. Two pigs emerge as leaders: Napoleon .
             and Snowball. They constantly argued, but one day, due to a difference .
             over plans to build a windmill, Napoleon exiled Snowball. Almost .
             immediately, Napoleon established a totalitarian government. Soon, the .
             pigs began to get special favours, until finally, they were .
             indistinguishable from humans to the other animals. Immediately the .
             reader can begin to draw parallels between the book's characters and .
             the government in 1917-44 Russia. For example, Old Major, who invented.
             the idea of "animalism," is seen as representing Karl Marx, the .
             creator of communism. Snowball represents Trotsky, a Russian leader .
             after the revolution. He was driven out by Napoleon, who represents .
             Stalin, the most powerful figure in the country. Napoleon then .
             proceeded to remove the freedoms of the animals, and established a .
             dictatorship, under the public veil of "animalism." Pigs represent the .
             ruling class because of their stereotype: dirty animals with .
             insatiable appetites. Boxer, the overworked, incredibly strong, dumb .
             horse represents the common worker in Russia. The two surrounding .
             farms represent two of the countries on the global stage with Russia .
             at the time, Germany and England.
             Orwell begins his book by criticizing the capitalists and ruling .
             elite, who are represented in Animal Farm by Mr. Jones, the farmer. He .
             is shown as a negligent drunk, who constantly starved his animals. .
             "His character is already established as self-indulgent and uncaring." .
             (King, 8) Orwell shows us how, "if only animals became aware of their .
             strength, we should have no power over them, and that men exploit .
             animals in much the same way as the rich exploit the proletariat." .
             (Gardner, 97) What was established in Russia after the Bolshevik .