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Animal Farm
Comparison of characters to Russian Revolution
Animal Farm
Russian Revolution
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o irresponsible
to his animals(letsthem
starve)
o sometimescruel - beatsthemwith whio
r sometimes
kind- mixesmitk in animaimash
o apoor leaderat best,comparedto westem
Klngs
o cruel - sometimesbrutal with opponents
o Sometimeskind - hired studentsasspiesto
make$
Major
. taughtAnimalism
o workersdo the work, rich keepthe $,
animalsrevolt
o diesbeforerevolution
o inventedCommunism
o "workersof the world unite", takeover
gov't
o diesbeforeRussianRevolution
a no owners,no rich, but no poor
o workersgeta benerlife, all animalsequal
a same
r all peopleequal
nowball
a
a
o
o
young,smart,goodspeaker,
idealistic
really wantsto makelife betterfor all
oneof leadersof revolution
chasedawayinto exileby Napoleon's
dogs
o
o
.
o
otherleaderof "OctoberRevolution"
purecommunist,followed Mam
wantedto improvelife for all in Russia
chasedawavbv Lenin'sKGB (Lenin's
apoleon
o not a goodspeaker,not ascleverlike
Snowball
o cruel,brutal,selfish,devious,comtpt
o his ambitionis for power,killed oppbnents
o useddogs,moses,andSquealorto control
animals
uealer
o not a goodspeaker,not educatedlike
Trotsky
a sameasNapoleon,didn't follow Marx's
loeas
o caredfor power,killed all that opposedhim
o usedKGB. allowedchurch.and
vernment
o big mouth,talksa lot
o convinces
animalsto believeandfollow
Napoleon
o Changesandmanipulatesthe
commandments
o workedfor Stalin to supporthis image
o usedany lie to convincethe peopleto follow
Stalin
o benefitedfrom the fact thateducationwas
controlled
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Animal Farm . Compaison ol characters
lo the RussianRgvolution
- Secret Police
Dogs
r a privatearmythat usedfearto forceanimals
to worK
o killed or intimidatedany opponentof
Naooleon
. an6therpartof Napoleon's
strategyto
controlanimals
r tellsanimalsaboutSugaCandymountainHeaven
r animalscan go thereif they work hard
o SnowballandMajor wereagainsthim
o they thoughHeavenwasa lie to make
animalswork
o Napoleonlet him staybecausehe taught
animalsto
o not reallypolice,but forcedsupportfor
Stalin
r usedforce,oftenkilled entirefamiliesfor
disobedience
o totallyloyal,partof Lenin'spower,even
over
gion
e Man<said"Opiateof the people"a lie
o usedto makepeoplenot complainanddo
their work
o Religion wastoleraredb€causepeople
worK
o Stalinknew religion would stopviolent
revolutions
ain, selfish people in Russia and world
o wasvain - loved her beautyandself
o didnt think aboutthe animalfarm
o wentwith anyonewho gaveherwhatshe
wanted
Boxer
a strong,hardworkinghorse,believesin
Animal Farm
o "Napoleonis alwaysright", "I mustwork
harder"
o giveshis all, is betrayedby Napoleon,who
sellshim
o somepeopledidn't careaboutrcvolution
o only thoughaboutthemselves
' o went to othercountriesthat offeredmorefor
them
Dedicated, but tricked communist
supporters
o peoplebelievedStalinbecausehe was
"Communist"
o manystayedloyal afterit wasobviousStalin
a tyrant
o betrayedby Stalinwho ignoredandkilled
them
Skeptical people in Russia and outside
Russia
Benjamin
o old, wisedonkeywho is suspicious
of
revolution
o thinks"nothingeverchanges",
is right
o his suspicions
aretrue,aboutBoxerand
signchanges
all details about revolution
a it wassupposedto makelife betterfor all
o life wasworseat the end
o The leadersbecamethe sameas,or worse
than,
r the otherfarmers(humans)theyrebelled
asalnst
O weren'tsurerevolutionwOuldchange
anything
r realizedthata crazyleadercancall himself
communist
a knewthatcommunismwouldn'twork with
power
o hungryleaders
Overall details of Russian Revolution
. supposedto fix problemsfrom Czar
o life wasevenworselong afterrevolution
o StalinmadeCzarlook like a niceguy
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