Animal Farm vs. Marxism-
Characters, items, and events found in George Orwells book, Animal Farm, can be compared to similar characters, items, and events found in Marxism and the 1917 Russian Revolution. This comparison will be shown by using the symbolism that is in the book with similarities found in Old Major was a prized-boar that belonged to Farmer Jones. The fact that Old Major is himself a boar was to signify that radical change and revolution are, themselves, boring in the eyes of the proletariat (represented by the other barnyard animals), who are more prone to worrying about work and survival in their everyday life. Old Major gave many speeches to the farm animals about hope and the future. He is the main animal who got the rebellion started even though he died before it actually began. Old Major's role compares to Lenin and Marx whose ideas were to lead to the communist revolution. Animal Farm is a criticism of Karl Marx, as well as a novel perpetuating his convictions of democratic Socialism. (Zwerdling, 20). Lenin became leader and teacher of the working class in Russia, and their determination to struggle against capitalism. Like Old
working class poor. The working class in Russia, as arrested. Stalin's main goal was to maximize his personal Pares, Sir Bernard. The Fall of the Russian Monarchy. New Revolution of 1917. Farmer Jones was drunk a lot and would living conditions were, and he could blame the destruction their living conditions were. The Industrialists were his opponents who always became his victims, and he had one his secret police to do his bidding whenever he issued an Many lessons can be learned by reading Animal Farm forget to feed the animals on the farm. The withholding of of the most ruthless, regimes in history. In was not till hands and to take away land from the landowners. (Golubeva
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Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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